July 23, 2011 Trip Report
Archive eBird checklist
Saturday July 23, 2011
View our GPS track on Google Maps (Ignore portions of the GPS track to the east of the Monterey marina.)
Here is Don Roberson's eBird report for the day:
Observation date: 7/23/11
Notes: Aboard 'Pt Sur Clipper' with skipper John Mayer with Roger Wolfe, Martijn Verdoes, Tim Amaral, Blake Matheson; Don Glasco, Gary Deghi, et al. Overcast and cold all day with some wind, but wind from SW so sea fairly calm with light chop, Beaufort 2. We went out a mile past Pt. Pinos to a pair of Blue Whale, then south about 2 nmi offshore to Carmel Bay, then west to 6 nmi off Cypress Pt., then N to 5 nmi NW of Pt. Pinos and return. This checklist offshore species only -- all 1-2 nmi offshore or more. Besides the Blue Whales were ~20 Humpback, a few Pac White-sided Dolphin (and Harbor Porpoise & Minke Whale that I missed) 19 species (+2 other taxa)
Location: Monterey County
Number of species:
19
Black-footed Albatross 6
Northern Fulmar 8 all gray morphs
Pink-footed Shearwater 5
Sooty Shearwater 1000
Ashy Storm-Petrel 1 ~4 nmi N of Pt. Pinos
Brandt's Cormorant 20 many more inshore; ~200 nesting on Coast Guard pier
Brown Pelican 70
Red-necked Phalarope 150
Red Phalarope 2
Sabine's Gull 60 all adults (some photo'd) mostly 3-6 nmi offshore, sometimes in flocks of ~10 or so; a few sitting on water with SOSH flocks also
Heermann's Gull 15
Western Gull 100
California Gull 10
Elegant Tern 10 excluded inshore ones
Parasitic Jaeger 4 1 juv + one 1st/2nd cycle
Long-tailed Jaeger 1 earliest Monterey record by one week
Parasitic/Long-tailed Jaeger 1
jaeger sp. 2 very likely Parasitics
Common Murre 80
Cassin's Auklet 50
Rhinoceros Auklet 15
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Roger Wolfe for Monterey Seabirds
Monterey County
| Species | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Black-footed Albatross | 6 | |
| Northern Fulmar | 8 | all gray morphs |
| Pink-footed Shearwater | 5 | |
| Sooty Shearwater | 1000 | |
| Ashy Storm-Petrel | 1 | ~4 nmi N of Pt. Pinos |
| Brandt's Cormorant | 20 | many more inshore; ~200 nesting on Coast Guard pier |
| Brown Pelican | 70 | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | 150 | |
| Red Phalarope | 2 | |
| Sabine's Gull | 60 | all adults (some photo'd) mostly 3-6 nmi offshore, sometimes in flocks of ~10 or so; a few sitting on water with SOSH flocks also |
| Heermann's Gull | 15 | |
| Western Gull | 100 | |
| California Gull | 10 | |
| Elegant Tern | 10 | excluded inshore ones |
| Parasitic Jaeger | 4 | 1 juv + one 1st/2nd cycle |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | 1 | earliest Monterey record by one week |
| Parasitic/Long-tailed Jaeger | 1 | |
| jaeger sp. | 2 | very likely Parasitics |
| Common Murre | 80 | |
| Cassin's Auklet | 50 | |
| Rhinoceros Auklet | 15 |
Species mentioned
Black-footed Albatross · Pink-footed Shearwater · Red-necked Phalarope · Brandt's Cormorant · Long-tailed Jaeger · Ashy Storm-Petrel · Rhinoceros Auklet · Sooty Shearwater · Parasitic Jaeger · Northern Fulmar · Heermann's Gull · California Gull · Cassin's Auklet · Brown Pelican · Red Phalarope · Sabine's Gull · Western Gull · Elegant Tern · Common Murre · Blue Whale