Hello whalewatchers, We had a great start to our day with a sunrise at Punta Colorado, Isla San Jose. The we had an early walk in the arroyo and a good snorkel session with good visibilty and 75 degree water. There was a personal milestone for one of our passengers, Reiner Ertel from Germany. Before today he has seen every gull in the world except one and that would be the yellow-footed gull that is found here in the Sea of Cortez. Reiner completed his list of gulls today.
We left and had “Cheeseburgers in Paradise” for lunch and headed of shore. We headed west towards the peninsula and found an area of jumping smooth-tailed mobulas which is always fun to see, then a red billed tropicbird and lots of black and least storm petrels. Another new bird for everyone that we see regularly here is the Craveri’s murrelet.
We had a close look at a Bryde’s whale and at the end of the day we saw a group of bottlenose dolphin and a great sunset.
Today’s photo is of a yellow-footed gull on our boom.
Team Searcher
