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 Monterey
Seabirds features year-round pelagic trips enabling you to experience
the seabirds of the Monterey Bay in their respective seasons.
Just offshore of Monterey, California lies a 6000-foot deep submarine
canyon running right down the middle of the Monterey Bay. Similar
in size to the Grand Canyon of the American Southwest, this geologic
feature creates cold-water upwellings, rich in nutrients that
foster a remarkable diversity of seabirds and cetaceans. The combination
of these elements within a semi-protected bay makes Monterey a
worldwide destination for pelagic birding. Just a few miles from
shore one can observe pelagic seabirds that travel across both
the hemisphere and the ocean to feed in the bountiful waters of
Monterey Bay.
In the interest of having a reasonably sized group conducive to
pelagic birding and photography, space is limited to 25 participants.
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The About Monterey
Seabirds page details the advantages of Monterey Seabirds trips,
and our Leaders page serves as
a quick introduction to our friendly, local leaders. See our Species
List and Trip Reports to get
an idea of the seabirds and marine mammals encountered on these trips.
Our Seabird Links will help with your
trip preparation, study and other interesting information on seabirds.
Again in 2010 we'll be offering a free
seabirding trip for every three seabirding trips you take. The free
trip is NOT redeemable for the 12-hour offshore trips.
Now accepting reservations for Group charters in 2010. Bring
your Audubon chapter, bird club, group of friends or ecotour group.
We will provide marine and seabirding naturalists and chummer.
Group charters start at $1650 for groups up to 25.
In years past we have run charters for Sacramento and Tucson Audubon
Chapters, Colorado Field Ornithologists and Iowa Ornithologist
Union and the Santa Cruz Bird Club. Please inquire for details. |
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2010
Monterey Seabird Trips
8-hour
trips
(7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
$105):
Apr. 11 (Sun.),
May 8 (Sat.),
Aug. 15 (Sun.), Aug. 29 (Sun.),
Sept. 5 (Sun.),
Sept. 19 (Sun.),
Sept. 25 (Sat. - CHARTER for Ohlone,
Mt. Diablo and Yolo Audubon Societies),
Oct. 2 (Sat.),
Oct. 10 (Sun.).
12-hour offshore albacore
grounds trips
(5:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., $135):
Sept. 18 (Sat.)
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Reservations are required. Reservations can be made using our online
reservation form or by calling (831) 375-4658 with a credit card
number to hold your spot. Go to Whale
Watch Trip Information Page for further details (trip preparation,
directions, etc.). For the Seabird trips we have a 2-week cancellation
policy.
Note that regular
Whale Watch trips are also scheduled on the same dates as the
Seabird trips.
I just wanted to thank you all for one of the most enjoyable
and exciting pelagic trips I have ever been on. I have done a
number of pelagic trips on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
and by far - yours was the best. The small number of attendees,
the ratio of guides to attendees as well as the abilities and
collective knowledge of the guides made the trip! Of the 6 of
us, 3 were attending their first ever pelagic trip and were very
impressed with your company, the experience, and the sightings.
Glenn had 12 life birds and we all had the experience of a lifetime
watching the killer whales.
On behalf of all 6 of us - please thank your staff for everything
they did to make our trip such a wonderful experience. Thank you.
Mary Alice K. (Centreville, Virginia)
(See the trip report
for this trip, including a video of the killer whales near
the boat.) |
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