Wednesday, September 24, 2008

SBT County: White-fronted Geese

Hi, Birders,

Yesterday, I was birding with a group of birders in San Benito County. David Vander Pluym spotted 30 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at PAICINES RESERVOIR. Seems early. The adult BALD EAGLE was a no show for latte with me, but was hangin' in the large oak grove at noon. Two RING-NECKED DUCKS were new in recent days. The willow tree held 4 YELLOW WARBLERS and 1 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. Two LINCOLN'S SPARROWS were in the fields. 

Debi

Debra Shearwater
Shearwater Journeys, Inc.
PO Box 190
Hollister, CA 95024
831.637.8527
www.shearwaterjourneys.com

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Friday, September 19, 2008

SAN BENITO COUNTY: SABINE'S GULL & AMERICAN REDSTART

Howdy, Birders,

Unable to stand it any longer, I finally grabbed my lattte and headed to PAICINES RESERVOIR about 30 miles south of Hollister on Highway 25, this chilly morning at 7 am. A light breeze from the east made it feel like winter already, with temps only 49F. Upon arriving at Paicines, I immediately found the male ADULT BALD EAGLE sitting in the oak grove on the far side. Nice to have coffee with the eagle. The small willow tree directly across from the Highway 25 pullout had several chipping warblers. The same tree became dripping with warblers once the sun hit it from behind me. (Great viewing conditions here in the early morning, and not so great in the afternoon). I scoped around, finding most of the usual birds, and was debating with myself about stayin' or leavin'. I'm not an impatient sort, but I am a "movin on" kind of girl. But, a good birder friend taught me the beauty of waiting for more. And, yup, more it was. At 7:45 am, a JUVENILE SABINE'S GULL was sitting on the water, on my next search. I never saw it fly in, nor did I see it fly out! Well, there's a lot to look at in this spot. Mostly, it sat on the water, but twice it did fly up, showing the distinctive wing pattern. Felt like I was on a pelagic trip, again!! I watched it for about 5 minutes, went to get my camera, and it was gone. It is doubtful that I could have obtained any image of it, since it was so far away. To my knowledge, this is only the second San Benito County record of Sabine's Gull, and the first fall record.

 As the sun rose the willow tree became alive with more and more activity: YELLOW WARBLER (3), NASHVILLE WARBLER (1) COMMON YELLOWTHROAT (5), ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (3), YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (1), HERMIT WARBLER (1- new for this location for me)., WARBLING VIREO (1), CASSIN'S VIREO (1) and WILLOW FLYCATCHER (1). The drip irrigation in the vineyard behind me came on, and many WESTERN BLUEBIRDS and LESSER GOLDFINCHES showed up. Activity in the willow tree died down. I think that there must be some puddles of water under the tree. And, my guess is that the warblers went down for bathing, as many reappeared, cleaning their feathers. Other passerines of note included: LINCOLN'S SPARROWS (4), CASSIN'S KINGBIRD (1), and BEWICK'S WREN (1). The water level is down quite a bit, exposing a very nice mudflat area. LEAST (4) and WESTERN (5) SANDPIPERS, GREATER (1) and LESSER (1) YELLOWLEGS, BLACK-NECKED STILT (1), LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (2), SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (1), and WHITE PELICAN (2) were present along with a few ducks: CANVASBACK, RUDDY DUCKS, and MALLARDS.

On my way to town, I saw two EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES in Tres Pinos, where I stopped to use the restroom. I also noted that one of my favorite restaurants, Flap Jacks, closed down.

At 10:15 am, I was at VISTA PARK HILL, a small park in downtown Hollister, with public access from Hill Street, off of the main drag in town. This is the highest point in town, heavily vegetated with a variety of introduced species. It has always been a draw for unusual birds. A substantial row of bottlebrush attracts many hummingbirds, orioles, grosbeaks, and tanagers in the spring. Most of the flowers area now faded. I pulled into the park, and parked in the very first parking places on the left of the bottlebrush bushes. Hearing CHESNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES in the tall eucalyptus trees on the left side of the entrance, I walked toward them. Immediately, 2 WARBLING VIREOS popped up and sat on the telephone wires! I thought that I heard a Northern Parula, and may well have, but a man was using one of those noisy leaf blowers! (Why the city wants to pay for blowing leaves as opposed to keeping the restrooms open, is beyond me). One pish, and the next bird in front of me was an AMERICAN REDSTART, first fall male, or female. I was so shocked! Ran for my camera in the car, and tried to get some shots, but it went higher in the tree. Doubtful if I got anything. As far as I know, this is the second record for San Benito County. I found one last fall, on private property. So, this is the first record accessible at a public spot. 

