Charles A. Ely December 5 11 toes and tarsus dark gray; upper mandible black; lower mandible black at tip, remainder gray. MOLT-- Fresh plumage. 12/6/69 Rained during night and still raining at dawn. Ship in showers most of day often for long periods of time - partly cloudy to completely overcast. Wind much higher - to 25 knots. Deep swells roughest seas we've had on any YAG trip. 0700 - watch started - rain and heavy overcast. 0727 - Bonin Island Petrel 2 ENE Not actively feeding just milling Shearwater/petrel 1 ENE about. One bonin petrel with more Harcourt's Storm Petrel 1 ENE black in wing than usual. 0825 Laysan Albatross 1 SE - around fantail several times 0830 - White-necked Petrel 1 0913 - Wedgetail 2 ESE 0916 - Wedgetail 8 WNW Red-footed Booby 1 WSW 0923 - Wedgetail 2 WNW 0926 - White-necked Petrel 2 WNW 0932 - Bonin Island Petrel 1 ESE 0933 Harcourt's Storm Petrel 1 ENE (atypical; more petrel-like flight) 1057 - White-necked Petrel 1 SE 1100 - Bonin Island Petrel 1 SSE 1110 - Bonin Island Petrel 1 NNW 1111 - Brown Booby 1 ENE 1143 - Frigate 2 SSE