





Westport Seabirds | Mar | Apr | July | July | Aug | Aug | Aug | Aug | Aug | Sep | Sep | Sep | Sep | Sep | Oct | Oct |
1999 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 10 |
Black-footed Albatross | 60 | 112 | 36 | 186 | 259 | 197 | 171 | 157 | 279 | 122 | 129 | 121 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 20 |
Laysan Albatross | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Northern Fulmar | 30 | 3 | 8 | 71 | 325 | 237 | 111 | 582 | 1078 | 70 | 4238 | 8295 | 393 | 259 | 456 | 330 |
Pink-footed Shearwater | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 48 | 53 | 33 | 132 | 677 | 152 | 192 | 151 | 120 | 27 | 25 | 20 |
Flesh-footed Shearwater | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Buller’s Shearwater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 94 | 39 | 60 | 113 | 54 | 61 |
Sooty Shearwater | 17 | 364 | 2132 | 1152 | 527 | 1751 | 726 | 9930 | 330 | 142 | 7410 | 1645 | 1259 | 390 | 19 | 291 |
Short-tailed Shearwater | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Manx Shearwater | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel | 1 | 162 | 33 | 74 | 25 | 70 | 11 | 53 | 167 | 227 | 89 | 444 | 40 | 22 | 242 | 705 |
Leach’s Storm-Petrel | 0 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 135 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red Phalarope | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Red-necked Phalarope | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 13 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
phalarope sp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 43 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pomarine Jaeger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
Parasitic Jaeger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Long-tailed Jaeger | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
jaeger sp. | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Polar Skua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Bonaparte’s Gull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mew Gull | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
California Gull | 1 | 25 | 2 | 30 | 139 | 130 | 34 | 328 | 81 | 299 | 111 | 307 | 227 | 115 | 52 | 60 |
Herring Gull | 50 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Thayer’s Gull | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Western, G-wing Gulls | 244 | 1218 | 701 | 816 | 413 | 709 | 1017 | 1242 | 1003 | 582 | 392 | 555 | 347 | 237 | 123 | 441 |
Black-legged Kittiwake | 194 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
Sabine’s Gull | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 29 | 34 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 43 | 0 | 1 |
Common Tern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arctic Tern | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
sterna tern sp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Common Murre | 1080 | 2 | 713 | 2685 | 2397 | 444 | 605 | 378 | 214 | 132 | 52 | 255 | 194 | 136 | 243 | 93 |
Pigeon Guillemot | 5 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 37 | 17 | 39 | 23 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Marbled Murrelet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Xantus’ Murrelet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ancient Murrelet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cassin’s Auklet | 198 | 47 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 32 | 9 | 53 |
Parakeet Auklet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rhinocerous Auklet | 22 | 139 | 38 | 133 | 431 | 316 | 360 | 251 | 86 | 23 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
Tufted Puffin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Birds | 1914 | 2210 | 3736 | 5872 | 5577 | 5835 | 4630 | 15429 | 4601 | 3343 | 13003 | 12063 | 3706 | 1565 | 1477 | 2284 |
Humpbacked Whale | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Gray Whale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
whale sp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Pacific White-sided Dolphin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Right-whale Dolphin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grampus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harbor Porpoise | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Dall’s Porpoise | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
Northern Sea Lion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
California Sea Lion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Northern Fur Seal | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Harbor Seal | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Northern Elephant Seal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ocean Sunfish | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Blue Shark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All of our trips go offshore to one of three deep water canyons approximately 28-35 miles offshore. These canyons are just beyond the edge of the continental shelf and reach water depths in excess of 2,500 feet.
Birds that can be expected on most or all April – October trips: Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Sooty Shearwater, Pink-footed Shearwater, Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Red-necked and Red Ph...
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