pelagic birding, 2013 sightings list
Date Range: Sep 2 2013 – Sep 8, 2013
Total # of Species: 48
Total # of Checklists: 25
Locations
Anacapa / Santa Cruz Passage (VEN Co.);
Anacapa / Santa Cruz passage (SBA Co.);
Arguello Canyon/948 Bank (SBA Co.);
Cortez Bank (LA Co.);
Mushroom Bank (LA Co.);
Nine Mile Bank (SD Co.);
Offshore — Cortez Flats (LA County);
Offshore — Anacapa Island vicinity (VEN Co.);
Offshore — Escarpment between Rodriguez and San Juan (SBA Co.);
Offshore — Santa Cruz Island vicinity (SBA Co.);
Pt. Loma — offshore waters (SD Co.);
Rodriguez Seamount (SBA Co.);
San Diego Bay — northwest;
San Diego Trough (SD Co.);
San Juan Seamount (SBA Co.);
Santa Barbara Channel — Anacapa Island vicinity (VEN Co.);
Santa Barbara Channel — Santa Rosa Island vicinity (SBA Co.);
Santa Barbara Channel — west channel (SBA Co.);
Santa Cruz / Santa Rosa passage (SBA Co.);
Sixty Mile Bank (LA Co.);
Tanner Bank (VEN Co.);
Thirty Mile Bank (LA Co.);
Thirty Mile Bank (SD Co.)
Summary
| Sep 2 | Sep 3 | Sep 4 | Sep 5 | Sep 6 | Sep 7 | Sep 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Species | 29 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of Individuals | 7,141 | 1,389 | 273 | 450 | 567 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of Checklists | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Total Number of Birds (sample size)
| Species Name | Sep 2 | Sep 3 | Sep 4 | Sep 5 | Sep 6 | Sep 7 | Sep 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species Name | Sep 2 | Sep 3 | Sep 4 | Sep 5 | Sep 6 | Sep 7 | Sep 8 |
| Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) |
8 (3) |
2 (2) |
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| Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) |
1
(1) |
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| Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus) |
30
(3) |
171
(6) |
15
(3) |
263
(5) |
8
(1) |
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| Buller’s Shearwater (Puffinus bulleri) |
1
(1) |
41
(2) |
5
(3) |
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| Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) |
63
(3) |
62
(7) |
33
(4) |
6
(2) |
8
(1) |
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| Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas) |
5,210
(2) |
8
(5) |
45
(1) |
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| Leach’s Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) |
14
(4) |
29
(7) |
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| Ashy Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma homochroa) |
4
(2) |
6
(1) |
1
(1) |
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| Black Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma melania) |
48
(5) |
600
(1) |
1
(1) |
4
(2) |
4
(1) |
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| Least Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma microsoma) |
1
(1) |
1
(1) |
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| storm-petrel sp. (Hydrobatidae sp.) |
2
(1) |
1
(1) |
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| Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) |
12
(3) |
8
(4) |
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| Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) |
1
(1) |
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| Brandt’s Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) |
335
(2) |
84
(5) |
51
(2) |
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| Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) |
6
(1) |
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| Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) |
1
(1) |
7
(4) |
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| cormorant sp. (Phalacrocorax | 1
(1) |
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| Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) |
193
(3) |
37
(5) |
1
(1) |
124
(2) |
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| Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) |
1
(1) |
1
(1) |
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| Great Egret (Ardea alba) | 4
(1) |
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| Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) | 15
(1) |
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| Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) | 2
(1) |
1
(1) |
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| Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) |
1
(1) |
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| peep sp. (Calidris sp. (peep sp.)) |
3
(1) |
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| Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) |
5
(2) |
36
(6) |
2
(1) |
13
(3) |
42
(1) |
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| Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) |
112
(4) |
4
(2) |
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| Red-necked/Red Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus/fulicarius) |
9
(2) |
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| phalarope sp. (Phalaropus sp.) |
14
(2) |
8
(3) |
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| Sabine’s Gull (Xema sabini) | 1
(1) |
2
(2) |
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| Heermann’s Gull (Larus heermanni) |
510
(3) |
5
(1) |
4
(2) |
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| Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) |
586
(6) |
345
(8) |
2
(1) |
104
(5) |
75
(2) |
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| California Gull (Larus californicus) |
1
(1) |
2
(1) |
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| Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) |
1
(1) |
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| Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) |
5
(2) |
1
(1) |
1
(1) |
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| Common/Arctic Tern (Sterna hirundo/paradisaea) |
12
(1) |
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| Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) |
5
(1) |
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| Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) |
89
(3) |
70
(2) |
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| tern sp. (Sterninae sp.) | 130
(1) |
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| Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus) |
2 (2) |
5 (3) |
4 (1) |
4 (3) |
1
(1) |
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| Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) |
3 (1) |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) |
4 (2) |
1 (1) |
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| Parasitic/Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus/longicaudus) |
1 (1) |
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| jaeger sp. (Stercorarius sp. (jaeger sp.)) |
1 (1) |
1 (1) |
1 (1) |
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| Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) |
1 (1) |
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| Scripps’s/Guadalupe/Craveri’s Murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi/hypoleucus/craveri) |
4 (2) |
2 (1) |
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| Cassin’s Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) |
1 (1 |
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| Rock Pigeon (Domestic type) (Columba livia (Domestic type)) |
2 (1) |
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| Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) |
1 (1) |
