(Many thanks to February, 2018 passenger Colin Barber for the use of his beautiful osprey photo!)
Hello whalewatchers,
We arrived to Islas San Benito before daylight today. We turned off most of our lights so the night-flying auklets and murrelets weren’t disoriented. A few that came aboard so we had a chance to get a good look at these birds before sending them back on their journeys safely.
We had windy conditions today and chilly temperatures–not feeling like “Sunny Baja” yet! The group saw Northern elephant seals–mostly pups/weaners, with a few females and sub-adults returning to molt–Guadalupe fur seals, and ospreys as well,
We are now travelling south towards Laguna San Ignacio and we have seen loads of shearwaters, Cassin’s auklets, and Scripps murrelets, and a brief visit from a laysan albatross.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
