florida: 0945 20±10 Sooty Tern 40±10 Wedge-tail feeding 20±5 Dark-rumped P. 5 Bonin I.s. P. 1735 10±2 Sooty Tern 30±5 Dark-rumped P feeding 15±5 Wedge-tail 1712 10 Dark-rumped P. 1745 20 Dark-rumped P. feeding 1 Bonin Is. P. feeding 4 Wedge-tail 1 Red-tailed Tropicbird without central retrices. Several Dark-rumped Petrels still molting. Also some Bonin I.s. P. Many Dark-rumped & Bonin I.s. P. sitting on water. A 1745 ship passed through heart of flock of 20 Dark- rumped Petrels. I fired 9 times, hitting birds at least 3, maybe 7 times, one bird twice, but none went down. Birds very close, some within 25 yards. Fired at Dark-rumped at 1847, Pattern peaking high, at 1800 saw school of 2-3" squid (200 or so) going clear of water. No birds.