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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