direction and passed on our port side, about 500 yards off. 1725--Two Wedge-tailed Shearwaters passed across the bow from port to starboard. 1727--One Wedge-tailed Shearwater off starboard side. We have still seen no Albatrosses since leaving Pearl Harbor. 1729-- Another Wedge-tailed Shearwater directly off the bow, very close. 1730--Kauai sighted off starboard bow. It is distant. 1738--One White-tailed Tropicbird off port side, flying east. One Wedge-tailed Shearwater crossed bow from port to starboard. 1808--One Wedge-tailed Shearwater off bow. 1812--One Wedge-tailed Shearwater far off starboard bow. 1829--Three Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, intermittently spaced across rear of ship. One Wedge-tailed Shearwater off starboard, approximately 100 yards. 1838--Two Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, off starboard side, between ship and Kauai. 1845--Two Wedge-tailed Shearwater off port bow. 1855--One Wedge-tailed Shearwater off starboard bow. 1857--At this point and ISP is passing us between us the island of Kauai. There are three or four Wedge-tailed Shearwaters betweenus. He is approximately 600 yards away. There are some other birds there...These all appear to be Wedge-tailed Shearwaters. There are approximately one dozen of them. 1905--Two Wedge-tailed Shearwaters way off bow, headed /// toward island. The sun is beginning to set behind the clouds at this time. It is not dark, but it beginning to get dark. I expected the ship to encounter many birds wading off shore just before dark, but these have not yet appeared in such numbers. 1906--Four Wedge-tailed Shearwaters behind the ship, head toward island. 1910--The wind speed now is 20 knots, relative.