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OBSERVERS:
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
Date 3 March 68
Pg.# 1
Ship Direction
0557 5512211821
SPECIMEN
or
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0607 RTTB 1v coo underway to origin cells.
58
200 5Ad
15
40 RTTB 2v 3 Breakfast
54 Lg Shear/Pet 1v 6o 15Ad 1?
0900 Frigatebird 1v coo All dk, seen only momentarily
Small ShearPet 1v coe For Inn.
26 WTTB 1v
38 Sm Petrelmum 3v co off H2O Ad - bright yellow bill - long tail feathers
55 WTS 2v 5 distant
0925 WTS 1v 5 Dk
30 5
1000 Shear/Pet 1v coo slowed to 8.5Kts
07 WTTB 1v coo
30 off H2O Ad
1242 on station
36 underway
45 WBSP 1v Porpoise 5-8 Just breasting H2O dorsal &
1442 WTS 1v what backs was seen was gray, dorsal rather
1521 Ptm 1v broad to slightly recurved - Seas poor for observing
22 Tragerdk dk sea water temp. 26.6 C animals did not exceed 8ft.
25 Tragerdk 1v Ad
30 Pet daysdk 1v 5
1630 5 All three together Intermediate Phase Ad
on station
1740 RTTB 1v co
Frigatebird 1v coe