August 1965 A.S. Osten Journal Bird Area 13°34'N; 173°05'W - 14°30'N, 172°01'W Ran NW across the bottom of one leg of the grid for a short time in the early morning. Turned NE about 2:55. Quite a strong wind blowing and naturally we are running against it to the SE. Visibility is not too good and as yet never so far this trip birds are few and far between. One flock of Sooties and Shearwaters, appeared up when we started chase. The Sooties so naval just vanished. The Shearwaters, mainly White-necked - stayed far enough ahead so that we did no more than tuffle a few up with shot. So far (2:30 p.m.) have collected 5 birds. 3 more birds collected before sunset. One large flock of over 100 birds seen just at sunset. Heavy squall all about 20 chasing was useless as they were a good distance off. Petrels were the most numerous of any group (discreetly flocked) and were scattered throughout the day's observations. One Pomarine Skua seen in the afternoon. One Ad. Sooty tern was knocked down way off by Jeff and I. It took approximately 12 minutes before the ship came up to him. It then tore off from the 150 and flew about 30 yds. before Jeff knocked it down with a blast. August 1965 A.S. Osten Journal Bird Area 16°02'N; 170°56'W - 16°21'N; 171°40'W 20 August Finished up the NE portion of 3rd leg and turned SW about 0800 a.m. A few Newell's Shearwaters were about very early in the morning (1:00) and to pair just at sunset. Weather seen in between, the weather all day has been fairly uniform with scattered cloudiness and a few squalls off in the distance. Wind speed and visibility good - only problem is very few birds (310) total. The few decent flocks seen usually split up long before the ship gets to them and the Sooty terns just vanish. Their term certainly appears to be wise my about getting near the ship. A total of 10 birds collected today - 3 petrels, 2 TF and one Sootie's. The few flocks make up practically all birds seen today. Early this morning we shot down a Juan Ferasandy Petrel at long range and just inside the wing. It started calling and thrashing around quite a bit. Almost immediately (long before the ship got to it), a Newell's Shearwater and a Wedge-tail came in and sat slightly the downed TF. It was their Newell's that shot. A wedge-tail came in later in the afternoon to another downed wedge-tail. Perhaps Keno ideas of using decoys might work.