Ship Survey of Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and San Miguel Islands (cont'd) 
Surf Scoters, 9 Bed Phalaropes, 4-5+ Western Gulls, Herring Gulls, 600 
Bonaparte f s Gulls, 1 Pigeon Guillemot in winter plumage, a Xantus Murrelet 
and 6 alcid sp. 
Off Santa Rosa over 300 Sooty Shearwaters passed in a steady stream. 
There were sightings of a Brandt T s Cormorant, 9 Reel Phalaropes, Western and 
Herring Gulls, 8 Bonaparte ! s Gulls and 1 Pigeon Guillemot. 
Approaching San Miguel, Sooty Shearwaters streamed by with over 1,000 
counted. Three Black-footed Albatross, 6 Pelagic Cormorants, 10 Pigeon 
Guillemots, and 2 unidentified .jaegers. 
Prince Islet, San Miguel, supported at least 800 cormorants and 250 
Western Gulls. 
On the return trip to the Santa Cruz anchorage, we cruised the north 
side of Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz where over 5?000 Sooty Shearwaters were 
counted. Additional species: 
Brandt T s Cormorant 6 
Cormorant Species 4- 
Pelagic Cormorant 16 
Red Phalarope 23 
Common Murre (winter plumage) 1 
Pigeon Guillemot 30 
Rhinoceros Auklet 79 
Cassini Auklet 19 
Xantus Murrelet 16 
Western Gull 32 
California Gull 2 
Ring-billed Gull 2 
Bonaparte T s Gull 1 
Hummingbird Species 1 
Two ravens were seen at the Santa Cruz anchorage on the following 
morning and a mockingbird was heard singing. 
San Nicolas Island 5 “ 7 April 1968 
Itinerary: 
Arrive: San Nicolas Island I63O 5 April, via Mercer Airlines. 
Depart: San Nicolas Island 14-30 7 April, via M/V Sioux City . 
Introduction: 
The short stay on the island was devoted to work on two animals, the 
Western Gull ( Larus occidentalis ) and Northern Elephant Seals ( Mirounga 
angustirostrisy ! The gulls are of interest as we will later do a complete 
study on their ecology, and the Mirounga were surveyed in order to obtain 
data on the success of the tagging of this species on 4--5 March this year. 
Accounts follow: 
