Here is the list of seabirds and pelagic birds recorded by one of the expert trip leaders from the Condor Express pelagic bird trip, Saturday April 30th. This 14 hour expedition set up the coast to Point Conception, then west to a point approximately 38 miles from Point Arguello, then south to the Rodriguez Dome area, continued south and finally took a northeasterly track home through the gap between Sta Rosa and San Miguel Island. Seas were rough, but not as bad as forecasters predicted, and the highlight of the trip was a close encounter with a Murphy's Petrel.
The next scheduled joint LA Audubon/Condor Express pelagic adventure will be July 23 to the San Juan Seamount. Call (805) 882-0088 for trip information and reservations.
eBird Totals by Jon Feenstra:
Brant 42
Surf Scoter 13
Pacific Loon 78
Common Loon 3
Laysan Albatross 1
Black-footed Albatross 25
Northern Fulmar 9
Murphy’s Petrel 1
Pink-footed Shearwater 23
Sooty Shearwater 90
Ashy Storm-Petrel 13
Brandt’s Cormorant 13
Pelagic Cormorant 2
Brown Pelican 6
Marbled Godwit 4
Red-necked Phalarope 4,010
Red Phalarope 240
phalarope sp. 1,500
Sabine’s Gull 99
Bonaparte’s Gull 203
Western Gull 626
California Gull 80
Herring Gull 2
Black Tern 13
Common Tern 17
Arctic Tern 20
Common/Arctic Tern 3
Elegant Tern 2
Pomarine Jaeger 19
Common Murre 18
Pigeon Guillemot 100
Xantus’s Murrelet 6
Cassin’s Auklet 56
Rhinoceros Auklet 111
Best fishes and have a WHALE of a day (with lots of rare pelagic birds around too)
Bob Perry
Condor Express
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