apparently are undergoing a more rapid rate of change than noted during 
the summer and early fall. The areas of slicks and upwellings in the 
northeast corner of the Grid appear to be dispersing and the general 
shift of bird density within the Grid has been toward the south. The 
south-center sections ”V TI and "Y TT , for the first time in the last half 
year, appeared to be regions of good food density and consequently high 
bird numbers. 
Grid Species Accounts 
Western Grebe # OBS = 2 
Aechmophorus occidentalis 
A pair of birds was observed well on the water in section "V" on 3 
November. They were calling and diving. Shortly before this sighting 
a flock of 22 "waterfowl” was seen flying southeast in a broken formation. 
Possibly this flock was also this species. 
Black-footed Albatross Total # OBS = 22 
Diomedea nigripes High Max. Daily count = 5 
Low Max. Daily count = 0 
Median Daily Max.= 2 
Mean Daily Max. = 2-k 
The hypothesized increase anticipated this cruise was anything but 
realized. This survey was the lowest density yet recorded for albatrosses. 
The 7th of November is to my knowledge the only full day spent on the Grid 
without a single albatross sighting. What effect the low winds have on 
sightings is uncertain, but it appeared that birds tended to follow for a 
relatively shorter time period. Of the 12 birds recorded with rump color 
no all White-rumped birds were seen; Nine (75$) were all dark, and 3 (25$) 
were mottled white. No density pattern within the Grid itself appears 
evident. 
Fulmar 
Fulmarus glacialis 
# OBS = 19 
3 6 2 
17 0 
0 0 0 
# seen in each section 
An increase over the last survey is evident. No birds were recorded 
in the southern third and the birds in the north appeared in the center 
sections, occasionally being associated with the slicks in that area. 
Birds occasionally showed a tendency to follow the ship. One light phase 
bird was seen, the remainder being dark types. At long distances this 
species can often not be safely told from Sooty Shearwater. When this 
occurs the sighting was entered as "Shear-Pet - Sooty/Fulmar. M No con¬ 
sistent directional movement was noted. 
Slender-billed (?) Shearwater 
Sooty Shearwater 
Sooty/Slender-billed Shearwater 
# OBS = 1 
# OBS = 23 
# OBS = 5 
