Nocturnal bird sightings, undated

Related Titles

Contained In: National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923

Series: SIA RU000245

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1963-1969

Notes

This volume is a log of nocturnal bird sightings at sea. Year information and locality information are not provided. Fields include date [day and month], sunrise [time], sunset [time], species, time, # [of birds], and remarks. Entries are dated from 1 August to 15 July, with a line for each observation. Species include Sooty Tern, Wedge-tail [Wedge-tailed Shearwater], and others. Some identifications include question marks, and some record "bird" as species. Remarks include direction, vocalization, and other observations.

Subjects

Field notes , National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific , Ornithology , Pacific Ocean , Zoological surveys

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English