elephant seals

Hellw whalewatchers;

We had a  great day on Isla San Benito. Passengers had really good looks at ospreys starting their nesting season and Guadalupe fur seals were active today as well. There were still some large, male beachmaster elephant seals on the beach today. The plant life was dry but there were some good birds to be seen. Two types of hummingbirds (Annas and Costas) were spotted. The highlight for those that walked up to the lighthouse got to see a blue whale not too far off the island.

And those that didn’t make it that far saw one as we left the island and started to motor south to Laguna San Ignacio. It was a very long-winded blue whale, so we only got to see it once. But we were treated to Pacific white-ided dolphins which we won’t see further south. For seabirds, we had a very good amount of Cassin’s auklets, black-vented shearwaters, about a dozen Manx shearwaters, and two peregrine falcons who were chasing seabirds.
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew