Hello whalewatchers: We had another great day today starting with a hike at Bahia Agua Verde and then a snorkel session. We left there after lunch and headed offshore. It didn’t take long for us to come across a very large area of birds, dolphin and three humpbacks. They were all feeding on bait fish. There were at least 700-800 common dolphin and who knows how many seabirds: pelicans, boobies, shearwaters, jeagers, gulls and both least and black storm petrels. It was quite a show. We left there and decided to go ashore at Isla Santa Catalina. It was a great time to go ashore with the lighting and after the heat of the day. There were several lizards, chuckwallas and one rattleless rattlesnake, and a pair of zone-tailed hawks. We saw a lot of wildlife today and the weather was great with light winds and sunny skies. More tomorrow, Team Searcher

Lee Morgan’s shot of the rattleless rattler of Santa Catalina!