117 OBSERVERS: Crossin SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E Date 26 Feb. 1968 Pg.# 1 SHIP Direction TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0610 Sunrise- begin Obs. wind practically nil, sea dead calm. 0615 an ugly old ship goes by coastline of Guayvero to E. 0618 heading N. sky absolutamente claro. a big sharp-looking shark swims lazy circles on port side. one can see a 100 miles in every direction on this calm sea, and there are no birds out here! 0648 Shearwater sp. 2 NW TF 0651 Sooty Tern 6 NW ads. dark above, light below, but too far out to speculate. 0656 Shearwatersp. 1 NW another of the 648 brand, flight appears different from Brown Boobies 19 NW ?puttinus and these look larger-unless this calm sea TF 0703 " 6 NW is screwing up both flight pattern + my perspective for TF 0706 " " 18 NW size. TF 0707 " " 5 NW 0708 " " 4 NW 1♂, 3♀ all boobies making it, low over TF 0709 " " 25 NW h2o, direct flight. TF 0709 " " 7 NW TF 0712 " " 7 NW TF 0712 " " 14 NW TF 0713 " " 12 NW TF 0714 " " 11 NW 0716 " " 3 NW TF 0718 " " 7 NW TF 0718 " " 13 NW 0719 Manx Shearwater 1 E close in, no "rump patches", darkbrown back, without clean cut lines TF 0722 Brown Boobies 5 NW as Townsend's. all ads. TF 0725 " " 7 NW passed over a school of porpoise without altering flight 0725 porpoise 20th N all dark, surfacing periodically, only one TF 0730 Brown Boobies 6 NW seen entirely clear of tho split for breakfast. Perhaps stenella longirostris 0745 resume obs. 0751 Brown Boobies 16 NW all ads. 0806 " " 1 W ad. TF 0807 " " 7 NW ads. TF 0813 " " 13 NW 0816 " " 1 NW 0818 " " 3 S 0823 " " 1 NW 0830 " " 2 NW 0833 " " 2 NW 0835 " " 1 NW TF 0842 " " 9 NW 0845 " " 1 NW 0847 " " 9 NW SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66