2 Grid General Except for the ship-followers and the storm petrels, few birds were seen. Black-footed Albatross, Herring Gulls and storm petrels comprise 173 of the 206 birds noted for a total of 84.4 percent of all birds re- corded. A breakdown by species group indicates the following: Species No. of sightings % of total Albatrosses 40 19.5 Gulls 52 25.4 Storm Petrels 84 41.0 Shearwaters/Petrels 7 2.9 Fulmars 3 1.4 Phalaropes 9 4.4 Kittiwakes 1 0.5 Jaegers 1 0.5 Alcids 9 4.4 206 100.0 Linear Density of Ship-Followers R = .083 S = .457 T = .296 U = --- V - .272 W = .436 Overall = .286 X = --- Y = --- Z = --- Adjusted = .201+ + Adjusted total is actual number of ship-followers recorded, eliminating the duplicate counts for birds following from one section into the next. Linear Density of Nonship-Followers R = .217 S = .542 T = .092 U = --- V = .156 W = .236 Overall = .248 X = --- Y = --- Z - --- Number of Species Recorded in Each Section R = 8 S = 9 T = 5 U = --- V = 6 W = 6 X = --- Y = --- Z = --- Number of miles covered in each section between sunrise and sunset R = 120 S = 94 T = 98 U = --- V = 92 W = 55 Total: 459 miles X = --- Y = --- Z = --- Miles/Section/Day (Diurnal hours) R: 25 March = 120 S: 24 March = 76 T: 24 March = 33 26 March = 18 26 March = 65 U: (NONE) V: 27 March = 92 W: 26 March = 30 28 March = 25 X: (NONE) Y: (NONE) Z: (NONE)