May 12. Latitude 39° 21´ 45´´ north; longitude 72° 49´ west; temperature of air 56° F.; gentle north wind; sea smooth. Observed a few Phalaropes and one Common Jaeger. Latitude 39° 24´ 30´´ north; longitude 74° 55´ west; temperature of air 64° F.; calm. Several flocks of Phalaropes seen flying.
May 13. Latitude 39° 22´ north; longitude 72° 29´ 30´´ west; temperature of air 54.5° F.; gentle west southwest wind; sea smooth. Several fair sized flocks of Phalaropes seen this morning.
May 16. Latitude 40° 41´ 30´´ north; longitude 69° 5´ 30´´ west; temperature of air 57° F.; moderate west breeze; smooth sea. A small flock of Phalaropes circling about the same spot repeatedly, and alternately sitting on the water and rising again in quick succession. Nine Terns (Sterna hirundo?) seen "plugging" in the same spot, but soon flying off to the westward.
May 18. Latitude 45° 6´ 30´´ north; longitude 65° 29´ west; 10 A. M.; temperature of air 47°; moderate east southeast wind; sky cloudy, clearing some; sea smooth. Small flocks of Phalaropes seen, very wild. No birds seen during the afternoon.
May 23. Southeast by south from latitude 44° 11´ 15´´ north; longitude 64° 14´ west; 12 M.; temperature of air 43° F.; moderate east wind; clear sky; moderate swell. A very large number of Herring Gulls were seen, two flocks of from 100 to 200 each, also a flock of Red Phalaropes on the water and Terns (Sterna paradisea?) "plugging," and covering this one place. Latitude 44° 22´ north; longitude 63° 53´ west; 5 P. M.; temperature of air 44° F.; gentle east southeast breeze; cloudy; sea smooth. "Mackerel Gulls" (S. paradisea?) very common this afternoon. Northeast by east, 3.3 knots from latitude 44° 22´ north; longitude 63° 53´ west; 6 P. M.; temperature of air 44° F.; gentle east southeast wind; sky cloudy; sea smooth. About 7 P. M., a large flock of Phalaropes seen sitting on the water. One (P. lobatus) was shot. Tow net took a lot of "red feed" (copepods) here. Birds contained fragments of copepods. Nothing found in proventriculum; everything in gizzards and intestines.
May 23. Latitude 44° 23´ north; longitude 63° 51´ 30´´ west; 7 P. M.; temperature of air 42.5° F.; light east southeast breeze; cloudy; sea smooth. Shot five Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisea) and three Phalaropes (P. lobatus). Terns had been eating crustacea; contained fragments. Phalarope had copepods in gizzard. The Terns were very common to-day. If one is wounded and utters a cry when shot, the others will hover over it and everyone could be killed.
May 24. Latitude 44° 24´ 45´´ north; longitude 63° 27´ west; 5 P. M.; temperature of air 44° F.; gentle southeast breeze; sky cloudy; sea smooth. Surface net took a very few minute copepods in ten minutes. Surface life is scarce. Terns (S. paradisea) have been numerous all day. They were frequently observed to dive. Phalaropes have been very common also, but so far away that it was impossible to identify them. Those we succeeded in shooting were (P. lobatus). Red Phalaropes (Crymophilus fulcarius) may have been present, as some looked redder than others.
May 25. Latitude 45° 0´ 45´´ north; longitude 61° 28´ 30´´ west; 7 P. M.; temperature of air 46° F.; light west southwest air; sky clearing; moderate swell. All along a few flocks of Phalaropes have been seen. A few "Medricks" (S. paradisea?) also observed.
May 28. Latitude 44° 49´ 15´´ north; longitude 62° 9´ 30´´ west; 9 A. M.; temperature of air 45° F.; light north wind; sky cloudy; moderate swell. Several small flocks of Phalaropes seen sitting on the water.
May 29. Nearly one knot (.7) east northeast from latitude 45° 39´ 30´´ north; longitude 60° 4´ 15´´ west; 2 P. M.; temperature of air 55° F.; light west northwest air; sky clear; sea smooth. A couple of small flocks of Phalaropes seen sitting on the water; seemed pretty "tame".