MONTEREY BAY BIRDING FESTIVAL PELAGIC TRIPS
SEPTEMBER 14, 15, 16 2012
Howdy, Seabirders,
This is a trip report for Shearwater Journeys' September 14, 15, 16, 2012. These trips were offered in conjunction with the Monterey Bay Birding Festival which is headquartered in Watsonville, CA. Highlights were many, including Greg Miller of "The Big Year" fame, as a guest leader on Sunday's trip! Bird highlights included: LAYSAN and BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSSES very close to the boat, both flying and sitting on the water; SOOTY, PINK-FOOTED, FLESH-FOOTED and BULLER'S SHEARWATERS; ASHY STORM-PETREL; POMARINE, PARASITIC and LONG-TAILED JAEGERS; SOUTH POLAR SKUA, SURFBIRD, SABINE'S GULL; SCRIPP'S MURRELET; CASSIN'S and RHINOCEROS AUKLETS; and TUFTED PUFFINS. Marine mammal highlights included: SEA OTTER, CALIFORNIA SEA LION, NORTHERN FUR SEAL, RISSO'S DOLPHIN, DALL'S PORPOISE. In particular, the September 16th trip had fabulous views of mixed species flocks of shearwaters and many jaegers, along with South Polar Skuas overhead. The Laysan Albatross flew right into the stern. It was a beautiful day!
We thank the many birders who joined us from near and far and the Monterey Bay Birding Festival organizers, especially Clay Kempf and Dave Brockman. Birders joined us from Canada, England, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Belgium and eighteen different states.
The leaders were as follows:
September 14: JENNIFER GREEN, CHRISTIAN SCHWARZ, DEBI SHEARWATER
September 15: TODD MCGRATH, DAVE PEREKSTA, ABE BORKER, TIM MILLER, DEBI SHEARWATER
September 16: TODD MCGRATH, DAVE PEREKSTA, SCOTT TERRILL, LINDA TERRILL, DEBI SHEARWATER and special guest leader, GREG MILLER
The complete species list follows and it shows how doing more than one trip can really add to one's life list. Many birders reported 10-16 life birds!
SEP 14/15/16 2012
PACIFIC LOON- 4/0/0
COMMON LOON- 1/0/0
EARED GREBE- 1/0/0
LAYSAN ALBATROSS- 0/0/1
BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS- 18/17/23
PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER- 116/64/96
FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER- 0/0/1, beautiful views of the bird sitting on the water
BULLER'S SHEARWATER- 5/3/35
SOOTY SHEARWATER- 243/180/260
ASHY STORM-PETREL- 3/1/0
BROWN PELICAN- +/+/+
BRANDT'S CORMORANT- +/+/+
PELAGIC CORMORANT- 4/4/1
SURF SCOTER- 0/0/4
BLACK TURNSTONE- 7/4/6
SURFBIRD- 6/2/4
SOUTH POLAR SKUA- 0/O/4
POMARINE JAEGER- 15/11/14
PARASITIC JAEGER- 2/8/3
LONG-TAILED JAEGER- 0/1/5
HEERMANN'S GULL- +/+/+
WESTERN GULL- +/+/+
SABINE'S GULL- 3/0/0
ELEGANT TERN- 80/47/16
COMMON TERN- 3/7/1
COMMON MURRE- 262/112/104/
SCRIPP'S MURRELET- 0/0/1
CASSIN'S AUKLET- 0/8/0
RHINOCEROS AUKLET- 251/80/145
TUFTED PUFFIN- 1/1/0
SEA OTTER- +/+/+
CALIFORNIA SEA LION- +/+/+
NORTHERN FUR SEAL- 0/0/2
RISSO'S DOLPHIN- 0/16/0
DALL'S PORPOISE- 0/12/0
OCEAN SUNFISH- +/+/9
BELOW IS AN UPDATE FOR SHEARWATER JOURNEYS' FALL TRIPS:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 BODEGA CANYON & CORDELL BANK with Peter Pyle, Steve Howell, Todd McGrath, Lisa Hug and Debi Shearwater leading.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 HALF MOON BAY STORM-PETRELS & FALL SEABIRDS with Todd McGrath, Scott Terrill, Linda Terrill and Debi Shearwater leading. Great for photographers!
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 HALF MOON BAY STORM-PETRELS & FALL SEABIRDS with Todd McGrath and Debi Shearwater leading. Great for photographers!
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 HALF MOON BAY STORM-PETRELS & FALL SEABIRDS with Debi Shearwater & TBA
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 BODEGA CANYON with Lisa Hug & Debi Shearwater
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 HALF MOON BAY LATE FALL SEABIRDS & EARLY WINTER SEABIRDS with Todd McGrath & Debi Shearwater
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 HALF MOON BAY: This trip may turn into a search for Mottled Petrel, with Todd McGrath & Debi Shearwater.
