EAC #15 
Eastern Area Cruise 15 was conducted by Brian Harrington aboard the 
USS BRADLEY (DE 104 l) from 5-9 June, 1967. Daylight observations were 
conducted whenever possible, however were restricted on occasion due to 
operations of the ship which prohibited personnel from being on the 
weather-decks. A total of 33-8 hours of observation were conducted over 
ij -90 linear miles. A daily summary may be found in TABLE 1 . 
TABLE 1 . Summary of Bird and Mammal Sightings, Eastern Area 
Cruise 15 , June 1967* 
Date 
05 
06 
07 
08 
22 
Black-footed Albatross 
1 
1 
1 
Sooty-Shearwater 
6 
829 
624 
501 
813 
Pink-footed Shearwater 
• 0 
142 
195 
141 
148 
Shearwater sp. 
- 
- 
9 
22 
75 
Black Storm Petrel 
-- 
- 
4 
Storm Petrel sp. 
2 
- 
9 
- 
7 
Cormorant sp. 
1 
- 
Brown Pelican 
- 
1 
1 
1 
Western Gull 
11 
22 
16 
44 
40 
Sabine r s Gull 
5 
Rhinoceros Auklet 
- 
2 
5 
- 
2 
Long Tailed Jaeger 
- 
— 
. 1 
Alcia sp. 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Shorebird 
3 
- 
- 
Skua 
- 
- 
- 
- 
_> 
Whale sp. 
- 
- 
l 
1 
Pilot Whale 
40 
20 
Baird Dolphin 
16 
- 
3 
Dali Porpoise 
- 
11 
- 
3 
4 
Seal sp 
- 
5 
12 
3 
13 
Total Hours 
7.1 
8.1 
7-3 
5.8 
5-5 
Total miles* 
90 
133 
97 
kk 
GO 
105 
Birds/lin. mile 
Hummingbird sp- 
—— 
— 
1 
Plycatcher sp. 
- 
- 
1 
Dove sp. 
- 
- 
- 
1 
* Due to irregular courses and speeds these mileage records should be considered 
accurate with allowance for 10 $> error. 
During this survey the Smithsonian observer was present on the ship 
on a not-to-interfere basis. Thus the areas surveyed were determined by 
the objectives of other programs and did not include any areas encompassed 
by the Eastern Grid. Instead, all operations were within sight of the 
Channel Islands, and are not considered to be of aid in determining the 