Birding around this small park, I also found: SHARP-SHINNED HAWK (1), NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER (2), ANNA'S HUMMINBIRD (5), OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (1), PACIFIC SLOPE-FLYCATCHER (1), SAY'S PHOEBE (1), OAK TITMOUSE (1), CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE (4), BUSHTIT (H), WILSON'S WARBLER (1-male), WESTERN TANAGER (1), CALIFORNIA TOWHEE (3).

Made a quick drive through the HOLLISTER INDUSTRIAL PONDS. Wow! 590 NORTHERN SHOVELERS are all over the place, along with 194 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 WILLET, and a few other things. 

At home, I added CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE (1!) for a new yard bird. Great morning. 

Well, tomorrow morning I'll be back at Paicines Reservoir, early, for latte with the bald eagle. Please join me.

Inland pelagics,
Debra

P.S. Birding in the afternoon in Hollister is not too much fun, as we almost always have wind at that time. Morning is best.

Debra Shearwater
Shearwater Journeys, Inc.
PO Box 190
Hollister, CA 95024
831.637.8527
www.shearwaterjourneys.com

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 MONTEREY BAY PELAGIC TRIP REPORT

Hi, Seabirders,

Shearwater Journey's pelagic trip on Monday, September 15th began the day with a juvenile SABINE'S GULL in the harbor, spotted by the mother of two of the passengers on board! Knock out views, and great photo ops were had of this delightful small gull. The two HARLEQUIN DUCKS continued in the harbor. Offshore, a FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER sitting in a mixed flock of SOOTY, PINK-FOOTED, and BULLER'S SHEARWATERS also offered up prize views and more photo ops. Although the day was filled with seabirds and the marine mammal show was quite stupendous, we could not locate any flocks of storm-petrels, owing to the more choppy surface of the seas, or to the fact that they just plain moved somewhere else! Those glassy seas were so reminiscent of the mid-1980's when we had so many spectacular calm days. Still, the Beaufort was only 2, sea surface temperature was steady at 59F. 

The leaders for this trip were: Clay Kempf, Luke Cole, David Vander Pluym, Don Doolittle, Steve Howell, & Debra Shearwater. Lauren Harter chummed the seabirds to the stern. Many thanks to all who came!

Spaces are available on our next trip, Monday, SEPTEMBER 22 with David Vander Pluym, David Wimpfheimer, Luke Cole, Oscar Johnson, & Debra Shearwater leading, and Lauren Harter chumming. 

Update on next weekend's trips: Jon Dunn will be joining the Shearwater Journey's leaders on the SEP 25, 26, and 28 trips. A few spaces are remaining on these trips. Jon Dunn will be the keynote speaker on Saturday, September 26th at the Monterey Bay Birding Festival. There's still time to join us!

The complete species list for the SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 MONTEREY BAY PELAGIC TRIP follows:

COMMON LOON- 1
BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS- 18
PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER- 750
FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER- 2
BULLER'S SHEARWATER- 70
SOOTY SHEARWATER- 4500
ASHY STORM-PETREL- 25
BLACK STORM-PETREL- 1
BROWN PELICAN- 20
BRANDT'S CORMORANT- 250
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT- 2, on the CG jetty
PELAGIC CORMORANT- 2
HARLEQUIN DUCK- 2
RUDDY TURNSTONE- 1
BLACK TURNSTONE- 5
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE- 125
SOUTH POLAR SKUA- 11
POMARINE JAEGER- 11
PARASITIC JAEGER- 5
JAEGER SP.- 4
HEERMANN'S GULL- 100+
WESTERN GULL- 100+
SABINE'S GULL- 8
ELEGANT TERN- 80
FORSTER'S TERN- 2, over the kelp beds on Cannery Row
COMMON MURRE- 95
CASSIN'S AUKLET- 4
RHINOCEROS AUKLET- 110
SEA OTTER- 8
CALIFORNIA SEA LION- 400+
STELLER'S SEA LION- 1
NORTHERN FUR SEAL- 1
NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL- 1
HARBOR SEAL- 6
HUMPBACK WHALE- 24
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN- 2, cow/calf
NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN- 150
RISSO'S DOLPHIN- 45
 PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN- 600+
DALL'S PORPOISE- 14
OCEAN SUNFISH- 2

Shearwaters forever,
Debra

Debra Shearwater
Shearwater Journeys, Inc.
PO Box 190
Hollister, CA 95024
831.637.8527
www.shearwaterjourneys.com

