2 
Grid General 
Except for the ship-followers and the storm petrels, few birds were 
seen. Black-footed Albatross, Herring Gulls and storm petrels comprise 
173 of the 206 birds noted for a total of 84.4 percent of all birds re¬ 
corded. A breakdown by species group indicates the following: 
S pecies No 
■ -• 
Albatrosses 
Gulls 
Storm Petrels 
Shearwaters/Petrels 
Fulmars 
Phalarope s 
Kittiwakes 
Jaegers 
Aleids 
f sightings 
°!o of total 
4o 
19.5 
52 
25.4 
84 
4l.O 
7 
2.9 
3 
1.4 
9 . 
4.4 
1 
JL 
0.5 
1 
0.5 
9 
4.4 
206“ 
■ 10 b.0 
Linear Density of Ship-Followers 
R = .083 S = Ml T = .296 
u - V - .272 W = .436 
Overall = .286 
Adjusted = .201+ 
+ Adjusted total is actual number of ship-followers recorded, 
eliminating the duplicate counts for birds following from 
one section into the next. 
Linear Density of Nonship-Followers 
R - .217 
U = — 
X = — 
S = .542 
v = .156 
Y = — 
T = .092 
¥ = .236 
Z - - 
Overall = .248 
Number of Species Recorded in Each Section 
R = 8 S - 9 
U = — V = 6 
X = — Y = — 
T = 5 
W =6 
Z =- 
Number of miles covered in each section between sunrise and sunset 
R = 
120 S 
- 94 
T 
= 98 
459 miles 
U = 
v 
= 92 
W 
= 55 
Total: 
X = 
Y 
=- 
Z 
=-- 
Miles/Section/Day 
(Diurnal 
hours) 
R: 
25 March = 
= 120 
q • 
24 March = 
76 
T • 
24 March = 33 
0 • 
26 March = 
18 
X • 
26 March = 65 
U: 
(NONE) 
V: 
27 March - 
92 
W: 
26 March = 30 
28 March = 25 
X: 
(NONE) 
Y: 
(none ) 
Z: 
(NONE) 
