Over 25 birders were aboard a Holland America cruise-ship between San
Diego and Vancouver, May 2-4. On May 3rd, we were off CA from southern
San Luis Obispo County to southern Mendocino County--with mostly light
winds. What a difference a week makes...this time only ONE Cook's Petrel
(plus only 1 Murphy's and 0 Hawaiian) off CA. The light winds may well have
played a role, but clearly the numbers of Cook's had dropped way off
from the previous week when 170 were seen. We did have a dozen Murphy's
the following day (May 4) off Oregon and s. Washington, as well as some
Parakeet Auklets just north of the CA border, plus Laysan, late-ish
Ancient Murrelet(s), another early-ish South Polar Skua, etc. Overall
numbers of birds offshore were largely rather lackluster both days.

A Princess ship the very next day (May 4) in the same waters had more wind and more pterodromas off n. CA!!
I'll let folks on that boat summarize their findings.

Our highlights in CA waters on May 3 were:

Laysan Albatross:  3  (singles in MTY, SM, and SON/MEN)

Murphy's Petrel:  1  (only 1, off s. MEN)

Cook's Petrel:  1  (only 1, off s. MEN)

Ashy Storm-Petrel:  7  (all off s. MEN)

Great Egret:  1  (flying in from west, some 60 km off MTY...)

South Ploar Skua:  1  (slightly early, off MTY)

Scripps's Murrelet:  8  (4 pairs--1 off SLO, 1 off MTY, and 2 off SM)

Tufted Puffin:  1  (off SF)

Eurasian Collared-Dove:  1

--Paul Lehman  (and fellow crew),  San Diego