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

AWESOME DAY: SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 MONTEREY BAY

Howdy, Seabirders, 

Another incredibly awesome day on Monterey Bay thrilled seabirders on Shearwater Journey's September 14, 2008 pelagic trip. Seas were glassy, greasy smooth throughout the day, allowing for amazing viewing, especially of the STORM-PETREL FLOCKS, which continued to be the highlight of the trip. At least 10,000 ASHY STORM-PETRELS were rafting over acres of the sea. Among them, the most sensational find was a single LEACH'S STORM-PETREL (white-rumped, northern? form), which flew very close to our boat for all to see. Many of the photographers on board were able to obtain images of the bird. Also found were 5 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 5 FORK-TAILED STORM-PETRELS, and only 60 BLACK STORM-PETRELS. Other highlights included one FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER and 14 SOUTH POLAR SKUAS. The PEREGRINE FALCON has returned to its wintering spot on the radio tower on Cannery Row. One might say, however, that the true highlight of this day was the brilliant ocean conditions! Beaufort 0. Sea surface temperature 59F, steady.

We thank all of the participants who came from near and far for this trip. The leaders were: Linda Terrill, Scott Terrill, John Sterling, Clay Kempf, Don Doolittle, David Vander Pluym, & Debra Shearwater. Lauren Harter was our diligent chummer. 

Spaces are still available on the following trips from MONTEREY: SEPTEMBER 22, 25, 27, 28; OCTOBER 3, 4, 5, 11, 18; NOVEMBER 29.
Spaces are still available on the following trips from BODEGA BAY: OCTOBER 9 & 17.
Spaces are still available on the OCTOBER 12 trip departing from SANTA CRUZ.
Please contact Debra Shearwater as soon as possible for a reservation.

The complete species list for SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 MONTEREY BAY follows:
MONTEREY COUNTY/SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

PACIFIC LOON- 4/0
EARED GREBE- 2/0
BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS- 4/2
NORTHERN FULMAR- 1/0
PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER- 865/18
FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER- 1/0
BULLER'S SHEARWATER- 45/12
SOOTY SHEARWATER- 2570/10
WILSON'S STORM-PETREL- 0/5
FORK-TAILED STORM-PETREL- 0/5
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL- 0/1
ASHY STORM-PETREL- 67/10,000
BLACK STORM-PETREL- 0/60
BROWN PELICAN- 45/0
BRANDT'S CORMORANT- 270/0
PELAGIC CORMORANT- 2/0
HARLEQUIN DUCK- 2/0,. in Monterey harbor
SURF SCOTER- 19/0
RUDDY TURNSTONE- 1/0
BLACK TURNSTONE- 8/0
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE- 46/30
SOUTH POLAR SKUA- 14/0
POMARINE JAEGER- 5/2
PARASITIC JAEGER- 4/0
JAEGER SP.-3/0
HEERMANN'S GULL- 75/4
CALIFORNIA GULL- 125/35
WESTERN GULL- 400/30
SABINE'S GULL- 7/2
ELEGANT TERN- 43/3
COMMON TERN- 2/0
COMMON/ARCTIC TERN- 1/0
COMMON MURRE- 190/0
RHINOCEROS AUKLET- 210/0
GREAT BLUE HERON- 1/0, on the Coast Guard jetty
PEREGRINE FALCON- 1/0, on the radio tower, Cannery Row
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD-1/0
SEA OTTER- 2/0
CALIFORNIA SEA LION- 800/0
NORTHERN FUR SEAL- 6/0
HARBOR SEAL- 6/0
HUMPBACK WHALE- 18/0
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN- 2/0, along Cannery Row, cow/calf
NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN- 40/0
PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN- 200/0
DALL'S PORPOISE- 3/0
OCEAN SUNFISH- 1/0
BLUE SHARK- 2/0


ADDENDUM to the SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 REPORT: MARINE MAMMALS SIGHTED:
HUMPBACK WHALE- 21
PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN- 765
NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN- 260
NORTHERN FUR SEAL- 24
CALIFORNIA SEA LION- 250
HARBOR SEAL- 6
SEA OTTER- 9

Shearwaters forever,
Debra


Debra Shearwater
Shearwater Journeys, Inc.
PO Box 190
Hollister, CA 95024
831.637.8527
www.shearwaterjourneys.com

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Saturday, September 13, 2008

