Sightings List for Sept. 8-12, 2004 Offshore Birding Trip.

Species 09/08 09/09 09/10 09/11 Totals
Black-footed Albatross 1 1
Northern Fulmar 5 5
Pink-footed Shearwater 18 2408 131 31 2588
Flesh-footed Shearwater 1 1
Buller’s Shearwater 2 5 7
Sooty Shearwater 22 9 3 34
Black-vented Shearwater 4 7 11
Ashy Storm-petrel 6 6
Black Storm-petrel 61 46 29 34 170
Least Storm-petrel 10 9 19
Red-billed Tropicbird 1 1 2
Marbled Godwit 1 1
Red-necked Phalarope 25 476 10 511
Red Phalarope 2 14 20 426 462
South Polar Skua 6 6
Parasitic Jaeger 3 10 13
Pomarine Jaeger 4 12 2 2 29
Long-tailed Jaeger 2 4 2 1 9
Jaeger sp. 8 20 1 29
California Gull 2 1 3
Heermann’s Gull 18 6 34
Western Gull 20 540 64 7 631
Sabine’s Gull 42 4 1 47
Common Tern 3 3
Arctic Tern 3 5 14 30 52
sterna tern sp. 30 9 7 2 48
Xantus’ Murrelet 1 1
Craveri’s Murrelet 2 2
murrelet sp. 2 2
Cassin’s Auklet 4 1 5
Rhinoceros Auklet 2 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 1
Common Dolphin 800 600 25 500 1985
Risso’s Dolphin 25 70 95
Killer Whale (Orca) 7 7
Baird’s Beaked Whale 3 1 4
Blue Whale 6 7 3 16
Fin Whale 1 1
Sei Whale* 1 1
Humpback Whale 1 1
California Sea Lion 300 300
Harbor Seal 4 4
Elephant Seal 1 1

*Note: Although some whales can be difficult to identify
to exact species if observed

only briefly, what was seen on this whale–the falcate
dorsal fin and overall

color– did not point to fin or blue, but to a probable
sei.

– Other interesting animals seen were Ocean Sunfish (Mola Mola), Swordfish,
and

several Skipjack Tuna (caught). Royal Tern, Elegant Tern, Brown Pelican,

Brandt’s, Pelagic, and Double-crested Cormorant were also seen, most very close

to shore.