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Ship
Direction
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Date 23 November 1967
Pg.#
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0615
0620
0624 Wedgetail 1 se
0626 Storm Pet 1 se
0627 O.tethys 1
0630
0700 Sooty T.
Shear/Pet 7
3
0702 Wedgetail 1
0714 Sm.Pterod. 1
0730
0815
0816 O.tethys 2
0820
0821
0821
0825
0826 Wedgetail 1
0846 P.cookii ? 2
0848 WWP 1
0855 WWP 1
0857 Leach 1
0905 Phoenix/tahiti 1
0907 O.tethys 1
0921 Leach's 1
0923 Wedgetail 1
0923 Pom.Tang 1
0930 WWP 1
0931 Leach 1
0933 Cook's 1
0936 Phoenix/tahiti 1
0940 Leach's 1
0945
0950 KermadecP 1
0950 O.tethys 1
0950 Leach's 1
0952 WWP 6
0954 Wedgetail 7
Sunrise
Begin observations
enter rain shower
light, in rain
small, all dark.
following
leave rain shower
all adults
light phase
distant
close observations
resume
enter rain shower
dls
end of rain shower
light at edge of rain squall
possibly hypoleuce
dls
no molt, dark brown
dark
light on H2O, body molt, fairly short center shafts
dls
molt in prim, upper wing.
enter rain squall
in rain dark phase
u 4
" " on H2O Leach's or castro
on H2O S- light, Z dark
Flying fish numbers moderate
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66