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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Date 28/4und.63
Pg.#
1
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0520
0550 ST Pet 1V Sunrise
0617 WASP 1V disappearing into fog
0630 Tweet bird 1V CEE circled ship once
0700
15 3 Breakfast
0800 WPSP 2V
05 STPet 1V
06 Too Heavy Fog
fog lifting - 50'10
10 GPSP 1V Porpoise Two types, one small ca 6ft, the other
56 ST Pet 7V CEE 21.5 c), slightly larger (only about 10 in number,
0911 " " 1 CEE Not A flock
15 Phul Sp 1V
19 STDColl 1V
28 WPSP 1V
57 Harcor's SP 1V
1028 Shear/Pet 1V Med size - brown backs, white bellies -
42 Hey Frigate 1V E Some white on underwings - Alot like GWTs
55 a vater fast flight + wing beat could not
see head + under posted Breast & Neck
1102 WASP 3V CEE Porpoise, ca 30 +/- 10 small animals -
1105
30
30
40 WASP 2V CEE close for lunch
49
57 Audulor's 1V Pippet whales 8+1 Nover to dorsal
Shear CEE one very large animal. 22.5°C
1250 Porpoise - distnt 35 +/- 10 23.c
1403 WASP 3V CEE Porpoise 30 + 5 spinning small ca 6ft. 20c
18
44 WPSP 4V CEE Porpoise 30+ 5 distant
56 Phul SP 1V V onlt 20
16/14
Stella Centrodalus or Delphinus - No line observed
on flank - Gray color, No white indorsed
Photos #5-7078 Roll #4 21.3°C
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66