2018 Pelagic Birding Tour (Sep 3-7), day 1

(pink-footed shearwater and Risso’s dolphins photos courtesy of Tom Blackman on previous trips)

Hello birders:

We had a good start to our annual pelagic birding trip today. The seas are calm with very little wind. We saw many expected species on the first day, with the highlight being a red-footed booby. Some of our local species seen: black-vented and pink-footed shearwaters; black, ashy and least storm petrels; pomarine and long-tailed jaegers; common tern, brown booby; and Cassin’s auklets. We saw Risso’s dolphins and a fin whale too.