Wirfca, w* 
1963 
March 
87 
15 Msrch 1963 
Binion and I maintained watch through the morning:, "but not all 
afternoon. Two black-foots were following the ship at down, and the 
hoein shot one about 0800. About 0830 I observed another bird, like 
the one I shot yesterday, flying high and fast off thesterboerd head¬ 
ed SW. It soon disappeared from view. A possible shearwater was 
recorded about 0845. One black-foot followed us sporadically till 
about 1050 when I shot at it, but did not kill it. Ho other black- 
foots were seen again this day. The bosin reported seeing a -^hite 
booby this afternoon, but er did not sec it, and we noted a couple 
more unidentifiable shearwater types. 
It has gotten much warmer today. Our position is about 700 
miles south of Midway, latitude abot’t 17, and the temperature has been 
in the eighties all day. There have been few clouds, ad the sun has 
best down on us all day. The se- has been fairly good? we are run- 
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ning with the wind baileve us, and the shin has only been rolling 5 to 
10 degrees. We have been feeling pretty good, though Bob has still been 
sick fron time to time, 
16 March 1963 
Today was a very dull and boring day. The wind has moved 
around to the esst and the ship is rolling regularly about 20 degees. 
The day was mostly clear, with scattered clouds, end hot. Our quarters 
down below are very hot now, even with fans going all the time. 
We spent the day sitting on the flying bird looking for birds, or 
sleeping. Ko albatross were seen. We saw 6 sooty terns in e group this 
morning, 3 tropic birds, and then a sooty tern about noon. T he bosin 
