September 4
Dear birders:
We departed on our annual Labor Day 5-day trip to search the offshore and deep water areas of Southern California. Early reports from the 9-mile Bank and 30-mile Bank included these sightings: Black and Leach’s storm petrels, Northern fulmar, Pink-footed, Sooty and Black-vented shearwaters, Red and Red-necked phalaropes, Common, Elegant, Royal, and Caspian terns, Long-beaked and Short-beaked common dolphins, all in really nice weather.
The attached photos were taken on the 2022 tour by Alisa Schulman-Janiger, including the common dolphins.
Captain Mike and Team Searcher
Northern fulmar
