Sunday August 29, 2010

Below are summaries of the August 29, 2010 Monterey Seabirds trip. The original reports were generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) from information submitted by Roger Wolfe.

Location: Monterey Bay pelagic (MTY Co.)
Observation date: 8/29/10
Notes: Monterey Seabirds pelagic w/ Todd Easterla, Matthew Dodder, Martijn Verdoes, Richard Ternullo et al. We took a SW route from Pt. Pinos toward Sur Ridge, 15 nm SW of Cypress Pt.. Also saw 2 Blue, 5 Fin and 30 Humpback Whales, Pacific White-sided and Northern Right Whale Dolphins, 1 Northern Fur Seal and 1 Steller Sea Lion.
Number of species:			23
	Black-footed Albatross		160
	Northern Fulmar		15
	Pink-footed Shearwater		100
	Buller's Shearwater		225
	Sooty Shearwater		1200
	Red-necked Phalarope		1000		We saw a huge flock of what we assume were RNPH of 500 birds that behaved like an aerial bait ball as two jaegers picked at them. Never seen that out over the ocean. They flew up about 200 feet in the sky as they tried to evade and confuse the jaegers.
	Red Phalarope		200
	Sabine's Gull		1
	Heermann's Gull		200
	Western Gull		350
	California Gull		260
	Common Tern		4
	Arctic Tern		4
	Common/Arctic Tern		2
	Elegant Tern		28
	South Polar Skua		1
	Pomarine Jaeger		6
	Parasitic Jaeger		2
	Long-tailed Jaeger		15
	jaeger sp.		2
	Common Murre		75
	Pigeon Guillemot		3		3 alternate plumage adults in flight 1 nm west of Pt. Pinos.
	Cassin's Auklet		75
	Rhinoceros Auklet		50
	Tufted Puffin		4
Location: Monterey Bay pelagic --inshore Mty Harbor to Pt. Pinos (MTY Co.)
Observation date: 8/29/10
Notes: Tattler and Turnstones on Coast Guard Jetty
Number of species:			10
	Brown Pelican		7
	Brandt's Cormorant		150
	Pelagic Cormorant		5
	Wandering Tattler		1
	Black Turnstone		2
	Heermann's Gull		35
	Western Gull		150
	California Gull		70
	Elegant Tern		15
	Common Murre		2

Roger Wolfe for Monterey Seabirds