Hi I may have missed this thread, but the original question is not answerable as we can’t track what happens to most vagrant birds. They also differ in their ecological needs, reason for which they ar

Hi folks I was able to go on a rockfish sampling research trip (NOAA) this Sunday with captain Tom Mattusch on the Huli Cat this last Sunday. They did not head beyond the shelf break, but got out ther

Hi folks, We have a Winter pelagic heading out of Half Moon Bay on the 21st of Feb, with the Sunday as a weather day. You can sign up on my website (Paypal or use credit card via PayPal), the boat is

Hi folks, The Coastside Land Trust is putting on the second Raptorama mini festival in Half Moon Bay this weekend. Lisa Myers, Bob Power, Bill Walker, and myself are giving workshops, and many birders

HI folks I know the land birds are exciting right now, but those seabirds can be pretty darn good right now too. My last two trips of the season are Bodega on Friday, and Half Moon Bay on Saturday. We

Hi folks, We went out of Half Moon Bay yesterday, off to the weather buoy and dipping into San Francisco county for a tad. Our first good bird of the day were two locally rare White-faced Ibis flying

Josiah et al. I was out on Mines Road on Monday and went to the trusty spot for Lewis’s Woodpeckers and none were to be found, zilch. I wondered about acorns and started looking at the oaks, no acorns

Hi folks An unexpected rarity on our pelagic out of Half Moon Bay was a Bay-breasted Warbler! It circled the boat several times but never landed, yet it came in close enough that some folks could see

Hello folks Due to bad weather we had to re-schedule our Bodega Bay Pelagic. It is now on Friday Sept 26th, and there are spaces now on what was previously a sold out trip. It is on the New Sea Angler

Hi folks I did make a quick report on the various boobies seen on our trip last week. However I should note a couple of other goodies. One was a Tufted Puffin perhaps no more than a mile off from Devi

Hi Birders, A very quick summary of our trip to the Farallon Islands today out of Half Moon Bay. The stars of the show were boobies. We started the day off with a young Brown Booby very close to shore

Hello folks, The Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society’s trip to the Farallon Islands earlier this month had to be rescheduled due to weather issues. I am guiding the re-scheduled trip with Bob Power thi

Hello all. We enjoyed great calm seas, warm water and fun with old friends and new on our San Francisco waters pelagic last Saturday. Highlights included Fin Whale, N Elephant seal and yes...birds. Th

Hi folks For those interested in learning a bit more about seabirds, oceanography, ocean ecology and pelagic bird identification, I will be teaching a workshop next week on the topic. This is part of

SF Birders, Our Alvaro’s Adventures trip to the Farallons today was a great one! After seeing a bunch of Tufted Puffins, murres, and guillemots as we drove up to the island excitement broke out when w

Hello folks, Unfortunately we could not re-locate the Salvin’s Albatross yesterday although we tried hard in good waters with plenty of Black-footed Albatrosses. We did however find that warm water sp

My apology for wasting time and band width. Yes, Wed July 30th, this coming Wednesday J Hello folks, I have been contacted by several folks who are wanting to find out if we could put on a chase trip

Hello folks, I have been contacted by several folks who are wanting to find out if we could put on a chase trip for the Salvin’s Albatross we found yesterday. The next open day for the boat is Wednesd

Hello birders, A warm greeting to you all. I hope you are having a great summer, catching up with some breeding birds, and the start of the fall migration. Very soon we begin the late summer and fall

Hi folks, June 25, 26 and 29 I will be teaching a workshop (in Redwood Shores) dealing with bird song, how to learn bird voices as well as understanding its ecology and function. We will be using spec