SE 175° OBSERVERS: Crossin SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E Date 23 Feb. 1968 Pg.# 1 Ship Direction TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS TF 0628 Basin Obs. 0630 Sunrise . wind from 350° at 10 Knts. cloud cover above horizon along 0658 Sooty Tern 3 N ad's - direct flight. all directions, central overhead SF 0707 Northern Phalarpe 6 E ID by dark backs + very horizon clear - sun rose w/appropriate white clear- pattern intermixed. mountains of China clearly visible SF 0710 Sooty Tern 23 Cdl searching over flock of phalanges on H2O in the East. Phalarope sp. 11 TF 0711 Phalarope sp. 18 SE a ways out. 0715 . " 3 E off H2O 0716 Sooty Tern 1 NE ad. 0720 Phalcope sp. 6 E off H20, far out 0721 W RSP 1 N 0725 Phalarope sp. 2 E off H2O. 0729 " " 4 on H2O - lighter dorsal, but large, prof. wilson's. 0729 Sooty Tern 1 E ad. 0730 Split for breakfast 0740 return from " 0745 sooty Term 2 NW ad's. 0746 Phalarope sp. 3 on H2O, ways out. 0750 Sooty Tern 13 NW ad's. 0750 [illegible] Gull 1 Cdl following ship, went to H20 for garbage, then followed Laughing Ship some more. TF 0755 Sooty Term 7 NW ads. SF 0800 Phalarope sp. 21 on H2O TF 0810 Blue-footed 9 W ad's. Booby 0817 Brown Booby 1 S ad. 0821 Phalarope sp 2 WW 0821 " " 1 E 0821 Tropicbird sp. 1 off H2D TF 0830 Phalarope sp. 21 E following ship. SF 0831 Black Petrel 2 Cdl TF 0836 Phalarope sp. 22 E ad Booby's Bl-footed Baby 4) 0840 Sooty Term 2 NW ad. TF 0840 Phalarope Sp. 6 E 0845 Ring-billed 1 imm. following Ships, Gull