9 Non-Grid Summary On 23 March the ship passed between the coast and channel islands and observations were made only for short periods throughout the day. No observations were made during the two hours of daylight before reach- ing Pt. Ash on 24 March. After leaving the Grid at 1030 hours on 28 March, observations were continued until sunset and again from sunrise to 1000 hours on 29 March when we approached the San Diego port. Since observations were not complete for all daylight hours of non-Grid sec- tions, only total birds seen each day have been included in the follow- ing table. Species 23 March 28 March 29 March Total 0630-1830 1030-1830 0600-1000 loon species 2 - - 2 Pink-footed Shearwater - - 5 5 Sooty Shearwater - 4 6 10 cormorant species 4 - - 4 Black Brant - - 400* 400 Red Phalarope - 3 17 20 shorebird species - - 1 1 Pomarine Jaeger - - 2 2 jaeger species - 1 6 7 Western Gull 15 - 14 29 Herring Gull 1 - 14 15 California Gull 3 - - 3 Bonaparte Gull - - 61 61 gull species 125 - - 125 alcid species 1 - - 1 Mourning Dove - - 1* 1 Allen Hummingbird - - 1* 1 hummingbird species - - 2 2 swallow species - - 3 3 warbler species - - 1 1 bird species 1 - - 1 Totals 152 8 534 694 Miles 123 63 31 217 *The Brant were recorded sitting in the water at 0755 (about 16 miles from shore), the Mourning Dove at 0655 (about 25 miles from shore), and the Allen Hummingbird at 0815 (about 13 miles from shore).