SHEARWATER BIRTHDAY BIRDING: SEP 13, 2008 MONTEREY BAY

Howdy, Seabirders,

Shearwater Journey's Monterey offshore trip was a smashing success by any standards! California County Birders had a field day, adding as many as eight species to some of their county lists. With incredibly perfect seas and weather, we covered three counties today: MONTEREY, SANTA CRUZ, and SAN MATEO COUNTIES. Most of the day was spent in Santa Cruz County. Highlights in that county included thousands of storm-petrels— at least 7,000 ASHY STORM-PETRELS, 8 BLACK STORM-PETRELS, 3 FORK-TAILED STORM-PETRELS, 4 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, and amazingly, ONE LEACH'S STORM-PETREL! Other Santa Cruz County highlights included a BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER, 1 FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER, all three species of JAEGERS, SOUTH POLAR SKUA, and RED PHALAROPES. SAN MATEO COUNTY highlights included: BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS, PINK-FOOTED, BULLER'S and SOOTY SHEARWATERS, ASHY STORM-PETREL, RED and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, SOUTH POLAR SKUA, POMARINE and PARASITIC JAEGERS, COMMON TERN, CASSIN'S and RHINOCEROS AUKLETS.

Dawn broke on greasy-smooth seas, with PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHINS riding the bow, and ASHY STORM-PETRELS still feeding in the earliest light, just off of Point Pinos. Many species were still actively feeding, while small flocks of shearwaters were awakened as our boat headed offshore to the shipping lanes. Miles and miles of feeding White-sided dolphins, and seabirds were soon joined by NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHINS. After traveling for many hours, we left many of the albatrosses and shearwaters behind, but found more CASSIN'S AUKLETS and mixed flocks of RED and RED-NECKED PHALAROPES. Large container ships seemed so close to us, owing to the incredibly flat-calm seas, when in reality they were more than 8 miles away! Linda Terrill spotted a lone storm-petrel offshore, which Steve Howell announced was as a LEACH'S STORM-PETREL! Nearly everyone on board saw this single bird, and it was "high fives" everywhere! Jaegers hunting and harassing gulls, and just about anything that they could harass, filled the skies! Finally, a group of gulls and jaegers were seen harassing a passerine. We stopped the boat in hopes of saving the bird, as it escaped the jaws of one of its hunters. It made a beeline for our vessel— and on the deck plopped a Brown-headed Cowbird. Later, we found a Black and White Warbler, but it never landed on our boat. Dipping into San Mateo County was a lot of fun, and more county birds were ticked. We spent several hours with the storm-petrel flocks, picking them over and over until everyone had seen Wilson's, Fork-tailed, and Black. Satisfied and strained at the neck (Is there a petrel neck, like "warbler neck"?), the bow was given over to the photographers who then took their shots of the little petrels.  It was not until the end of the day when we found our first HUMPBACK WHALES. Exhausted, we returned to the dock, although many of us are preparing for yet another day or two on Monterey Bay! Truly, it must be one of the most spectacular places on earth for seabirds and marine mammals! 

Many thanks to all of the folks who traveled with us today, and to the leaders: Linda Terrill, Scott Terrill, Brian Sullivan, John Sterling, David Vander Pluym, and chummer Lauren Harter. The sea surface temperature ranged from 58-59F throughout the day. The Beaufort reading was 0, skies were uniformly high overcast for most of the day. Perfect.

Spaces are still available on Sep 14, 15, 22, 25, 27, 28 and on all of the October trips. Please email Debra Shearwater for a reservation.

The incomplete (marine mammal numbers missing) species list for SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 OFFSHORE MONTEREY BAY TRIP follows:


SANTA CRUZ/SAN MATEO/MONTEREY

BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS- 11/1/3
NORTHERN FULMAR- 2/0/0
PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER- 78/28/98
FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER- 1/0/0
BULLER'S SHEARWATER- 60/2/25
SOOTY SHEARWATER- 55/14/130
WILSON'S STORM-PETREL- 4/0/0
FORK-TAILED STORM-PETREL- 3/0/0
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL- 1/0/0
ASHY STORM-PETREL- 7,000 (minimum)/5/200
BLACK STORM-PETREL- 8/0/1
LEAST STORM-PETREL-1 (?)/0/0
BROWN PELICAN- 5/0/40
BRANDT'S CORMORANT- 0/0/75
WESTERN SANDPIPER- 1/0/0
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE- 48/40/45
RED PHALAROPE- 4/6/0
SOUTH POLAR SKUA- 8/2/2
POMARINE JAEGER- 9/2/9
PARASITIC JAEGER- 4/0/8
LONG-TAILED JAEGER- 1/4/1
JAEGER SP.- 4/0/0
HEERMANN'S GULL- 40/0/150
WESTERN GULL- 120/0/250
SABINE'S GULL- 19/0/0
ELEGANT TERN- 12/2/137
COMMON TERN- 2/2/0
COMMON MURRE- 6/1/28
CASSIN'S AUKLET- 36/4/4
RHINOCEROS AUKLET- 47/1/24
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD- 1/0/0
BLACK & WHITE WARBLER- 1/0/0

