Hello,
We departed San Diego today at 4 pm for another pelagic birding trip. This time we are concentrating on birds in Mexican waters with plans to be offshore in deep water for four days.
We are headed for a sea mount NE of Isla Guadalupe 50 miles and plan to spend a few hours in that area. We are hoping for albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters and whatever else finds us.
We had excellent sightings today with both black-footed and laysan albatrosses, black storm petrels, sooty shearwaters and Xantus murrelets.
Black-footed albatross, photo by Todd McGrath
We also saw three different species of dolphins (common, Rissos and bottlenose) and two fin whales as well.
We topped off the day with a great fresh yellowtail dinner.
I call that a great start to this trip and we are looking forward to tomorrow. The weather is great with no wind or seas.
Capt Art
