EAC 2, Shearwater, January 1967
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Ship Direction SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: Date 25 Jan '67 Pg.# TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0730 BFA H.gull (2) Following. 0730 0955 Fulmar 1 dark 0805 BFA 0812 BLK (3) Now 5 following 3 Herring Gulls 0815 0815 WRS P 1 Killer Whales, 4 ca. ½ miles off. High dorsal fin, some white aboard. 31-40 123-46 over killer whales 0825 BLK 0830 WRS P 0850 BFA 0910 BLK (1) now 6 following 0920 WRS P 0940 WRS P 0945 WRS P 095Y WRS P 1000 1020 BLK 1030 BFA 1040 WRS P 1127 WRS P 1141 BLK (4) sat on water, thin flow 10 total - all feeding a bit 1225 Shearpet 2 possibly ptarodrana, small. 1215 BLK 1225 WRS P 1228 Red Phalangia 1234 BLK 1235 Red Phaleo. (2) 1 coll. sitting on H₂O 1307 WRS P 1335 Pterodroma leucoptera? 1350 WRS P 1355 R.Phalangia (1) while underwing, flight not like Rhypoleuca. Much stiffer wings, several flaps (3-5) and a glide suggestive of Audubon shear. Colorful relative to back not seen. 1400 WRS P 1422 BLK (3) Following: 10 Herring gull, 6 BFA 1430 BLK 1438 1456 SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66