From Dave Povey: “When asked to “chase” the Manx Shearwater seen Thursday, Feb 14. I thought chances were slim and none. Doug Aguillar, Jay Keller, B J Stacey, and I headed into the same area s.e. of Pt. Loma this morning. There were birds and dolphin working the area, though I thought, in smaller numbers than Thursday. We faithfully looked at every Black-vented Shearwater that past, and stopped on several small groups resting on the water. Around 8:30 a.m. we found a larger group that had just finished a feeding frenzy, and were now resting on the water. Jay called out he that he was seeing a darker backed bird on the water. Quickly sorting through Black-vents, there was our Manx. Same overall size, blacker backed, bright white below, with a curl of white up the neck around the ear, and white under tail coverts.
We drifted along with the flock for 5 mins. or so, taking pictures, before the flock finally started taking off. Was it the same bird as Thursdays? Maybe the photos will help?
The postion on the GPS was 1.3 n. miles southeast of Thursday’s Manx.
That would put this bird at 4 n. miles s.e. of Pt. Loma and 3.25 n. miles west of Silver Strand.”
