Black-footed Albatross 
k 
- 
8 
10 
3 
9 
2 
6 
(Diomedia nigripes) 
Number observed: 
31 
Rump 
color (sample size 
21) 
White 
Mottled 
Dark 
# 
3 
3 
15 
ll)- 
72 
Quantitative distributions show little of significance- The concen¬ 
tration of 2k albatross in the Northwest section on Eastern Area Grid l8 
did not reappear on this survey. 
Dark rumped birds (presumed immatures) still are 
cent) in the grid. 
Laysan Albatross ( Piomedia immutabilis ) 
The distribution of Laysan Albatross seems 
nearly random. 
Fulmar ( Fulmarus glacialis ) 
Number observed: 23 
All were dark phase birds. Their distribution is more 1 
of the expected winter "normal cf" i.e., greatest number in northern‘third 
of the grid. They were abundant in the Santa Barbara Channel and can be 
assumed to have been present in large numbers in the northeast section (where 
we had no diurnal observations). 
One will expect, in the near future, a withdrawal of this species from 
the southern third of the grid, and further buildups in the north section. 
Sooty Shearwater ( Puffinus griseus ) 
The number of sooties dropped since Eastern Grid Survey 
l8. Althou^ the birds seen on EGS l8 did not appear to be 
moving south (as they were on the previous survey) the 
species has now all but dispersed from the grid. 
0 
3 
- 
0 
0 
2 
0 
0 
0 
Pterodroma sp. 
Number observed: 2 
Two individual sightings were recorded in SectorX on 20 December. 
These birds were probably Cook Petrels. 
Fork-tailed Petrel 
(Oceanodroma furcata) Number observed: 2 
The numbers remain very low. These numbers should be increasing by 
now, and can be expected to do so in the near future. 
Leach-type Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) Number observed: 11 
One of the (if not the ) lowest number of storm petrels 
recorded on any survey. The winter breeding birds (from 
Isla Guadalupe) that were present during EGS - 17 are now 
probably incubating eggs. But where are the expected winter¬ 
ing populations? It is possible that the month of storms has 
