Baja California fishing trip birds

Birding, at times, was very good, and as usual there were dead times.

Highlights were:

Laysan Albatross   2

Buller's Shearwater  13

Townsend's Storm-Petrel  3

Red-billed Tropicbird   1

Masked / Nazca Booby    4

Long-tailed Jaeger    1-2

Craveri's Murrelet    6-8

Distances are estimated, and  in nautical miles

Aug. 1, 2020    B.C. ,  Mexico   22-35 n.m. from S.D.

Craveri's Murrelet   2

jaeger sp. ( Long-.tailed. or Parasitic).

Aug. 2, 2020  B.C. Mexico   35 n.m. off Pt. Colenet 110 n. miles from Pt. Loma south bound to about 180 n.m. south

Laysan Albatross   1

Black-footed Albatross   20

Cook's Petrel   16

Buller's Shearwater   13

Pink-footed Shearwater   2500

Sooty Shearwater  600

Black-vented Shearwater  100

Leach's Storm-Petrel    85

Townsend's Storm-Petrel    3

Black Storm-Petrel   35

Red-billed Tropicbird  1

Masked / Nazca Booby  2 ( pos. 2nd year juvy. Dark hood, dull gray/green bill, white belly, dark upper wing with blotches of white. Four seen for the trip.  All identical plumage).

Red Phalarope   1

Red-necked Phalarope  14 

Long-tailed Jaeger    1    (adult)

Craveri's Murrelet    4

Sabine's Gull  45 (actual count)

Mourning Dove   1

Cliff Swallow   1    (rode the boat all night of the 8-2, left morning of the third).

Aug. 3, 2020   San Benito Is. B. C. Mexico. 290 n.m southeast of Pt . Loma

Brown Booby    4

Masked / Nazca Booby    1   (see above MABO / NABO note)

Black-vented Shearwater    12   ( a nesting location, so appears they are mostly done there ).

Aug. 4, 2020   B. C. Mexico  Northbound about 200 n.m. southeast  of Pt Loma 25 n.m form the beach

Cook's Petrel    1

Black-footed Albatross    60+    ( every kelp paddy had multiple BFAL . One kelp had 22, another 14, 0ne at 8 and another 6. These birds feeding on, and fighting over long strings of flying fish eggs that were attached

                                                     to the floating kelp).

Pink-footed Shearwater  25

Sooty Shearwater    1

Leach's Storm-Petrel   20

Black Storm-Petrel  4

Brown Booby    1

Masked / Nazca Booby    1

Aug. 4, 2020      Inshore 10-12 miles south of San Martin Is. B. C. Mexico 

Black-vented Shearwater    500

Sooty Shearwater   1

Brown Pelican  70

Pomarine Jaeger   1

Mourning Dove   1

Aug. 5, 2020       north bound B. C. Mexico    25-30 n. miles offshore, 40 n. miles below Pt. Loma

Cook's Petrel   1

Laysan Albatross   1

Black-footed Albatross   4

Pink-footed Shearwater   175

Sooty Shearwater   20

Black-vented Shearwater   1

Leach's Storm-Petrel   6

Black Storm-Petrel      35

Ashy Storm-Petrel    1

Brown Booby   3

Pomarine Jaeger   1

jaeger sp.   1

Cassin's Auklet  1

Heermann's Gull    4   ( all birds of the year)

Sabine's Gulls    9

Common Tern   2

Elegant Terns   250

Aug. 6, 2020      South and west of Coronado Is. B. C. Mexico

PInk-footed Shearwater   250

Sooty Shearwater    45

Black-vented Shearwater    3

Leach's Storm-Petrel   6

Black Storm-Petrel     9

Murrelet sp.   2

Heermann's Gull    3  ( all birds of the year)

Sabine's Gull    1

Common Tern    1

Elegant Tern    500

Aug.  7, 2020     U.S. waters L.A. Co.     30 – to 60 n.m west of Pt. Loma.

Pink-footed Shearwater    140

Sooty Shearwater   80

Black Storm-Petrel  4

Phalarope sp.   5

South Polar Skua    1

Pomarine Jaeger   1

jaeger sp.   1

Hermann's Gull    1    (bird of the year)

Common Tern   1

Elegant Tern   500

Dave Povey

Dulzura

p.s. The August 16, 2020 pelagic can be booked online at www.sdwhale.com. or call Seaforth Sportfishing Landing at 619 224-3383