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|

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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