Searcher
Natural History Tours offers some exciting options for those eager to bird the
offshore waters of Southern California on multi-day trips from San Diego.
Bird Blog - Click here to find out what's happening with pelagic birds at sea.
Check our schedule for spring and fall departures.
Check our trip sightings lists:
April 17-21, 2003
April 24-28, 2003
September 4-7, 2003 (Note: this was a 3 day
trip)
April 21-25, 2004
April 28- May 2, 2004 (click
for trip map)
September 8-12, 2004 (click
for trip map)
April 13-16, 2005 (click for trip report)
September 5-9, 2005 (click for trip report)
April 26-30, 2006 (Click for trip report)
September 4-8, 2006 (Click for trip report)
April 14-18, 2007 (Click for trip report)
September 3-7, 2007 (Click for trip report)
June 2-6, 2008 (Click for trip report)
2008 Searcher Natural History Tours
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During
our 5-day trips we plan to travel north past Point Conception to the
Arguello Canyon, Rodriguez Dome, San Juan Seamount, and an outermost seamount
40 miles southwest of Cortez Bank which is 150 miles offshore. We will have
three full days of birding along the 2,000-fathom line and wherever else the
birds take us.
Target species will vary with the seasons. During the spring trips we have observed Laysan Albatross, Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Murphy's Petrel, Cookileria Petrel, Pink-footed Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Short-tailed Shearwater, Black-vented Shearwater, Leach's Storm-Petrel, Ashy Storm-Petrel, Black Storm-Petrel, Red-billed Tropicbird, Red-necked Phalarope, Red Phalarope, Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, Long-tailed Jaeger, Sabine's Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake, Arctic Tern, Common Murre, Xantus' Murrelet, Cassin's Auklet, and Rhinoceros Auklet. During the September trip we will be on the lookout for Cook's Petrel, Black Storm-petrel, Least Storm-petrel, Red-billed Tropicbird, all Craveri's Murrelet, and Xantus' Murrelet.
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Click here for an exciting land birding extension from
September 5-7, 2008.
Why take a June pelagic trip from San Diego? - Click here to find out
Click here to find out what our customers have said about our birding trips!
Check out the Bird Blog to see what is happening!
If you're interested in this trip, please
contact Celia Condit at searcher@bajawhale.com for
booking information. If you have any questions regarding the birds
we may see, please contact Terry Hunefeld at thunefeld@gmail.com. Terry is our official chummer and spotter.
