September 5
Dear birders:
We’re drifting at the boobie colony at Santa Barbara island this morning in beautiful weather. We’ve sighted four species of boobies: Blue footed, Nazca, Brown and Red-footed Boobies. And we also re-sighted a brown/blue hybrid.
We left there to head west towards San Miguel Island. Throughout the day, we saw plenty of murrelets, a few Cassin’s auklets, albatross, and more terns and petrels. Also the fan favorite, Red-billed tropicbirds!
The attached photos were taken on the 2022 tour by Alisa Schulman-Janiger, including the common dolphins.
Captain Mike and Team Searcher
Nazca booby
