Howdy birders,
Nice morning here on the open ocean, with steady viewings of black-footed albatross and we have seen some more Buller’s shearwaters. Our highlights of the morning were a Cook’s petrel, some Baird’s beaked whales and a quick look at a Guadalupe murrelet. Hoping for more action this afternoon.
-Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
Howdy birders,
This afternoon was not the best for birding due to complete fog block but we did see lots of the usual supects in the breaks of fog. The weather is nice and we’re anchored up for the night and will be headed offshore to a couple of sea mounts tomorrow. Here’s a photo of some of our passengers birding in the bow.
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
Howdy birders, it was a good morning again with flat calm weather – our big sightings from the morning were a Buller’s shearwater and several jaegers: (pomarine, parasitic, and long-tailed) and Risso’s and common dolphins, too!
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
Howdy birders,
Great first day on the ocean: the wind backed off to nothing, and the birding was great. It started with the sighting of 2 magnificent frigatebirds in the San Diego Bay, and then several black-vented shearwaters. We also saw a pair of brown boobies, and a life bird for many this afternoon was a Cassin’s auklet. In the marine mammal department, we saw bottlenose dolphin, fin whales, and a few blue whales, one fluking!
Dinner was fantastic, second only to a great day of wildlife sightings!
More tomorrow,
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
Hello Searcher friends,
In the past week we have been seeing some great birds offshore. We are about 85 miles SE of San Diego and 25 miles off the Baja Peninsula.
Here’s what we’ve seen:
Black-footed and Laysan albatross; Cook’s petrel; Pink-footed, black-vented, Buller’s and sooty shearwaters; black and Leach’s storm petrels and Red-billed tropicbird!
Thought you all would like to know!
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Check our new pages with photos on “Birds of Baja” and “Whales of Baja” for passengers to review the 
numerous species we regularly see on our 12-day Baja Whalewatching Tours.
Click on the images below to start learning!
Join our 12-day tour to whalewatch for up to a dozen different species: gray, blue, fin, sperm, and humpback whales, and several kinds of dolphins along the Pacific side of Baja California, plus an extension into the rich 
waters of the Sea of Cortez where even more whales and wildlife are abundant.
Explore offshore islands for birding and photography, and snorkel with tropical reef fish.
There are currently still spots available on the tour departing March 24, 2018! To learn more about the trip’s itinerary and detail for booking, visit https://www.bajawhale.com/whale/baja-whalewatching-tour-5/.
We’ve put together a Birds of Baja gallery to give you a taste of what you might see on your adventure with Searcher Natural History Tours. 
We love to show off the amazing sea life in Baja California! Check out our latest videos for a glimpse of the amazing sightings we’ve captured during our nature tours. Share these videos with your friends! Simply email the following link to our website: https://www.bajawhale.com/wildlife-tours/baja-whale-watching-tours/.
Many thanks to Chris Earley for use of his photo (gray whale and whalewatchers)!
Hello whale-and bird-watchers:
Underwater bottlenose dolphins @ Moira Johnston
You are invited! Grab the opportunity to enjoy world-class whalewatching in Baja California, including Laguna San Ignacio, the winter birthing/mating destination for gray whales.
Two tours are booked directly through our office and are open for booking.
I was reminded how much I learned on the trip, as well as how lucky and privileged we were to see so many fantastic cetaceans, pinnipeds, birds and fish, plus a reptile or two!
-Adrian Johnson, April 2017 passenger (pictured on left)
A shady rest between whale/bird sightings! Photo by Helen Bryon (Traveling Naturalist)
(Thank you to Nigel Carter for the pelican photo and so many others…)
Hello whalewatchers:
We are always sad when our Baja tour season closes, but we are overjoyed that we get to head south again in 2018 with eager ecotourists on board! We thank all our guests, coming from near and so far, for their enthusiasm and concern for Baja’s remote places and the wildlife. We are always grateful to be able to share it with others.
Moonrise over Baja
Gray whale and Searcher @ Grant Serpell
If you travelled with us in 2017, we know you join us in gratitude for our naturalists: Paul Jones, Marc Webber, Rob Nawojchik, Patti Schick Nisbet, and Lee Morgan. It all comes together so well when these experts are aboard with us. Gracias!
Can you join us in 2018? Check our tour schedule HERE!
Formal night on Searcher @ Bob Fisher
And this photo just in from passenger Bob Fisher–Team Searcher!
