Twenty-five birders aboard the Holland America Eurodam departed San Diego late afternoon on the 25th and spent the 26th between waters off w. Santa Barbara County and extreme southern Marin, and then just a couple hours the morning of the 27th off northern Humboldt and Del Norte. The 26th was characterized by strong North winds up to 30 knots right on the bow which clearly was a factor in the incredible number of pterodromas seen during the day in every county covered. And the boat just cut through the nasty waves like a knife through butter and so was a very comfortable ride. Six Hawaiian petrels was a record for one day, as were the 210 Murphy's petrels, with a good total of 140 cooks and 13 laysans. Then additional 20 or so Murphy's and a one Hawaiian and a laysan in Del Norte and Humboldt the next morning. A detailed county by county breakdown of numbers of the better birds will appear in the next couple days. Paul Lehman and 25 others, San Diego Sent from the all new AOL app for Android |
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