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Ship
Direction
RV JORDAN: EASTROPAC
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Date 20 at 167
Pg.# 1
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0630 weather
cloud: 30% low cum. Weather: Day 23.6 Barom: 29.96
Wet: 23.2
[illegible] 23.7
0650
0656
0702 Leach's Pet 1
0709 WRSP 1 SE
0715 Leach 1 SE
0725
0740
0745 Leach 1 SE
0750 Storm Pet 1 SE
0950 WRSP 1 SE
1010 RBTB 1
1015 Leach's 1 SE
1030 WRSP 1 SE
Begin obs
SUNRISE
black div. line, mott in primaries
divid. line seen
CLOSE OBSERV
Neume
distant
"Following, seen well
close, div. line seen
close obs.
weather: 5knt East wind: wet 25.1 Dry 26.0
Barom: 30.01. Sea unchanged, sky 05% cumulons
Swell 5' SE, Seas <1'. Salinity 34.56, Temp 25.5
at 1030-930 Temp. was 26.2. Thermocline 50-250 meters
resume ship's course and speed. On station since 1030
Following, immature: 13.25 still present, good look, Arctic
divid. line seen
close Barom 29.95 wind East
wet 27.6 Speed 5knt Thermoclin. 40-170 meters
dry 29.3 Seas 2 feet
H2O t. 26.2 cloud 30%
Salin 34.60
1815
1831
Underway again, open observations
SUNSET
Total birds: 13
Total hours: 7hrs - 0 min
Total miles:
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66