Percent of Total 
4 
"Respectable" pelagic seabirds 
(Shear/Pets, Alcids, Skua, Tropicbirds) 11 
Puddle Ducks 8 
Passerines (Tweety Birds) (6 species) 6 
"Marginal" Pelagic seabirds 
(Loon, Herring Gull) 4 
Doves 2 
Accidental shorebirds 2 
Owls (l) 1 
The general situation found in this Grid, chiefly the overall paucity 
of birds, is apparently the transitory state that occurs: l) After the 
typical migrant species, Leach 1 s Storm Petrel, Terns, Phalaropes(?), 
Shear/Pets., etc. have passed through and are now generally to the south of 
the Grid area, and 2) Before the typical winter residents, Gulls, Aleids, 
Fulmars, Kittiwakes, etc., have arrived from the north. The duration of 
this lull is probably fairly short, as vanguard Fulmars and Gulls are 
presently appearing. The next two surveys I suspect will show an overall 
increase. 
Sections, R ? S, T. U. V, W, X, Y, Z refer respectively to 1, 2, 3? 4, 
5, 6, 7> 8, 9i and NW, N-Center, NE, Center-West, Center-Center, Center- 
East, SW, S-Center, SE. 
Nine division shorthand notations used here are similar to thos dis¬ 
cussed in the report for E.G.S. #10. 
SPECIES ACCOUNTS - GRID 
Black-footed Albatross # Obs. 43 
Diomedea nigripes Avg. # Day 4.8 
Median (of 9 days) 6 
See Figure #2 High max. day count 8 
See also report for EGS #13 Low max. day count 1 
RUMP COLOR 
(Sample Size = 37) 
Sharp White 
Mottled 
Dark 
JL 
10 
4 
23 
.... - - 1o 
27 
11 _ 
62 
After having decreased through four surveys, from July to mid- 
September, an increase seems to be underway at present. The mean # of 
birds/day per survey reached a low of 3*1- i n mid-September then rose to 
5*4 in early October and dropped slightly to 4.8 during the present survey. 
The overall tendency suggests an increase but future cruises will make this 
more clear. I hypothesized in the EGS #13 report that a decrease in the 
proportion of white-rumped birds would occur along with the, also hypothe¬ 
sized, overall increase. It is not clear as yet whether or not this is 
occurring. 
(As in the previous two reports all albatross data are handled in the 
Species Account only and are, for the purposes of the tables, not considered 
to be birds). 
Fulmar # Obs. 7 
Fulmarus glacialis 
Seven dark-phase birds were recorded on the last day in the Grid; sections 
"T" and "W". Six were moving west. These are the first of the season and no 
doubt will increase. 
