Sheet #5. 



21 April - h*%A3°33' I - Long. 49°50« *. 



Fulmars numerous, especially in vicinity of ice bergs. 

 They have little fear of a ship's boat under oars and permit 

 one to row close to them when they are resting in the water. 



Murres and Dovekies common this day but variety of 

 Murres not determined, 



22 April - Lat. 42°38* I, Long. **9 0 01 • f. 



Stormy weather and so few birds noted, 

 Dovekies and Murres only during the day and toward 

 night a few Fulmars were seen. 



23 April - loon - Lat^i^n^^g-SO 0 ^ 1 W, 



Is forenoon saw a large white gull following the ship. 

 The bird would come within a hundred yards of the stem of the 

 vessel and settle on the water in the wake of the ship. After 

 considerable distance would separate it from the vessel it 

 would take flight and return to the vessel and repeat the per- 

 formance. This continued for over an hour. The whiteness of 

 the plumage, size of the gull and lack of black or dark mark- 

 ings on primaries pronounced it clearly to be a guallen' a 

 Gull in adult plumage. 



Two Klttiwakes seen this day, also one Pomarine Jaeger, 

 One of the Klttiwakes flew on board the MODOO towards evening 

 where it was easily caught and studied. Later it was released 

 only to fly on board a second time. The bird was in mature 

 plumage, while on board It disgorged its stomach* s contents 

 which appeared to consist mostly of small squid. 



£1 April - Soon - Latr^oi^'iT^ong. 53°39* 



MODOO relieved by TAMPA of International Ice Patrol 

 duty on Grank Banks, Birds noted: 2 Leach's Petrels and sev- 

 eral Dovekies but no gulls seen this day, 



25 April - Snroute to Halifax, H.8. 



At 0:00 a.m. Sable Island distant kO miles to Horthward, 

 Voted 2 gulls, three Pomarine Jaegers and several Dovekies, 

 Later more Herring Gulls appeared and followed the ship, also 

 one Kittiwake and one Gannet seen. 



2S April - Halifax Harbor, Kova Scotia. 



Many Herring Gulls, mature and immature birds also sev- 

 eral Great Block-backed Gulls noted. 



k May - Soted several Ring-billed Gulls in the harbor. 



6 May - In walk ashore in vicinity of Halifax, M.S., noted 

 Robins, Tree Swallows, Flickers, Red-winged Blackbirds and 

 Chipping Sparrows. Left for Ice Patrol. 



