October 10, 2010 Trip Report

Archive eBird checklist

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.

Number of species:

20

Black-footed Albatross 1

Pink-footed Shearwater 50

Buller's Shearwater 5

Sooty Shearwater 40

Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater 1

Ashy Storm-Petrel 3

Brown Pelican 1 well offshore

Brandt's Cormorant 2 well offshore

Red-necked Phalarope 25

Red Phalarope 30

Sabine's Gull 20

Heermann's Gull 5

Western Gull 200

California Gull 250

Herring Gull (American) 1 adult

Arctic Tern 2

Common/Arctic Tern 2

Parasitic Jaeger 3

jaeger sp. 1

Common Murre 20

Cassin's Auklet 70

Rhinoceros Auklet 15

Tufted Puffin 1 flew around boat over Soquel Cyn; photo'd

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Roger Wolfe for Monterey Seabirds

Monterey Bay pelagic (SCZ Co.)

10/10/10 · 20 species · 3 unidentified to species

Species mentioned

Short-tailed Shearwater · Black-footed Albatross · Pink-footed Shearwater · Red-necked Phalarope · Buller's Shearwater · Brandt's Cormorant · Ashy Storm-Petrel · Rhinoceros Auklet · Sooty Shearwater · Parasitic Jaeger · Heermann's Gull · California Gull · Cassin's Auklet · Brown Pelican · Red Phalarope · Sabine's Gull · Tufted Puffin · Herring Gull · Western Gull · Common Murre · Arctic Tern

Leaders and photographers named in this report: Don Roberson, Roger Wolfe.