Leonie Batkin and I were on aHolland America Line ( New Amsterdam )reposition cruise from San Diego to Vancouver.

Sightings below are from San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Mateo, San Francisco, Sonoma

and Del Norte Counties May1-3.

May 2

Santa Barbara County

Murphy's Petrel ( 3 )

San Luis Obispo County

Murphy's Petrel ( 1 )

San Mateo County

Murphy's Petrel ( 1 )

Laysan Albatross ( 3 )

San Francisco County

Murphy's Petrel ( 1 )

Sonoma County

Murphy's Petrel ( 1 )

May 3

Del Norte County

Murphy's Petrel ( 1 )

Hawaiian Petrel ( 1 )

( 2 ) Murphy's Petrels were inCurry County not long after crossing into Oregon.

Other birds noted in Californiawere ( 53 )Black-footed Albatross, (41 )Northern Fulmars,( 300 )Sooty Shearwaters,

( 30 ) Pink-footed Shearwaters, ( 520 ) Leach's Storm-Petrels ( Del Note Co.), ( 34 )Black Storm-Petrels ( San Diego Co. )

( 28 )Red-necked Phalaropes,( 1 ) Red Phalarope, ( 12 )Pomarine Jaegers, ( 2 ) Parasitic Jaegers, ( 1 ) Long-tailed

Jaeger ( San Mateo Co. ),( 183 ) Sabine's Gulls,( 1 ) Arctic Tern (Santa Barbara Co. ), ( 2 ) Marbled Murrelets,

( 2 ) Scripp's Murrelets ( San Diego Co. ), ( 6 ) Cassin's Auklets, ( 1 ) Rhinoceros Auklet, (7 ) Eurasian Collared

Doves together on board with a Brown-headed Cowbird.

We had heard oftwo other birders on board, but were not able to track them down. So there may be some additional

sightings.

Ron Thorn

Redwood City, California