EAC 5, Shearwater, March 1967
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: Date 21 March 1967 Pg.# 1 Ship Direction TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0630 Begin str. 0715 R.Phal 1 N 0735 WRSP 1 E 0842 BFA 1 follow 1008 wrsp Fin Fog 1026 II 1 E 1115 II 1 ee 1115 WRSP 2 EE 1155 WRSP ) C 1216 " 1 OO behaved diff. from Baird's - smaller in size - fully cleared H2O though same type coloration Pacific striped or Baird's Dolphin ca 15 It may have been a Mixed group Baird/spinner 31-42 124-50 1222 Striped Dolphin 12, Baird's 2 1250 Skiff in water 31-44 25-03 1308 R.Phal 1 on H2O 1337 II 3 on H2O 1406 Storm Pet 1 O 1404 Leach's 1 coll TJL 1425 R.Phal 1 NW 1430 Birds 4 1500 Skiff aboard 1635 Pilot whales ca 25+10 - 31-43 1700 BFA wide spread 1707 Laysan A 1 Following 1730 porpoise - Stenella sp? A small porpoise; Don't think Baird or striped. Jumped differently - Out of water by > 1 foot, shorter distance than Baird or Str. - 31-42 1805 Baird / spinner type - as seen at 1115 + 1730 125-53 1830 lot giving N 31-41 126-00 close observation 2. 6400 Archeopteryx lithographica shearwater marvii flock of 3000 02 Hesperornis sp. 3 - on H2O in breed. plum. chasing school of katmerians SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66