OBSERVERS: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E Date 24 Feb. 1967 Pg.# 2 Ship Direction TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 1724 ST off. F 1725 term Pet Intermediate phase. Sooty Tern at least 6 immatures Adults Wedgetail 75+5 Leach's SP 25+2 feeding - Bl line seen. 1835 Underway Note on flocks - storm petrels 1839 Sunset were feeding over a large (2oyd2) brown mass (Euplaxide?) in the H2O. Sooties were near by - flying very low to H2O in all the time I watched only 5 were seen high. Occasionally they would flutter to H2O not picking up food. No active chasing No fish seen. Stayed in general area for 1 hour+. Strangest flocks I have seen. Surface net haul was one of the largest for the trip. Once Hemadec appeared to chase an immature ST Item 1 ST 75 VTs 1 Leach 25 /102 SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66