Wirtz . Wj 11 ism 0. 45 
1983-- At Sea 
three others during the day; also one petrel. >'e have had almost no 
opportunity to collect the majority of the "birds we have seen have "been 
several hundred yards * way. Yesterday we saved yerbe^e all day, dumped 
it about 18CO and then circled hack through it, but saw only one shearwater. 
We are fretting many interesting records, but need some specimens for 
verification on some of these unusual sightings. 
6 *—' 
This afternoon we tried churning a flock of 60-70 feeding terns and 
shearwaters with the shin, sigzaging wildly over the study area* hut 
were never able to get a snot at them. omorrow we will try going e^ter 
them in the whaleboat if we sight a flock. The whaleboat crew worked 
very smoothly in picking* up the tro icblrds this morning. We are getting the 
utmost in cooperation from the Navy on t is trip and the captain has 
done everything he could in an effort to help us. 
Mr. Bushman told Pat today that he would give us © copy of wh^ t 
information we needed after he (Bushman) had a copu for BTC. ro we have 
gotten the weather and locality data 3rd hand. Someone co les it and 
gives it to Bushmen and then he gives us a copy from what he gets. 
I have no way of knowing what alterations occur in the process and I don*t 
like this method of getting data. Re told me today there was a ll^eli cod 
we wouldn 1 t go to Baysan because it wasn*t important; they operate on a 
short term basis and continually change their plans as they go along. 
0006 Bonin I. Petrel 
0011 Tern 
0024 Tern 
0042 Tern 
L 15° 09* A 170* 36 • 
one low over water off bow 
2, one headed NS, one ■ E 
one heeded TIE In cergo Harts 
one headed HE high 
0100 
