Sunday October 10, 2010
Here is the eBird
report for our trip, compiled by Don Roberson:
Location: Monterey Bay pelagic (SCZ Co.) |
Observation date: 10/10/10 |
Notes: Route NW into
Bay due to thick fog, crossing mid-Bay into SCZ within 2 hours
where fog broke up but it was windy;
over Soquel Cyn, then S to mid-Bay about 12 nmi from Pt. Pinos,
continue S to 3 nmi W of Cypress Pt., N to Pt. Pinos
and into Monterey harbor. This checklist is SCZ portion of trip
that was>1 nmi offshore, so 2 hours + at midday.
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Number of species:
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20
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Black-footed Albatross |
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1 |
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Pink-footed Shearwater |
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50 |
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Buller's Shearwater |
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5 |
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Sooty Shearwater |
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40 |
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Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater |
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1 |
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Ashy Storm-Petrel |
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3 |
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Brown Pelican |
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1 |
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well offshore |
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Brandt's Cormorant |
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2 |
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well offshore |
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Red-necked Phalarope |
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25 |
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Red Phalarope |
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30 |
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Sabine's Gull |
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20 |
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Heermann's Gull |
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5 |
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Western Gull |
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200 |
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California Gull |
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250 |
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Herring Gull (American) |
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1 |
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adult |
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Arctic Tern |
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2 |
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Common/Arctic Tern |
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2 |
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Parasitic Jaeger |
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3 |
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jaeger sp. |
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1 |
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Common Murre |
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20 |
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Cassin's Auklet |
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70 |
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Rhinoceros Auklet |
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15 |
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Tufted Puffin |
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1 |
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flew around boat over Soquel Cyn; photo'd |
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This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Roger Wolfe for Monterey
Seabirds
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