EAC 6, Shearwater, April 1967
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: Date 3 April 67 Pg.# 1 Ship Direction TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0605 0610 BF& 1 g Storm Pet 1 e 0625 R Phalarope 12 ee 0640 WRSP 1 ee 0655 New Zealand 1 lee Shear 0710 R. Phalarope 10 ae 0725 New Zld 2 N 0737 P. leucorpha 1 N ? sitting on H2O 0820 Red phel. 12 dink? 0825 Phal. sp. 2 0845 Small Pterod. 1 IV { distant 0847 " " 1 N } 0952 R. Phalarope 16 on H2O, none red 0906 WRSP 2 OOO 0906 Bird 1 small, circled 60' above H2O for 2 min, 0910 HG 1 then went low. 0917 ad. following 0920 HG Seal sp. 34-51 126-12 1004 Storm Pet 1 cc Now 2 ad. WRSP 1015 cc to South 1017 WRSP 1 ca 1110 WRSP 2 O 1130 WRSP 1 O 1145-1200 school of Right Whale Dolphin travelling northward. North - Minimum estimate 1000, maximum 1500 photographed. 1200 WRSP 5 N following Dolphin. 1200 R. Phalarope 20-2 on H2O 1220-25 ca 150 r.w. Dolphin : were feeding when first approached: ca. 125 took off to North, 34-29 25 followed ship for 5 min to south, then 126-22 went north. When surfacing, most of school surfaced at same time. Sizes: Largest 8-10', smallest 5-6' 1230 R. Phal. 19 very red. on H2O SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66