Trip report courtesy of David Wimpfheimer:
I am happy to share the species list put together by David Wimpfheimer, Steve Howell and Jules Evens for the trip. If you have any pictures to share, please send them my way! We would love to share them in our next program newsletter and on the Birding Festival website.
2015 Pelagic Trip Species List:
COMMON LOON 4
LOON SPECIES 2
RED-NECKED GREBE (1)
CLARK’S GREBE 1
EARED GREBE 2
BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS 25 – 30
NORTHERN FULMAR 40-50
BULLER’S SHEARWATER 1
PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER 160+
SOOTY SHEARWATER 130+
SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER 4
BLACK-VENTED SHEARWATER 250+
ASHY STORM-PETREL 6
LEACH’S STORM-PETREL (1)
BROWN PELICAN 50
BRANDT’S CORMORANT 20
PELAGIC CORMORANT (3)
BROWN BOOBY 3
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER 1
RED PHALAROPE 25+
SOUTH POLAR SKUA 2
POMARINE JAEGER 16
PARASITIC JAEGER 4
JAEGER SPECIES 3
SABINE’S GULL 18
HEERMANN’S GULL 2
CALIFORNIA GULL 100+
HERRING GULL 2
WESTERN GULL 150+
WESTERN X GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL HYBRID 1
GLAUCOUS-WINGED X HERRING GULL HYBRID 1
ELEGANT TERN 40
COMMON MURRE 350+
CASSIN’S AUKLET 13
RHINOCEROS AUKLET 11
PIGEON GUILLEMOT 7
TUFTED PUFFIN 1
CALIFORNIA SEA LION 30
STELLER SEA LION 1
NORTHERN FUR SEAL 1
HUMPBACK WHALE 10+
DALL’S PORPOISE 2
OCEAN SUNFISH (4)