September 19, 2010 Trip Report
Archive eBird checklist
Sunday September 19, 2010
Here is the eBird report for our trip:
Location: Monterey Seavalley pelagic (MTY Co.)
Observation date: 9/19/10
Notes: Monterey Seabirds trip aboard 'Pt Sur Clipper' with R. Ternullo, skipper; Roger Wolfe, Dan Singer, Todd Easterla, D. Roberson leaders; others aboard included a Sac Audubon trip with Dan Brown and others, and an Eagle Eye tour led by Richard Knapton. Exceptionally calm and lovely day; Beaufort 0-1 all day; patchy overcast but mostly sun. This checklist is offshore only (>1 mi offshore). Route was to Pt. Pinos, WSW to 22 nmi W of Cypress Pt, then SE to ~10 west of Walnut Canyon, N paralleling coast 10 mi off to a point NW of Pt. Pinos, and return to Monterey harbor. Mammals included 2 Blue Whale, sev Humpbacks, huge pod of 1000+ White-sided & N Rightwhale Dolphins.
Number of species:
21
Black-footed Albatross 7
Northern Fulmar 2 light morphs
Pink-footed Shearwater 300
Buller's Shearwater 35
Sooty Shearwater 1500
Ashy Storm-Petrel 2 by Todd Easterla only
Red-necked Phalarope 20
Red Phalarope 1
Sabine's Gull 1 juv came into back of boat.
Heermann's Gull 30
Western Gull 300
California Gull 200
Common Tern 5 single flock of 5, 10 mi off
Arctic Tern 1 adult; photo'd
Elegant Tern 1 one 9 nmi offshore; dozens were inshore [not included on this checklist]
Pomarine Jaeger 12 1 full-tailed dark morph adult; rest subadults
Parasitic Jaeger 8 subadults, some photo'd
Long-tailed Jaeger 43 no full-tailed adults but several appeared to be adults without tails; 80% or more were subadults, varying ages (many photo'd). All between 10-22 nmi offshore
jaeger sp. 6 likely mostly distant Long-tails, but a couple Pom/Par sps
Common Murre 40
Cassin's Auklet 10
Rhinoceros Auklet 120
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Roger Wolfe for Monterey Seabirds
Monterey Seavalley pelagic (MTY Co.)
| Species | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Black-footed Albatross | 7 | |
| Northern Fulmar | 2 | light morphs |
| Pink-footed Shearwater | 300 | |
| Buller's Shearwater | 35 | |
| Sooty Shearwater | 1500 | |
| Ashy Storm-Petrel | 2 | by Todd Easterla only |
| Red-necked Phalarope | 20 | |
| Red Phalarope | 1 | |
| Sabine's Gull | 1 | juv came into back of boat. |
| Heermann's Gull | 30 | |
| Western Gull | 300 | |
| California Gull | 200 | |
| Common Tern | 5 | single flock of 5, 10 mi off |
| Arctic Tern | 1 | adult; photo'd |
| Elegant Tern | 1 | one 9 nmi offshore; dozens were inshore [not included on this checklist] |
| Pomarine Jaeger | 12 | 1 full-tailed dark morph adult; rest subadults |
| Parasitic Jaeger | 8 | subadults, some photo'd |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | 43 | no full-tailed adults but several appeared to be adults without tails; 80% or more were subadults, varying ages (many photo'd). All between 10-22 nmi offshore |
| jaeger sp. | 6 | likely mostly distant Long-tails, but a couple Pom/Par sps |
| Common Murre | 40 | |
| Cassin's Auklet | 10 | |
| Rhinoceros Auklet | 120 |
Species mentioned
Black-footed Albatross · Pink-footed Shearwater · Red-necked Phalarope · Buller's Shearwater · Long-tailed Jaeger · Ashy Storm-Petrel · Rhinoceros Auklet · Sooty Shearwater · Parasitic Jaeger · Northern Fulmar · Pomarine Jaeger · Heermann's Gull · California Gull · Cassin's Auklet · Red Phalarope · Sabine's Gull · Western Gull · Elegant Tern · Common Murre · Common Tern · Arctic Tern · Blue Whale