This is a brief summary of the birds seen in San Diego waters, offshore on Monday Sept. 6, 2021.
Still to be edited and submitted.
Highlights;
A white morph RED-FOOTED BOOBY flew over the bow of Searcher at approximately 20 n.m. from Pt. Loma . That is near the Mexican Border and far side of the San Diego Trough. Photos, and exact location to come with the eBird report . This is the first white morph Red-footed Booby I've seen off So, Calif.
TOWNSEND'S STORM-PETRELS (5) several at the "Corner" and others around the Thirty Mile Bank.
LEAST STORM-PETRELs (2 ) vicinity of Thirty Mile Bank.
CRAVERI'S MURRELETS (9) on the Thirty Mile Bank
All three jaegers including, LONG-TAILED JAEGERS (4).
SABINE'S GULL (10)
ARCTIC TERN (2).
Partial list of species and numbers offshore:
Pink-footed Shearwater 120
Sooty Shearwater 2
Black-vented Shearwater 35
Leach's Storm-Petrel 25
TOWNSEND'S STORM-PETREL 5
Ashy Storm-Petrel 2
Black-Storm-Petrel 225
LEAST STORM-PETREL 2
Brown Booby 1
RED-FOOTED BOOBY 1
Brown Pelican 2
Whimbrel 3
Red-necked Phalarope 50
Pomarine Jaeger 7
Parasitic Jaeger 2
LONG-TAILED JAEGER 4
jaeger sp. 3
CRAVERI'S MURRELET 9
murrelet sp. 4
SABINE'S GULL 10
Western Gull (many)
California Gull 1
Heermann's Gull 1
Common Tern 6
ARCTIC TERN 2
sterna terns (Common/Arctic sp.) 16
Very nice sea conditions and viewing weather all 5 days.
Trip leaders; Todd McGrath, Dave Pereksta, Ryan Terrill and Dave Povey, with 28 passengers.
Dave Povey
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