Sunday October 18, 2009
Quite
a rough trip, with seas Beaufort 5-6 west of Pt. Pinos, strong NW
winds. Elegant Terns were seen to 3 nmi off (and a young Brown Pelican
followed the boat for miles with the gulls, even landing on a participant's
head!). We went perhaps 10 nmi W of Pt. Pinos, then north into SCZ,
back to N rim of Canyon, and east into Moss Landing, returning along
the shore.
Rough conditions hampered birding, with spray a problem. Bright sunny
day after early a.m. fog.
Species totals for
Monterey County/Santa Cruz County |
| Brant (Black) |
|
18/0 |
| Surf Scoter |
|
308/0 |
| Pacific Loon |
|
2/1 |
| Red-throated Loon |
|
1/0 |
| Common Loon |
|
2/0 |
| Red-necked Grebe |
|
1/0 |
| Western Grebe |
|
150/0 |
| Clark’s Grebe |
|
8/0 |
| Black-footed Albatross |
|
8/8 |
| Northern Fulmar |
|
4/3 |
| Pink-footed Shearwater |
|
30/10 |
| Buller's Shearwater |
|
9/0 |
| Sooty Shearwater |
|
6/1 |
| Black-vented Shearwater |
|
4/4 |
| Brown Pelican |
|
20/2 |
| Brandt's Cormorant |
|
325/1 |
| Pelagic Cormorant |
|
3/0 |
| Red-necked Phalarope |
|
150/50 |
| Red Phalarope |
|
1/0 |
| Heermann's Gull |
|
10/5 |
| Western Gull |
|
275/100 |
| California Gull |
|
150/150 |
| Elegant Tern |
|
3/0 |
| Common Murre |
|
20/30 |
| Cassin's Auklet |
|
10/2 |
| Rhinoceros Auklet |
|
25/5 |
| Pigeon Guillemot |
|
1/0 |
| |
|
|
| Marine Mammals |
| Humpback Whale |
|
2/0 |
| Dall's Porpoise |
|
18/0 |
| Bottlenose Dolphin |
|
12/0 |
| California Sea Lion |
|
|
| Sea Otter |
|
|
Don Roberson for Monterey
Seabirds
