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Tour #3 Laguna San Ignacio

Hello whalewatchers: Today we encountered some wind in Laguna San Ignacio, so we had to wait awhile to get out in the pangas. We enjoyed some great whalewatching from the Searcher with a very curious cow and calf! There are hundreds of whales in Laguna San Ignacio with the latest census being a total of 354 whales. Needless to say there were plenty of whales to look at this morning. We got the pangas out for a trip after lunch and there were some close encounters and lots of happy whalewatchers. This place is working its magic.The wind has subsided dramatically this evening and we have a great sunset developing.
More tomorrow. Team Searcher

2013-02-25T17:32:48-08:00February 25th, 2013|Trip Reports|
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Tour #3 Islas San Benito (short report, more tomorrow!)

Hello whalewatchers,
We had a great day at Islas San Benito–good weather with mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 60’s. Great for hiking. Plenty of elephant seals and a few Guadalupe fur seals. Osprey on the nest and plenty more to keep everyone busy. A sighting of a brown booby in the anchorage. Looking forward to tomorrow in Laguna San Ignacio. Team Searcher

2013-02-24T19:43:48-08:00February 24th, 2013|Trip Reports|
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Tour #3 Islas Todos Santos and south bound

Hello whalewatchers: Today we had a busy day starting with Isla Todos Santos. All the usual suspects0–three pinnepeds and all the oystercatchers, terns, perregrine
falcons that we usually see. At the south end of the island we saw pelagic
commorants, brown boobies and a rarity–masked booby.
There were lots of northbound gray whales, short and long beaked common dolphins and some really good looks at humpback whales. Offshore we saw several
murrelets, auklets, shearwaters and gulls. Looking forward to tomorrow at
Isla San Benitos. Photo is Lee Morgan’s masked booby.
Team Searcher

2013-02-23T23:03:22-08:00February 23rd, 2013|Trip Reports|
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Tour #3 off and running!

Our Baja Whalewatching tour with Naturetrek has just left the dock. Folks aboard are about to see the wonderful wildlife in Baja California for the next 12 days.

2013-02-22T21:52:10-08:00February 22nd, 2013|News|
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Report on possible resighting of Manx shearwater off San Diego

From Dave Povey: “When asked to “chase” the Manx Shearwater seen Thursday, Feb 14. I thought chances were slim and none. Doug Aguillar, Jay Keller, B J Stacey, and I headed into the same area s.e. of Pt. Loma this morning. There were birds and dolphin working the area, though I thought, in smaller numbers than Thursday.  We faithfully looked at every Black-vented Shearwater that past, and stopped on several small groups resting on the water. Around 8:30 a.m. we found a larger group that had just finished a feeding frenzy, and were now resting on the water. Jay called out he that he was seeing a darker backed bird on the water. Quickly sorting through Black-vents, there was our Manx. Same overall size, blacker backed, bright white below, with a curl of white up the neck around the ear, and white under tail coverts.
We drifted along with the flock for 5 mins. or so, taking pictures, before the flock finally started taking off.  Was it the same bird as Thursdays? Maybe the photos will help?
The postion on the GPS was 1.3 n. miles southeast of Thursday’s Manx.
That would put this bird at 4 n. miles s.e. of Pt. Loma and 3.25 n. miles west of Silver Strand.”

2013-02-18T05:58:25-08:00February 18th, 2013|News|
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