EAC 32, Tioga County, December 1967
Page 2
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by Smithsonian Institution Archives. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
OBSERVERS: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E SPECIMEN or BAND NO. Date 2 Dec. 1967 Pg.# 2 Ship Direction TIME SPECIES # DIR. REMARKS 1231 Br Pel 3- N 32 Common Gull 1- S 47 West. Gull 1- N 59 adult 4-6 Lagenodus obliquus TO THE EAST swan across bow All took breath scow swimming along only a couple of feet below the surface - 2 subgroups, may have been feeding when first noted as they were stationary. 1307 Heerman's Gull 1- 5 1310 Gull spp. 30±10 ll 1310 Br Pel 10±2 ell 1320 1325 All on H₂O - feeding - sea lion? - feeding? diving all on H₂O - feeding Br Pel 6- SEA LION - floating at surface when first noted - then swim to west. Gull spp. 6- ell on H₂O 3 together 27 Br Pel 1- ell 29 " 1- ell 35 Br Pel 12- S Heerman Gull 11- e Pel Cormorant 4- a Feeding together on H₂O 39 Pom Tanager 2- ee Int Ad Being chased by Pom Tanager 44 Bignott's Flycatcher 7- cee on H₂O Davis 44 California Thrasher 1- ae 50 Parasitic Flycatcher 1- ae 56 Common Murres 1- 58 Globocephala sp. 40±10 in 3or 4 subgroups - more or less stationary on surface - feeding? dive time 30-45 second Mixed flocks - call at feeding - several adult male no birds ≥ subadults cut seal line purposing (4) 1400 Common Murres 1- cee 02 05 Br Pel 15- cee N 07 Smell Alert 1- 1430 Br. Phalarope 14 - large gull 6 - jaybird? 1 - 1440 B Zombies - near floating quietly Mergants. 1510 R-L Kittiwake 1- SSt 1511 Plover 1- 1520 1530 1610 Clear also. Obs's started again Globocephala & 75±15 all noted were medium size range moving slowly south flank while 4 or 5 subgroups 1625 Pom Dove 1 T- ad. 1 st p L. ST-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66