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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Crossin
Date 26 Feb. 1968
Pg.# 2
Ship Direction
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0848 Brown Boobies 4 NW ad's.
0852 " " 2 NW ad's.
0853 " " 3 NW imm's, the first nested.
many natural "stick" lines
running in haphazard fashion
through these waters.
0900 whales 4 ca. 18' long, dark brown, no distinct marks, only
portion of dorsal ever surfaced.
0906 Storm Petrels 1 uw att. all dark.
0907 Phalanger sp. 14 E dark bases. Pale nostrilium.
0908 " " 42 on H2O.
0911 Brown Booby 1 S imm.
2 possibilities: Pac. Pilot Whale
(Globicephala scammoni)
or False Killer Whale
(Pseudorca crassidens)
0913 " " 2 CW following (rather circling ship)
0922 Northern Phalanger 71 off H2O, flew for long distance directly in front of ship.
0926 Brown Booby 1 S ad.
0934 " " 1 SW
0943 " " 1 SE
0951 Pomarine Jaeger 1 C light phase, following Ship.
1010 Brown Booby 1 CE following ship, imm.
1017 Frigate 1 N ad. 8?
1043 scolofst Porpoise, 50+/-10%, way out. showed both dark & light side,
shift Div. to C
1130 cease Obs.
1151 Pomarine Jaeger 1 W Darkphase.
1100 Brown Boobies 2 NW ad's.
1101 " " 1 NW imm.
1112 Pom. Jaeger 1 light phase of 095/ collected RSC.
1530 open Obs.
TF
1535 Brown Babies 9 NW ad's.
1538 " " 7 NW ad's.
1539 " " 2 NW
1541 " " 11 NW
1545 " " 2 NW imm., 1ad.
1550 " " 2 NW imm.
1553 " " 11 NW all ad's.
1553 Pomarine Jager 1 CCE foll. ship, light phase.
1601 " " 1 CE dark phase
1603 Brown Booby 1 NW ad.
1607 " " 16 NW 13 ads., 3 imm.
1608 Frigate sp. 1 CW way out.
TF 1615 Townsend's Shear 5 N sifting sure.
1621 Gull sp. 3 N way out.
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66