351 Gilmore 1931 SOOTY SHEARWATER Puffinus griseus May 2! Marmot Bay - between Kodiak Alagnak Is. 5-9 p.m. Today we came upon these birds for the first time in their huge flocks. One of these great flocks was some 2-3 miles off shore, water very rough, 60 mts per hr. for head gale, and they were assembled in a dense body on the water. Even anon they took flight & flew about in a dark wavy mass for a few seconds until settling on the surface again. A large black fish sprouted several times in the group. Perhaps they were feeding on some surface ovustacean that had also attracted the whale! Seemed to be at least 1000 in the single group. As one turned away & looked to the west toward Kodiak his gaze turn 180° degrees was filled with a mixture of tumbling waves flattened white caps + innumerable scattered Shearwaters skimming over the surface or wheeling & banking some 10 yd above the water. At least 2300 were in the whole bay. Flocks got smaller