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Ship Direction
W
NW
N
NE
E
SE
S
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
[illegible]
Tyson
Date 21 Jun 65
Pg.#
1
SPECIMEN
of
290° 8 ducks
TIME
SPECIES
#
DIR.
BAND NO.
REMARKS
0810
between two islands outside of Pina, solid over,
cast + mountains doubled in but no rain now ads.
0813 Brown B
2
NW
0822 Pelican
48
SE
flying in wedge low over water; ad+ imm.
0826 Brown B
2
NW
0832 Frig
1
circling
about ten minutes ago think I may have had an albatross - flew fairly close by,
heading SE - large with long narrow pointed
wings - mostly brownish above, white below
w/ white stripe up underside of wing -
no idea what species it was)
0841 Audubon's G
1
SE
feeding
0843 Brown B
1
S
0844 Audubon's
1
NW
0846 Brown B
5
0846 Common T
2
NW
0847 Audubon's
1
SW
0850 Audubon's
1
W
0852 Least St P
1
0853 Audubon's
1
0856 Godap St H
1
0900 Godap St P
1
0901 Brown B
20
feeding
feeding together in distance
}
0901 Blue face B
2
0701 Frig
3
0902 Audubon's
1
SW
0903 Brown B
1
S
0904 Brown B
4
S
0905 Brown B
2
SE
0905 Audubon's
1
SW
0908 Black T
2
S
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66