(murrelet photo courtesy of Todd McGrath)
Hello birders,
Black-footed albatross soars past the boat.
We’ve enjoyed a very busy morning with loads of birds: black-footed albatross, Buller’s shearwater, Guadalupe murrelet, long-tailed and pomarine jeager, leach’s storm petrel, and arctic terns! In addition er had good looks at fin whales, a distant look at a blue whale fluking, and plenty of common dolphin. Guadalupe fur seals also!
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Afternoon report:
Hello birders,
Buller’s shearwaters
A productive day today! The seas were incredible today with very little wind and sea. Starting from daylight there was a constant chatter on the leaders’ radios with sightings of birds and marine mammals. Black footed albatross, pink footed, sooty and loads of Bullers shearwaters! Jaegers, terns, leech’s storm petrels, red phalropes, fin whales, blue whales and Baird’s beaked whales and several groups of short-beaked common dolphin. We also had a brief sighting of a red-billed tropicbird late in the day. We had as many as 9 black footed albatross behind the boat at one time. The chum worked well. We are looking closer to home tomorrow starting 120 miles west of San Diego.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
