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OBSERVERS:
Crossin
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
Date 22 Feb. 1968
Pg.# 2
Ship Direction
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
FF 1630 Sooty Tern 600±50 ad, imm, could have been more,
C MATT Shear 60±10 following a school of small tuna; entire P.puffinus: assembly moving SWward. 400±50 "dark-footed shear" 3 1cdl. 105082 Brown Booby 2 imm. Pomarine Jaeger 1 dark phase Red-billed Trop. 1 on the
1715 P.puffinus auricularis 3 SW
TF 1720 " " 7 SW
1721 Red Phalarope 3 SW on & off #120, ID by very pale back + dark hood mark, which may not be absolute.
1725 WRS P 1 SE
1732 Pomarine Jaeger 1 NW ID by dark chest band, heavy body. Light phase.
TF 1744 P.puffinus auricularis 5 NW nice "rump patches"
TF 1747 Sooty Tern 11 ad P.puffinus auricularis 13 NW Traveling flock Pomarine Jaeger 1 dark
1748 WRS P 1 SE
1751 Leach's SP 1 SW good views.
TF 1755 Sooty Terns 50 ad's (count of 48) P.puffinus auricularis 15-t all moving leisurely Pink-footed Shear 1 Pomarine Jaeger 1
1800 WRS P 1 NW
FF 1807 Sooty Tern 85t ad Terms + shearwaters actively feeding, terms diving to water. Calling (nice old times!) but no predator fish visible. P.puffinus auricularis 30 Pink-footed Shear 2 Pom Jaeger 2 dk phase
1814 WRS P 1 sun set
1814