A Holland America "repositioning" cruise from San Diego to Vancouver, departing 22 April with some 30 birders on board, was off central California on 23 April and off northwest California for part of 24 April. Highlights included: 23 April (fair, windy): 3 Hawaiian Petrel (1 SLO, 2 SF) 4 Murphy's Petrel (4 SF) 37 Cook's Petrel (8 SBA, 17 SLO, 5 MTY, 2 SM, 5 SF) 38 Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel including 4 in SLO where they are rare; good numbers in all other countries. 2 Laysan Albatross (MTY) 1 Long-tailed Jaeger (SF) 24 April (overcast); morning only before reaching Oregon: HUM: 1 Cook's, 11 Murphy's, 1 Laysan, 1 LT Jaeger DN: 6 Murphy's --Paul Lehman (and Barbara Carlson), San Diego |
v1.35 - 11/22/22 - Finally rewrote code to handle new Groups.IO web structure v1.30 - 01/05/16 - Revamped cloud logic, optimized database queries, linked to eBird rarities. v1.23 - 12/08/11 - Added direct link to CBRC records. v1.22 - 12/03/11 - Corrected GMT offsets on dates. Added last 5 posts at top. v1.21 - 11/24/11 - Added direct link to range map for NA birds. v1.2 - 11/23/11 - Greatly improved graphing technology - separates month vs. year by posts. Added species auto-complete functionality. v1.14 - 11/22/11 - Added cloud bubble for common thread topics. v1.13 - 11/22/11 - Added integrated photos where available. v1.12 - 11/22/11 - Added multiple input boxes for additional refinement, negative search criteria (eg. -keyword). v1.11 - 11/22/11 - Added banding code, species look-up. Also direct link to recent eBird observations. v1.1 - 11/22/11 - Added 'date' functionality. Shows top 'month/year' combinations for a query. Restrict results to that 'month/year'. v1.0 - 11/21/11 - Initial version coded. Currently archiving 'lacobirds' and 'calbirds'.