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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
Ship
Direction
OBSERVERS:
Crosri
Date 16 March 1968
Pg.# 1
SPECIMEN
or
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0616 Sunrise - begin obs.
Sea and rough.
0637 Wh-th SP 1 NW Kicking off water, few clouds. warm
sort obs. beautiful full moon!
0642 Bl-w Pet 1 SE
C 0715 RTTB 1 C collected Imm.
0730
0800 resume obs for lunch break!
0825 RTTB 1 S circled ship 3 times.
0845 Pale-fort 1 SW
Thaum
0900 Dark-rump 1 SE
Petrel
0903 " 1 SE
FF 0915 Sooty Tern 39 1 Imm, 38 ads. over schools of flying fish - Notuna
seen, but undoubtedly these were below surface
0945 " " 1 NW driving the flying fish up.
0955 WRS P 1 NW Imm.
1000 close obs.
1200 spend obs.
C 1200 RTTB 1 collected Imm.
1230 RTTB 2 close obs.
1300 resume obs.
1400
1500 WRS P 1 NW
1515 wedgetail 1 E dark phase
1517 WRS P 1 NW
1620 cease obs.
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66