Hello all,
Today we started the day with a beach walk on the peninsula. Good bird watching. We left there and came across a herd of common dolphin, then a little while later we saw a cow and calf pair of Bryde’s whales. Since we have had difficulty locating Xantu’s hummingbirds, we decided to try one more spot on the peninsula. We have seen several at Nopolo in the past so we went there after lunch. There were a couple Xantus seen and about 3/4 of the group got a look. Not a bad day so far.
We thought we saw a group of bottlenose dolphin in the distance after leaving Nopolo, but it turns out they were false killer whales. About 30 whales in the group–what a treat! We decided to drift with them and we saw them eating yellowtail– a fish in the jack family. You could see the fish hanging out of the whale’s mouths. Next we turned on the hydrophone and had a great audio session as well. The whales stayed with us for close to and hour very close to the boat.

We are truly blessed to have seen this. Not sure how we can top that. Just after leaving the false killer whales, four Laysan albatross flew by! We rarely see them in the Sea of Cortez. Wow, what an afternoon. To end a great day of wildlife we are going to end it with margaritas and a buffet on the back deck. We’re exhausted.
More tomorrow, Team Searcher