On boot, syslogd sends a thousand packets over the network. Where is syslogd sending ip packets? Why? Mac OSX 10.15 Catalina. I see this traffic in Activity Monitor, right after mDNSResponder when I boot the machine with Activity Monitor enabled to start automatically.

If I had sufficient skills with OS X command line tools, is there a way for me to see the packets for myself?

Thanks for help on the newbie question. Apple Support community didn’t seem to recognize the question.

Activity Monitor screen capture clip showing 1000+ packets sent upon boot