King, Warren, B. 1964 30 If weather is to be taken the whole process takes an hour. If not, around 30 minutes. March 24--A slow day. Eleven birds in all. Black-footed Albatross again with us all day, two or three of them all the time. Tried to catch them on hook baited with balogna but they seemed to be able to discriminate between hooked pieces and non-hooked ones. They swam to within 15 to 20 feet of the stern of the ship during a hydro station. At 1130 Dave Au saw a Harcourt's Storm Petrel, type unsure, but it was the first bird of the day. At 1245 a Sooty Shear, the only of the day and 1520 alone Frigatebird making circles in the sky. Around 1740 a group of three Shearwater/petrels came by close to the ship, all of which were seen by the watch but not by me. Blindness at my age. A tropicbird finished off the day. Too far to tell species. Tonight we start a variability zone, which means B.T.'s every 50 minutes until tomorrow afternoon. The trip would be quite enjoyable without the added B.T. cast committment but at least Bob and I can speak about them from experience. March 25--No Black-footed Albatross present at dawn this morning. One appeared at 0745, flew around the ship a few times, sat in the water a while as the ship took a hydro station, then departed about 10 minutes later. No more ever seen the rest of the day. Wedgetails increased today; one group of four, one of which was dark phase, was seen heading north. At 0922 Sundell and King both saw a shorebird which we concluded was a Phalarope sp. although species identification was impossible due to distance. Sundell wrote "75 yards off starboard (at nearest point - not seen until somewhat later); seen on water three different times between