Husted, DayleN. 
1964 
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The terns follow the fish school very closely, the shearwaters meander 
around more. The terns seem to stay at the head of the fish school. 
Position 20° 18' N 155° C9». 
August 17 - -A very dark Dark-rumped Petrel came very close to the ship 
this morning. At 06l0 an immature Sooty Tern circled the ship two 
times. No adult was present. The young bird chirped several times. 
We were in another flock at 0927- On way to flock I saw a very large 
Albatross, it was much larger than the Frigate it passed. Position of 
flock 21° 59 T N 156 51 f W. Some of the Wedgetails were sitting just . 
dabbling around. The Sooty Terns are up above and the Noddies are 
down below. In another flock at 1023. Two Masked Boobies were sitting 
in water ducking their heads. Many Noddies and Hawaiian Noddies are 
sitting on the water just dabbling around. There is also a good many 
Wedgetails sitting on water. Boobies were seen too just collapse in 
air and dive into water head first. No luc^: in bringing fish to the 
surface. 15 10 we are heading toward another flock. This is a very 
large flock. The Boobies are gliding low over the water and then diving 
in, others are up higher then diving in. There are many Wedgetails 
and Noddy Terns sitting on the water. The Noddies seem to be able to 
come to a stop by moving their wings in a forward motion. The Sooty 
Terns stay up above the flocks, the Noddies are down below. One of the 
crewmen just told me that a flock of Boobies indicate Mahi Mahi school. 
Position of flock 22° 06 T N 157° 32 1 W 1620, in another flock. Several 
Noddies were seen swimming along with their heads under water. 