Marine mammal totals will be posted tomorrow.
SEA OTTER
CALIFORNIA SEA LION
NORTHERN FUR SEAL
NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL
HARBOR SEAL
HUMPBACK WHALE
NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN
PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLHIN
DALL'S PORPOISE

It was a terrific birthday birding day for me!
Shearwaters forever,
Debra



Debra Shearwater
Shearwater Journeys, Inc.
PO Box 190
Hollister, CA 95024
831.637.8527
www.shearwaterjourneys.com

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Friday, September 12, 2008

SEP 12 MONTEREY BAY: BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS!

Hello, Seabirders,

Shearwater Journey's pelagic trip from Monterey Bay today was extremely "birdy"! The highlight, in the late afternoon, was finding the "mother lode" of storm-petrels in one extremely long raft: 7000 ASHY STORM-PETRELS, 30 BLACK STORM-PETRELS, and 5 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, all in SANTA CRUZ COUNTY! This is the largest storm-petrel raft for this fall season that we have seen. And, we plan to head for it tomorrow! 

The morning began with TWO HARLEQUIN DUCKS in the harbor, and all of the usual suspects. Heading south to Bird Rock, we encountered quite a feeding spectacle of 2000 PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATERS and about 1200 SOOTY SHEARWATERS. It was interesting that the day tallied more Pink-foots than sootys. Among these, we also found 175 BULLER'S and one FLESH-FOOTED. The shearwaters were feeding in distinct flocks, accompanied by HUMPBACK WHALES, PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED and NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHINS, CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS, Brown Pelicans, Elegant Terns, Brandt's Cormorants, and a few COMMON MURRES, RHINOCEROS AUKLETS, and RED-NECKED PHALAROPES. We visited flock after flock after flock, sometimes sitting on the water, completely stuffed with food, and sometimes in active pursuit of food! It was quite a sight. Things lulled for a bit as we headed north to the petrel grounds, but once the main flock was found, we were once again very busy. Notable today was that we did not find any Pigeon Guillemots or Cassin's Auklets. The sea surface temperature was a fairly constant 59F.

Spaces are still available on tomorrow's ALBACORE GROUNDS trip, which departs at 5:30 am, sharp, and returns at 5:30 pm. And, spaces are available on both our Sunday, September 14th, and Monday, September 15th trips. Please call or email me for a reservation. Please call only until 9 pm this evening. 

We thank all of the birders who traveled from near, and very far to join us on this great day. The leaders today were: Clay Kempf, Brian Sullivan, Steve Howell, and Debra Shearwater.

The complete species list follows:

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 MONTEREY BAY WITH SHEARWATER JOURNEYS

COMMON LOON-1 in the harbor
WESTERN GREBE-1
BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS- 18
NORTHERN FULMAR- 1
PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER- 2000
FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER- 1
BULLER'S SHEARWATER- 175
SOOTY SHEARWATER- 1200
WILSON'S STORM-PETREL- 5
ASHY STORM-PETREL- 7000
BLACK STORM-PETREL- 30
BROWN PELICAN- 60
BRANDT'S CORMORANT- 200
PELAGIC CORMORANT- 3
HARLEQUIN DUCK- 2
WHIMBREL- 12
BLACK TURNSTONE- 3
WILLET- 2
DOWITCHER sp.- 4
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE- 50
SOUTH POLAR SKUA- 5
POMARINE JAEGER- 6
PARASITIC JAEGER- 5
PARASITIC/LONG-TAILED JAEGER- 1
HEERMANNS' GULL- 200
CALIFORNIA GULL- 30
WESTERN GULL- 300
SABINE'S GULL- 1
ELEGANT TERN- 40
COMMON TERN- 6
COMMON MURRE- 45
RHINOCEROS AUKLET- 70
SEA OTTER- 6
CALIFORNIA SEA LION- 150
HARBOR SEAL- 12
HUMPBACK WHALE- 22
COMMON DOLPHIN- 2
NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN- 80
PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN- 300
DALL'S PORPOISE- 12
OCEAN SUNFISH- 6

Shearwaters forever,
Debra

Debra Shearwater
Shearwater Journeys, Inc.
PO Box 190
Hollister, CA 95024
831.637.8527
www.shearwaterjourneys.com

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