Hello Whalewatchers!
We cleared customs and immigration in Ensenada early this morning, and then traveled to Isla Todos Santos. The island is very green with a lot of yellow enclias flowers in bloom. There were also quite a few northern elephant seals on the beach, about 25 moms and pups, as well as several harbor seals with pups as well.
There was some great bird watching on the island too! Lots of double crested cormorants nesting, and a few pelagics as well. We also saw a peregrine falcon on the highest peak and a few black oyster catchers. We left the island headed and headed south with hopes of some wildlife sightings today.
We came across a big group of common dolphin and the conditions allowed us to stay with the group for a while. We estimate there were about 500 dolphins in the group! Continuing south we saw lots of shearwaters, bonapartes gulls, royal terns, phalropes, loons, and a black-footed albatross.
We didn’t have many sightings this afternoon, but we did have another group of common dolphins join us for sunset and dinner. Dinner was awesome! We enjoyed beef stew with garlic mashed potatoes, green beans, fresh bread and ice cream sundaes for desert.
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