De Benedict's 1964 11 Jan. on board "GoldwBean" off San Luis Obispo C., Calif. Last night about 10 went out to see the phosphor- essence. Porpoise coming in were very conspicuous, + beautiful, and schools of fish constantly in sight. Beautiful clear, cold night. Awoken by the noise about 6 A.M., and after breakfast came up to the deck to see what was about. We are almost out of sight of land and the sky is moderately overcast. Windy but not as much as yesterday. Figure I was out from about 7:45 to 9 A.M. Birds were very sparse (mammals - 5 or 6 porpoise (sp.) even rare), and except for the gulls following the boat most single. Saw 2 feeding assemblies, one of c. 25 Brown Pelican, 30 Kittiwakes and Bonaparte Gulls, and a few larger gulls, and the other of half a dozen Kittiwakes. Many of the birds we saw commonly yesterday are very scarce now, but others are much more apparent. The only thing in #s together are Pelican and gulls. During the 1 1/2 hrs or row we noticed 1 loon sp., flying N, high above the horizon; 1 Black-footed Albatross (followed the boat for about 15 mins almost 7, apparently others saw one or two more. This was a black-vented bird), 4 Fulmars - all very dark phase. 1 (Sooty) Shearwater - with the large feeding assemblies, very white