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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Ship Direction
Date
3 Dec
SPECIMEN
Pg.#
or
6
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
15/16 Fox/m
18
DK
1521 Scuty Shee
2v
as
by other.
1530 11
2
w
Joined one two not me following
about 200-300 meter off port beam.
Was be big as for 15 min.
1545
Ca 2-4 Herring Gulls following.
They also 5D/6 Atres. Tensioning
around ship & flew & landed
Ca 500 meter t prk. - sailing.
1600
Two one twenty S Lear still following.
1602 BFA
v
Now 6- 2 W Life 2 dark, 2 wh.
1610 WRSP
1
w
1615
Sooties followed until now.
Seen to have departed.
44 Sooty Stear
1v
se
55 LWBSP
2v
SE
58 Sooty Stear
1v
SE
1700
Sunset close
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66