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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
SPECIMEN or
DIURNAL GRID
OBSERVERS:
Date 18 MARCH 1967
Pg.# 1
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0630 BFA 5 Follow.
SUNRISE
0635 t6G 1 ad.
0715 St. pet. ( 8
6720 HG 6 new ads.
0730 HG now 8, Tod, imm
0750 GWG 7 imm
0815 Laysan A. 1
0915 HG Follow coll: Lewis Ad
8955 underway after Bird Pic's up
1012 WRSP 1 Leach's - black line seen
1130 No Gulls, 1 BFA Following.
water covered with small mer-o-we type
1155 WRSP 2 Selleyfish
1237 HG 1 coa Ad Follown
1242 R. Phalanger 2 Nu
1420
1435 BFA 2, HG ad 2.
Sperm Whale? 8 headed N, 33-18
" " 7 more N 123-29
1450
" " 12 more N 31
1455
" " 2 32
1500 33
1507 Critter: Something big, gompy, and alive underwater.
1552 WRSP 1 W
1620 GWG imm Follon
1645 HG 4 ads.
1740 WRSP 1 oop whale - distinct dorsal fin --> , ca. 20' long.
1755 Maybe pilot or something else. Slow roll, no spout.
1815 33-17 12.4-05 Baird's Beaked Whale?
To Sam
1825 BFA 1
GWG 1 Im Ad { all followin
HG 2 Laysan Albross 2
smooth close observing
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66