The following trips are SOLD OUT:
SEP 27 BODEGA CANYON & CORDELL BANK
SEP 27 BODEGA BAY PHOTOGRAPHER'S TRIP
SEP 30 FARALLON ISLANDS: POST BREEDING & GREAT WHITE SHARK
OCT 1 HALF MOON BAY STORM-PETRELS & FALL SEABIRDS
Our next trips departing from MONTEREY with spaces available are:
FRI, SEP 28 with Jennifer Green, Rick Fournier, Christian Schwarz, Ben Thompson
SAT, OCT 6 with Clay Kempf, Jennifer Green, Jim Holmes, John Garrett, Debi Shearwater
SUN, OCT 14 with Clay Kempf, Rick Fournier, John Garrett, Debi Shearwater
We thank the many birders who joined us from near and far and the Monterey Bay Birding Festival organizers, especially Clay Kempf and Dave Brockman. Birders joined us from Canada, England, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Belgium and eighteen different states.
The leaders were as follows:
September 14: JENNIFER GREEN, CHRISTIAN SCHWARZ, DEBI SHEARWATER
September 15: TODD MCGRATH, DAVE PEREKSTA, ABE BORKER, TIM MILLER, DEBI SHEARWATER
September 16: TODD MCGRATH, DAVE PEREKSTA, SCOTT TERRILL, LINDA TERRILL, DEBI SHEARWATER and special guest leader, GREG MILLER
The complete species list follows and it shows how doing more than one trip can really add to one's life list. Many birders reported 10-16 life birds!
SEP 14/15/16 2012
PACIFIC LOON- 4/0/0
COMMON LOON- 1/0/0
EARED GREBE- 1/0/0
LAYSAN ALBATROSS- 0/0/1
BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS- 18/17/23
PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER- 116/64/96
FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER- 0/0/1, beautiful views of the bird sitting on the water
BULLER'S SHEARWATER- 5/3/35
SOOTY SHEARWATER- 243/180/260
ASHY STORM-PETREL- 3/1/0
BROWN PELICAN- +/+/+
BRANDT'S CORMORANT- +/+/+
PELAGIC CORMORANT- 4/4/1
SURF SCOTER- 0/0/4
BLACK TURNSTONE- 7/4/6
SURFBIRD- 6/2/4
SOUTH POLAR SKUA- 0/O/4
POMARINE JAEGER- 15/11/14
PARASITIC JAEGER- 2/8/3
LONG-TAILED JAEGER- 0/1/5
HEERMANN'S GULL- +/+/+
WESTERN GULL- +/+/+
SABINE'S GULL- 3/0/0
ELEGANT TERN- 80/47/16
COMMON TERN- 3/7/1
COMMON MURRE- 262/112/104/
SCRIPP'S MURRELET- 0/0/1
CASSIN'S AUKLET- 0/8/0
RHINOCEROS AUKLET- 251/80/145
TUFTED PUFFIN- 1/1/0
SEA OTTER- +/+/+
CALIFORNIA SEA LION- +/+/+
NORTHERN FUR SEAL- 0/0/2
RISSO'S DOLPHIN- 0/16/0
DALL'S PORPOISE- 0/12/0
OCEAN SUNFISH- +/+/9
BELOW IS AN UPDATE FOR SHEARWATER JOURNEYS' FALL TRIPS:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 BODEGA CANYON & CORDELL BANK with Peter Pyle, Steve Howell, Todd McGrath, Lisa Hug and Debi Shearwater leading.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 HALF MOON BAY STORM-PETRELS & FALL SEABIRDS with Todd McGrath, Scott Terrill, Linda Terrill and Debi Shearwater leading. Great for photographers!
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 HALF MOON BAY STORM-PETRELS & FALL SEABIRDS with Todd McGrath and Debi Shearwater leading. Great for photographers!
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 HALF MOON BAY STORM-PETRELS & FALL SEABIRDS with Debi Shearwater & TBA
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 BODEGA CANYON with Lisa Hug & Debi Shearwater
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 HALF MOON BAY LATE FALL SEABIRDS & EARLY WINTER SEABIRDS with Todd McGrath & Debi Shearwater
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 HALF MOON BAY: This trip may turn into a search for Mottled Petrel, with Todd McGrath & Debi Shearwater.
The following trips are SOLD OUT:
SEP 27 BODEGA CANYON & CORDELL BANK
SEP 27 BODEGA BAY PHOTOGRAPHER'S TRIP
SEP 30 FARALLON ISLANDS: POST BREEDING & GREAT WHITE SHARK
OCT 1 HALF MOON BAY STORM-PETRELS & FALL SEABIRDS
Our next trips departing from MONTEREY with spaces available are:
FRI, SEP 28 with Jennifer Green, Rick Fournier, Christian Schwarz, Ben Thompson
SAT, OCT 6 with Clay Kempf, Jennifer Green, Jim Holmes, John Garrett, Debi Shearwater
SUN, OCT 14 with Clay Kempf, Rick Fournier, John Garrett, Debi Shearwater
SHEARWATERS FOREVER,
Debi Shearwater
debi@shearwaterjourneys.com
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