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Ship Direction
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Date 20 March 68
Pg.# 1
SPECIMEN or Speed 12 15T's
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0522 Sunrise
0610 Frigate SP 1♂ ♂ ♀
0638 B Plued 2♀ NW
0700
0720 2 Breakfast.
30 Frigate SP 2♂
46 WRSP 1♂ 1 Fm 1? circling up high - Natureship.
54 " 2♀
0917 B Phel 1♂ edge of squall
49 " 1♂ on H2O
1055 Harcourts SP 1♂
1100
40 Lunch
1258 WRSP 2♂ cee
1316 Frigate SP 2♀ circling distl.
1445 S T Pet 1♂ cee
54 Colared Pet 1♂ cee
58 Sooty Tern 3♂
SF 1500 " " 25±25 cee New headed toward below clouds
Frigate SP 1♂ cee chasing
34 WRSP 1♂ cee
48 Bird SP 1♀ on Horizon
58 WRSP 1♂
FF 1600 Sooty Tern 50±10 cee Some Pts 3 - Flots dissapeared into a squall
Shear Pet 5±1♂ cee
23 Black Pet 1♂ cee
25 st Pet 5♀ a on H2O
28 Sooty Tern 3♀ ae All AD
28 Murphys Pet 1♀
35 WRSP 1♀ high arding med squall Pts.
SF 50 Sooty Tern 50±10 cee headed toward above.
58 WRSP 1♂ cee Fin Bar
1700 cee Mostly Ads.
Dinner
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66