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Pelagic Birding Tour Trip Report Apr 28 – May 2, 2004

Sightings List for April 28-May 2, 2004 Offshore Birding Trip.

Species Totals
Pacific Loon 48
Laysan Albatross 20
Black-footed Albatross 17
Northern Fulmar 135
Pink-footed Shearwater 81
Sooty Shearwater 120
Manx Shearwater 1
Black-vented Shearwater 39
Leach’s Storm-petrel 51
Ashy Storm-petrel 7
Black Storm-petrel 17
Red-billed Tropicbird 6
Brown Pelican Many
Brandt’s Cormorant Many
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Pelagic Cormorant 21
Surf Scoter 1
Whimbrel 23
Red-necked Phalarope 125
Red Phalarope 45
Pomarine Jeager 23
Bonaparte’s Gull 1
Heerman’s Gull 7
California Gull 19
Western Gull Many
Sabine’s Gull 33
Royal Tern 35
Elegant Tern 17
Common Tern 4
Arctic Tern 2
Least Tern 9
Pigeon Guillemot 8
Xantus’s Murrelet 20
Cassin Auklet 200+
Mourning Dove 1
Barn Swallow 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Whales, Dolphins and other Marine Mammals
Humpback Whale 5
Fin Whale 3
Long-beaked Common Dolphin 15
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 100
Cuvier’s Beaked-whale 1
Pacific White-sided Dolphin 30
Risso’s Dolphin 8
Orcas 12
Dall’s Porpoise 20
California Seal Lion Many
Elephant Seal 2
Northern Fur Seal 2
Other Marine Life
Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
Blue Shark
Mako Shark
Pacific Saurie
Scad mackerel
Ocean Whitefish
Vermillion Rockfish
Flying fish
Humbolt Squid
By-the-wind Sailors
2020-07-15T16:35:32-07:00May 4th, 2004|Trip Reports|
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Pelagic Birding Tour Trip Report Apr 21 – 25, 2004

Sightings List for April 21-25, 2004 Offshore Birding Trip.

Species 21-Apr 22-Apr 23-Apr 24-Apr Totals
Common Loon 2 4 6
Pacific Loon 43 113 3 159
Laysan Albatross 1 1
Black-footed Albatross 1 1
Northern Fulmar 24 3 135 75 237
Cook’s Petrel 1 1
Pink-footed Shearwater 50 13 35 80 178
Flesh-footed Shearwater 1 1 2
Sooty Shearwater 20 30 100 400 550
Black-vented Shearwater 3 3
Black Storm-petrel 5 5
Ashy Storm-petrel 2 2
Leach’s Storm-petrel 17 17
Red-billed Tropicbird 7 7
Brown Pelican 175 18 7 200
Brandt’s Cormorant 30 50 15 40 135
Double-crested Cormorant 60 60
Pelagic Cormorant 1 1 2
Great Blue Heron 4 4
Snowy Egret 10 10
Surf Scoter 4 3 7
Black Oystercatcher 1 1 2
Wandering Tattler 2 1 3
Marbled Godwit 1 1
Red-necked Phalarope 150 75 6 231
Red Phalarope 7 6 13
Parasitic Jaeger 1 1
Pomarine Jaeger 10 4 50 30 94
Bonaparte’s Gull 35 2 22 59
California Gull 1 75 5 1 82
Heermann’s Gull 4 1 1 6
Western Gull 2500 102 800 3402
Herring Gull 9 9
Sabine’s Gull 3 80 20 103
Caspian Tern 15 15
Common Tern 3 3
Royal Tern 2 2 1 5
Elegant Tern 19 19
Least Tern 3 3
Xantus’ Murrelet 3 2 8 8 21
Cassin’s Auklet 3 4 3 10
Pigeon Guillemot 8 8
Fin Whale 7 7
Cuvier’s Beaked Whale 1 1
Northern Right-whale Dolphin 3 3
Pacific White-sided Dolphin 75 75
Long-beaked Common Dolphin 20 20
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 1000 3000 4000
Bottle-nosed Dolphin 3 45 48
Risso’s Dolphin 10 11 21
Dall’s Porpoise 9 8 17
Orca 2 2
Guadalupe Fur Seal 1 1
Northern Fur Seal 1 1
California Sea Lion 150 150
Northern Elephant Seal 1 1
2020-07-15T16:35:32-07:00April 25th, 2004|Trip Reports|
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Pelagic Birding Tour Trip Report Sep 4-7, 2003

September 4-7, 2003

This trip was our first to take place in late summer/early fall, and as such
was very much an exploratory effort. We decided to take three days and search
the area around the Cortez Bank, which lies 110 miles due west of San Diego,
California, and then continue out into deeper water to the south and west. While
the absolute number of birds wasn’t high, we did get two extraordinary
sightings (Bulwer’s Petrel and Red-tailed Tropicbird), as well as good looks
at some of the more expected late-summer species.

