flocks: 0549 12 wedgetails feeding 0746 5 Sooty Terns feeding 5 Wedgetails 1100 200±25 Sooty Terns feeding 100±25 Wedgetails 1115 140±25 Sooty Tern 80±15 Wedgetails feeding 3 Dark-rumped Petrels 1 Bulwer's Petrel 1120 70±10 Sooty Tern feeding / 1140 50±25 Sooty Tern 40±10 Wedgetail 30±10 Wedgetail feeding 2 Dark-rumped Petrel 1245 100±25 Sooty Tern feeding 1335 3 Dark-rumped Petrel trail- 50±25 Wedgetail 1 White-necked Petrel long 1 Petrel e.g. 1337 4 Wedgetail travelling / 1345 125±25 Sooty Tern feeding 1 petrel e.g. 50±25 Wedgetail 1418 10 Sooty Tern feeding 10 Wedgetail At 0901 a petrel e.g was seen - medium to large- all dark- grey or black not brown - white fleshed under wings - molting seen first sitting in water close to ships At 1227 of 2 Sooty Terns one was immature At 1335 sitting in water, with Dark-rumped & White-necks was all dark medium sized chewing petrel At 1337 sitting with 4 Wedgetails was all dark medium sized petrel All of the Dark-rumps (24) seen today and all White-necks (7) were undergoing heavy molt. at 0930 White-necked was unusual by short span but flew off several times, always only 200 yds or so, then sat down on water, fed 10 times, but no scores. fed also at 2 sitting at 0935 Most of Bonin Island Petrels were undergoing heavy molt. watched from bow all day with gun.