Sooty Tern 
A total of 709 Sooty Terns was seen in the grid. They were seen 
throughout the grid (see Figure 2), Three large feeding flocks were 
encountered in the northwest comer of the grid just west of Johnston 
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Atoll, These three flocks contained 450 Sooty Terns. One orange-streamered 
sooty was seen on 6 March 81 miles from Johnston Atollo 
Nocturnal observations produced 5S Sooty Terns, They were heard 
each night while in the grid. Winds to 35 knots blew on the nights of 2 and 
4 March. Winds of this velocity make nocturnal observing difficult as 
terns can be heard only when close to the ship. On the nights before and 
after 6 March (the day 593 Sooty Terns were seen) few birds were heard. 
Fairy Tern 
Twenty-one Fairy Terns were seen. They were all in feeding flocks 
observed on 6 March in the northwest comer of the grid. 
