EAC 26, Jordan, October-December 1967
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S Ship Direction SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: Date 15 Nov '67 Pg.# 1 TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0535 0610 0620 Wedgetail 1 SE 0622 Leach's 1 0627 WWP 2 SE 0642 Leach 1 S 0643 Wedget. 1 E 0658 P.externa 1 0707 Wedgetail 1 SE 0715 1 SE 0724 Soot.Shean 1 SE 0730 0800 0825 P.externa 1 0840 WRSP 1 0900 WWP 2 0901 Wils/Haec 1 0916 JFP 1 0920 [illegible]WWP 1 0922 P.externa 1 FF 0925 Soot T 100120 Shean/Pet 1015 Jaeg 2P 2 0934 WWP 1 0943 JFP 1 SE 0947 Sooty T 43 Sh/Pet 2 3 1001 WRSP 1 1002 Soot Shean 1 SE 1007 JFP 1 1015 WWP 2 1027 Leach's 1 1030 SUNRISE begin obs light div. line seen div line seen light dark light, molt on inner secondaries close: light underwing, bulky body close obs resume on H2O on H2O A contact on vertical sonar below the plankton layer at same time looks like fish. Flock was 1/2 mi to port moving south, possibly birds from 0925. These did not were not travelling rapidly, but were steadily going south. Soot well, white underwing, bulky body div. line seen. Stop for Scan Station SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66