SPECIES 4th 5th 6th Totals
Black-footed Albatross 0 0 1 1
Bulwer’s Petrel 1 0 0 1
Black-vented Shearwater 1 0 0 1
Sooty Shearwater 3 0 0 3
Pink-footed Shearwater 45 2 0 50
Shearwater sp. 0 0 1 1
Leach’s Storm-petrel 0 50 125 175
Black Storm-petrel 40 8 8 56
Least Storm-petrel 2 0 2 4
Red-billed Tropicbird 0 4 6 10
Red-tailed Tropicbird 0 0 1 1
Brown Pelican 1 0 0 1
Red-necked Phalarope 20 20 0 40
Red Phalarope 8 80 60 148
Least Sandpiper 0 1 0 1
Western Gull 100 80 5 185
Heermann’s Gull 10 0 0 10
Sabine’s Gull 0 3 1 4
Whimbrel 8 0 0 8
Forster’s Tern 1 0 0 1
Common Tern 100 1 0 101
Arctic Tern 12 0 0 12
Royal Tern 10 0 0 10
Elegant Tern 25 0 0 25
Long-tailed Jaeger 1 3 1 5
Parasitic Jaeger 8 1 0 9
Pomarine Jaeger 15 4 1 20
Vaux’s Swift 0 0 1 1
Others
Blue Whale 6 2 0 8
Sperm Whale 2 0 0 2
Baird’s Beaked Whale 0 20 0 20
Long-beaked Common Dolphin 60 0 0 60
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 200 0 0 200
Harbor Seal 1 0 0 1
Mako Shark 1 0 0 1
Blue Shark 0 1 0 1
Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish) 20 30 0 50
Albacore 0 2 2 4
Shipjack Tuna 0 2 12 14
Yellowtail 0 0 1 1
2020-07-15T16:35:32-07:00September 8th, 2003|Trip Reports|
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Pelagic Birding Tour Trip Report Apr 24-28, 2003

Sightings List for April 24-28, 2003 Offshore Birding Trip.
Compiled by Walter Wehtje and Don DesJardin aboard Searcher.

SPECIES Totals
Pacific Loon 133
Common Loon 1
Laysan Albatross 2
Black-footed Albatross 19
Northern Fulmar 186
Murphy’s Petrel 25
Pterodroma sp. 7
Cookileria Petrel 2
Pink-footed Shearwater 181
Sooty Shearwater 488
Leach’s Storm-Petrel 45
Ashy Storm-Petrel 20
Black Storm-Petrel 3
Red-billed Tropicbird 5
Tropicbird sp. 2
Brown Pelican 3
Brandt’s Cormorant 3
Surf Scoter 11
Red-necked Phalarope 3015
Red Phalarope 670
Pomarine Jaeger 45
Parasitic Jaeger 2
Long-tailed Jaeger 1
Jaeger sp. 1
Bonaparte’s Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 1
California Gull 25
Western Gull 270
Glaucous-winged Gull 1
Sabine’s Gull 21
Black-legged Kittiwake 1
Royal Tern 11
Elegant Tern 19
Arctic Tern 10
Forster’s Tern 3
Common Murre 5
Xantus’ Murrelet 6
Cassin’s Auklet 100
Rhinoceros Auklet 25
SPECIES-others
Blue Whale
Fin Whale
Humpback Whale
Orca
Risso’s Dolphin
Pacific White-sided Dolphin
Northern Right-whale Dolphin
Dall’s Porpoise
Common Dolphin
California Sealion
Northern Fur Seal
Harbor Seal
Northern Elephant Seal
Mola mola
Blue Shark
2020-07-15T16:35:33-07:00April 30th, 2003|Trip Reports|
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Pelagic Birding Trip Sightings List, April 17-21, 2003

Bird List for April 17-21, 2003 Pelagic Trip

SPECIES 17th 18th 19th 20th Totals
Red-throated Loon 2 0 0 0 2
Pacific Loon 50 15 0 1 66
Common Loon 6 5 0 0 11
Eared Grebe 3 0 0 0 3
Laysan Albatross 0 6 3 4 13
Black-footed Albatross 0 25 14 15 54
Northern Fulmar 1 150 7 9 167
Murphy’s Petrel 0 39 21 6 66
Pink-footed Shearwater 50 100 1 1 152
Sooty Shearwater 150 550 0 1 701
Short-tailed Shearwater 1 0 0 0 1
Black-vented Shearwater 4 0 0 0 4
Leach’s Storm-Petrel 0 35 85 25 145
Black Storm-Petrel 2 0 0 0 2
Red-billed Tropicbird 0 0 0 2 2
Brown Pelican 5 0 0 0 5
Brandt’s Cormorant 0 30 0 0 30
Surf Scoter 30 11 0 0 41
Greater Yellowlegs 0 2 0 0 2
Marbled Godwit 1 1 0 0 2
Red-necked Phalarope 8 0 0 1 9
Red Phalarope 65 750 600 40 1455
Pomarine Jaeger 7 3 0 1 11
Parasitic Jaeger 1 0 0 0 1
Bonaparte’s Gull 8 2 0 0 10
Heermann’s Gull 1 7 0 0 8
California Gull 4 0 0 0 4
Herring Gull 2 0 0 0 2
Western Gull 70 0 1 0 71
Glaucous-winged Gull 0 2 0 0 2
Sabine’s Gull 3 0 0 2 5
Royal Tern 15 3 0 0 18
Elegant Tern 2 0 0 0 2
Common Murre 1 0 0 0 1
Pigeon Guillemot 0 3 0 0 3
Xantus’ Murrelet 7 0 0 0 7
Cassin’s Auklet 1 3 0 0 4
Rhinoceros Auklet 3 4 0 0 7
Tufted Puffin 0 1 0 0 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow 0 0 0 1 1
Others
Gray Whale 1
Long-beaked Common dolphin 600
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 50
California Sea Lion 20
Basking Shark 1
Mola mola 3
By the wind sailors 10,000+
2020-07-15T16:35:33-07:00April 26th, 2003|Trip Reports|
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