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Sooty Shearwaters off Ocean Beach, 6/18/20

Paul Saraceni
 

The Sooties are massing again right now (6:25 pm Thurs) off of Rivera access to OB.

Cheers,
Paul Saraceni

On Jun 17, 2020, at 8:10 PM, Paul Saraceni <paulsaraceni@...> wrote:

This evening (now) Sooty Shearwaters are moving in big numbers off Ocean Beach. Several thousand were flying N in pulses when I arrived around 7:10 pm. In the past 20 minutes (7:45-8:05) they have been streaming S uninterrupted just beyond the surf @ Pacheco. Conservative estimate of 15,000+.

Paul Saraceni
San Francisco

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Mila Zinkova <Milazinkova@...>
 

https://youtu.be/PNTbQRH0FHU 
This was at about the same time close to the Cliff House. 


On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 6:28 PM Paul Saraceni <paulsaraceni@...> wrote:
The Sooties are massing again right now (6:25 pm Thurs) off of Rivera access to OB.

Cheers,
Paul Saraceni


> On Jun 17, 2020, at 8:10 PM, Paul Saraceni <paulsaraceni@...> wrote:
>
> This evening (now) Sooty Shearwaters are moving in big numbers off Ocean Beach. Several thousand were flying N in pulses when I arrived around 7:10 pm. In the past 20 minutes (7:45-8:05) they have been streaming S uninterrupted just beyond the surf @ Pacheco. Conservative estimate of 15,000+.
>
> Paul Saraceni
> San Francisco
>
> Sent from my iPhone
Alvaro Jaramillo
 

They were off Half Moon Bay heading north this evening, so there are miles of them!!
Alvaro

Alvaro Jaramillo
alvaro@...
www.alvarosadventures.com

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Subject: [SFBirds] Sooty Shearwaters off Ocean Beach, 6/18/20

The Sooties are massing again right now (6:25 pm Thurs) off of Rivera access to OB.

Cheers,
Paul Saraceni


On Jun 17, 2020, at 8:10 PM, Paul Saraceni <paulsaraceni@...> wrote:

This evening (now) Sooty Shearwaters are moving in big numbers off Ocean Beach. Several thousand were flying N in pulses when I arrived around 7:10 pm. In the past 20 minutes (7:45-8:05) they have been streaming S uninterrupted just beyond the surf @ Pacheco. Conservative estimate of 15,000+.

Paul Saraceni
San Francisco

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Joel Perlstein
 

Any idea what they were feeding on?

I am also curious as to what the power of magnification was for the video?

Thanks 



On Jun 18, 2020, at 9:06 PM, Mila Zinkova <Milazinkova@...> wrote:

https://youtu.be/PNTbQRH0FHU 
This was at about the same time close to the Cliff House. 

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 6:28 PM Paul Saraceni <paulsaraceni@...> wrote:
The Sooties are massing again right now (6:25 pm Thurs) off of Rivera access to OB.

Cheers,
Paul Saraceni


> On Jun 17, 2020, at 8:10 PM, Paul Saraceni <paulsaraceni@...> wrote:
>
> This evening (now) Sooty Shearwaters are moving in big numbers off Ocean Beach. Several thousand were flying N in pulses when I arrived around 7:10 pm. In the past 20 minutes (7:45-8:05) they have been streaming S uninterrupted just beyond the surf @ Pacheco. Conservative estimate of 15,000+.
>
> Paul Saraceni
> San Francisco
>
> Sent from my iPhone





--
Joel Perlstein 
San Francisco 
Mila Zinkova <Milazinkova@...>
 

They were feeding probably on anchovies. My zoom is 800.
Best.


On Jun 18, 2020, at 11:50 PM, joelperl <joelperl@...> wrote:


Any idea what they were feeding on?

I am also curious as to what the power of magnification was for the video?

Thanks 



On Jun 18, 2020, at 9:06 PM, Mila Zinkova <Milazinkova@...> wrote:

https://youtu.be/PNTbQRH0FHU 
This was at about the same time close to the Cliff House. 

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 6:28 PM Paul Saraceni <paulsaraceni@...> wrote:
The Sooties are massing again right now (6:25 pm Thurs) off of Rivera access to OB.

Cheers,
Paul Saraceni


> On Jun 17, 2020, at 8:10 PM, Paul Saraceni <paulsaraceni@...> wrote:
>
> This evening (now) Sooty Shearwaters are moving in big numbers off Ocean Beach. Several thousand were flying N in pulses when I arrived around 7:10 pm. In the past 20 minutes (7:45-8:05) they have been streaming S uninterrupted just beyond the surf @ Pacheco. Conservative estimate of 15,000+.
>
> Paul Saraceni
> San Francisco
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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