over the water in the light of the moon. Tomorrow night the Capt. is 
going to lend us some 12 volt spot lights to use on these night wstchs. 
On several occassions today we observed two or more flying close together 
over the water, and we have seen several species setting on the water, 
there may he a slight tendency to see more bifcds setting on the water 
early in the morning, if this is so it suggest that they roosting on 
the water at night, 
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The trip to date has been successful and run very smoothly. 
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Day 4 
The weather again today was clear and hot with widely seetered 
clouds but no rain we maintained the watch at two houn intervals from 
0600 to 02400 as on previous days. The crue members on might watch 
have been very good about coming in to tell us of birds which they see 
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or heard during the midnight to 0600, The records today again not as 
good as those of day, 2 one group of six or seven whales was spotted 
this a.m, and another single animal this afternom. We saw several 
flocks of Sooty Terns today, the watch after dark used 12 volt sealbeem 
light and picked up many species of birds flying over the water and over 
heed, Just ?s they do in the day time. It appeared that there were as 
many or more birds active tonight as there were during the day, today. 
The l^rge flood lights which we have used each night do not seem to 
attract them but, these small spots pick them up as they move over 
the water, Several birds were seen with small silvery fish in their 
beaks. 
We find that we are getting $uite tied being out in the sun 
so much and are durng little more than eating,sleeping , and maintaining 
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