Ship Direction R/V JORDAN (WROX) EASTROPAC 50 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: Date 20November1967 Pg. # 1 TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 1738 SS last night 0600 0604 Leach's 1 DLS 0715 WRSP 1 E 0715 0730 reduce speed to 05 knots 0745 close observations. 0755 Resume " at 05 knots East 0755 WRSP 2 0816 1 0842 Wil/castro 1 e 47 beach's 1 e 0850 Leach 2 0850 on H2O, DLS 1115 STOP for ocean station 1200 Underway NORTH 1201 resume obs. 1216 Leach's 1 NE Small whale or large porpoise & breaching 1218 " 1 DLS 1231 WRSP 3 DLS following 1317 Wil/Harc 1 1327 WRSP 3 1337 Leach's 2 1343 WRSP 2 6.5 Line seen 1345 1355 stop for TDS 1355 wrsp 1 1402 Leach's 1 1405 Procellaria ap: 1 All dark, light colored bill (fairly short) with a very short tail. Wings shaped like a batross. Behavior distinctive. Flight Very much like a leach's petrel when evading a ships bow or gunshot, ie frequent twisting and turning, rapid flight. Did not follow the ship. Size smaller than Black-foot albatross, larger than pink-foot shear. Tail very short SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66