N SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: Crossin Ship Direction SPECIMEN 17 time Date 28 Feb. 1968 Pg.# 3 TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 1738 West Gull 21 80% ad's, not a flock, scattered birds all about. 1738 Calif. Gull 3 ad's, scattered. 1741 MarX Shear. 4 Ship now adjacent to 1742 Br. Pelican 1 San Benitos Islands 1743 MarX Shear 2 W ca. 1/2 mi to W. 1745 " 1 W 1745 Calif Gulls 7 On not a flock, scattered birds. ad's. this is somewhat 1747 Marx Shear 1 W island of an assumption that all are calif. + not Herring or Myg.bills, 1749 " " 2 W but all seen near ship have had typical greenish less of 1750 " " 3 W Calif's. 1753 " " 2 W 1755 " " 11 W 1755 TF sea otter or fur seal, I tend to believe otter as 1758 MarX Shear X W it appeared to turn over & glide along with 1759 " " 2 W ventral up once, about 6' long. 1759 anth of above mammals, but further out and Marx Shear 1 W could only see head occasionally. 1800 MarX Shear 1 W 1806 " " 3 NW 1807 " " 1 E 1808 " " 3 W 1811 Cedros Island well in view to SE 1815 MarX Shear 1 W 1816 " " 1 W 1817 " " 3 N 1818 " " 3 SE 1818 Fur seal, ca. 7' long, leaped completely out of H2O 1820 a few times; tail visible close up. brown w/lighter another seal. blonde head. 1821 MarX Shear 1 NW 1822 " " 10 SE 1823 " " 5 NW 1825 Cassin's Auklet 2 N flew from H2O 1826 " " 4 N 1827 MarX Shear 2 SE TF 1830 Cassin's Auklets 7 N 1837 Sunset - cease obs. SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66