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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
SPECIMEN
or
BAND NO.
OBSERVERS:
Date 12 Apr 68
Pg.# /
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
1300
1500 Many Feely Flecks of Max Shearwaters, Pastured Shearwaters, and Soft Terns - Total number ca 5,000 and Pelagres are a few Frigates and Jaegers Location ca. 30 mi S cape San Lucas Some phalangeri aves also
22°30'N - 110°00'
1715 Porpoise 250 ± 200 Tursiops?
20.3°C
13 April 68
22°33'N 110°20
0520
0540 B.4 24°30'N 112° ca 50 of 300 Dolphins verte bone - Passed through lane school all Sante Margareta's one animal was white all the way back to black only 2 or 3 had small white spots at base of Dorsal - all the rest had dusky dorsail. 18.5°C
1406 Blue whale - good looks - huge naked back very small dorsal, ca 60 ft. ± 15 water temp. 19.1°C 25°37'N ~ 113°04'W approx 72 mi Suth of Pt. Abreojos - appeared to be going South.
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66