EAC 26, Jordan, October-December 1967
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Ship Direction S RU JORDAN: EASTROPAC SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: Harrington Date 23 Oct. '67 Pg.# 4 TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 1540 weird bird Shear/Pet. Larger than wedge tail: all dark underwing, dark chest. Dorsal wing and back brown, belly and breast brown, underwing all dark. Not Phoenix/Tahiti. P. cretopus - size; in rain squall. 1545 stop for oceanography station RESUME OBSERVATIONS: 10 KNOTS SOUTH 1800 1805 WRSP 1 SE NOT LEACH'S 1807 Leach's Harc./Wils 1 NW div. line somewhat seen 1810 WRSP 1 NW noticeably smaller than Leach 1815 Entering rain squall 1817 WRSP 1 SE 1820 Leach's 1 NW div. line seen 1822 WTS 1 light. 1830 Storm Pet 1 1840 WRSP 1 Sunset, close observations Total sea birds: 250 + 26 land birds miles: 7-20 nm SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66