11 Marine Mammals (cont'd) Species # Date Time Lat. Long. Remarks Whale 1 21 0758 34°24'N; 122°50'W Rep. by bridge Porpoise 1 21 1419 34°59'N; 122°51'W Risso Dolphin 15 21 1425 35°00'N; 122°51'W Followed for 15 min. NON-GRID MAMMALS Dolphin 2 11 1715 33°02'N; 118°16'W Dark above, lite below Whale 1 12 1210 34°27'N; 121°21'W Delphinus 2 12 0735 34°00'N; 120°45'W NON-GRID SECTIONS - SPECIES ACCOUNTS Black-footed Albatross # Obs. = 5 Birds were seen off the edges of the Grid on 12 and 21 September, but no birds were seen on the 11th and the 22nd when within sight of land. Sooty Shearwater # Obs. = 738 Large numbers were seen heading west towards the Grid from Point Conception. This is discussed further in the report for E.G.S. #14. Birds were abundant on 22 September close to the coast south of San Francisco but concentrated south and movement was not appreciable. Pink-footed Shearwater # Obs. = 14 Pink-feet were found among the Sooty Shearwater concentrations on 12 and 22 September. Leach (?) Storm Petrel # Obs. = 28 Birds were fairly common just north and just east of Grid sub section 3. None were seen on the 11th or 22nd near the coast. Red-billed (?) Tropicbird # Obs. = 1 A tropicbird, doubtless this species, was seen 20 miles north of Grid Section 3. Cormorant sp. # Obs. = 10 Ten birds, possibly pelagics, were seen south of San Francisco on the 22nd.