6 
William 0. Wirtz 
June 13—Saw quite a few flying fish cn the 0-3 watch 
today, chiefly individuals leaping in the searchlight. 
Ken remarked that they were also quite common last 
night, hut neither of us had noted them on previous 
nights. 
This, morning at 0700 we turned up to 50 mile leg near 
J I on the way to the 5th leg. Sooty Tern sightings 
went up in this area, and Boh collected and Sooty and 
a Bed-tailed Tropichird. Rest of day steaming 
southwest on 5th leg. Few Red-tailed Tropichirds and 
Sooty Terns spradically all day. Weather clear and 
hot. 
June lh —Turned hack into wind and sea today about noon 
as we headed up the 6th leg of the grid. Ship riding 
pretty rough. Weather mostly clear and hot. Few birds 
seen today; mostly sooty terns and. a few Pterodroma. 
.-'-. June 15 --Left the grid at 1100 today and turned slightly 
northward to head for French Frigate Shoals. We’ll have 
two more days like this - into the wind and sea — 
and it promises to he a rough ride. Weather again 
mostly clear and hot. 
increase in sooty terns. But we saw no feeding flocks 
in the whole grid. Also saw several RTT3 and Ftercdroma 
today, individuals of both species sitting cn water. A 
few wedgetails, a Christmas Island and fairy tern also 
recorded today. One sooty with an (range streamer. 
Collected another Pterodroma which came aboard ship 
last night - Paul got it - and shot another Scouy this 
evening. 
Stopping watch at midnight starting today; no 
i"' watch from 0-6. Will continue collecting to Frigate 
then on rare things down the chain. Expect to he hack 
in Kono on Saturday. 
