2015 Trip Results
SPECIES | 14-Feb | 25-Apr | 29-Apr | 16-May | 27-Jun | 18-Jul | 1-Aug | 8-Aug | 15-Aug | 21-Aug | 22-Aug | 23-Aug | 5-Sep | 6-Sep | 18-Sep | 19-Sep | 26-Sep | 27-Sep | 4-Oct | 17-Oct | TOTAL |
Greater White-fronted Goose | 750 | 202 | 952 | ||||||||||||||||||
Brant | 515 | 27 | 542 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cackling Goose | 400 | 400 | |||||||||||||||||||
goose sp. | 110 | 110 | |||||||||||||||||||
Northern Pintail | 9 | 6 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Green-winged Teal | 15 | 6 | 4 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
scaup sp. | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Harlequin Duck | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Surf Scoter | 40 | 214 | 42 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 70 | 533 | ||||||
White-winged Scoter | 11 | 118 | 19 | 68 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 73 | 2 | 342 | ||||||||
Red-throated Loon | 1 | 75 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 92 | ||||||||||
Pacific Loon | 3 | 269 | 645 | 218 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 1205 | |||||
Common Loon | 4 | 46 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 162 | |||||||
Red-necked Grebe | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Western Grebe | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 51 | |||||||||||
Clark’s Grebe | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Laysan Albatross | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Black-footed Albatross | 5 | 113 | 47 | 139 | 47 | 100 | 56 | 23 | 89 | 50 | 56 | 184 | 275 | 36 | 12 | 47 | 18 | 13 | 283 | 1593 | |
Northern Fulmar | 21 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 82 | 42 | 1244 | 47 | 419 | 457 | 1090 | 152 | 145 | 33 | 14 | 91 | 543 | 165 | 4505 | 9099 | |
dark Pterodoma sp. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pink-footed Shearwater | 3 | 12 | 138 | 267 | 14462 | 422 | 1668 | 3646 | 2148 | 3390 | 3594 | 1 | 1631 | 784 | 154 | 211 | 333 | 614 | 481 | 108 | 34067 |
Flesh-footed Shearwater | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
Great Shearwater | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Buller’s Shearwater | 1 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 52 | |||||||||||
Sooty Shearwater | 707 | 8293 | 978 | 1141 | 2261 | 6538 | 11085 | 5103 | 50763 | 15401 | 8700 | 9039 | 6894 | 4304 | 6952 | 1541 | 758 | 881 | 71 | 141410 | |
Short-tailed Shearwater | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 49 | ||||||||
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
Manx Shearwater | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel | 47 | 22 | 265 | 286 | 82 | 202 | 184 | 213 | 88 | 34 | 66 | 167 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1676 | |||
Leach’s Storm-Petrel | 6 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 48 | |||||||||||||||
storm-petrel sp. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Brown Booby | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Brandt’s Cormorant | 54 | 32 | 103 | 124 | 22 | 53 | 64 | 99 | 78 | 76 | 21 | 42 | 21 | 44 | 10 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 54 | 949 | |
Double-cr. Cormorant | 33 | 8 | 55 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 40 | 53 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 35 | 41 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 38 | 5 | 469 | |
Pelagic Cormorant | 20 | 25 | 33 | 51 | 71 | 15 | 40 | 15 | 50 | 30 | 46 | 10 | 36 | 60 | 3 | 50 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 6 | 627 |
cormorant sp | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Brown Pelican | 155 | 52 | 7 | 646 | 831 | 446 | 2100 | 460 | 700 | 147 | 278 | 805 | 1201 | 498 | 287 | 412 | 206 | 206 | 492 | 9929 | |
Great Blue Heron | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Wandering Tattler | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 23 | |||||||||||
Long-billed Curlew | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Marbled Godwit | 9 | 150 | 700 | 550 | 700 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 500 | 400 | 700 | 700 | 6209 | ||||||||
Ruddy Turnstone | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Black Turnstone | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 52 | |||||||
Surfbird | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | |||||||||||||
Least Sandpiper | 15 | 30 | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||
Short-billed Dowitcher | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
Red-necked Phalarope | 234 | 48 | 463 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 47 | 23 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 917 | |||||||
Red Phalarope | 6 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 112 | |||||||||
phalarope sp | 39 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 50 | ||||||||||||||
South Polar Skua | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 37 | |||||||||
Pomarine Jaeger | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 71 | ||||
Parasitic Jaeger | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
Long-tailed Jaeger | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
jaeger sp | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Common Murre | 680 | 817 | 4064 | 104 | 64 | 1399 | 888 | 1393 | 1718 | 876 | 494 | 137 | 474 | 361 | 86 | 202 | 589 | 487 | 230 | 62 | 15125 |
Pigeon Guillemot | 15 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 154 | |||||
Marbled Murrelet | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Scripps’s/Guadalupe Murrelet | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ancient Murrelet | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
Cassin’s Auklet | 11 | 13 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 51 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 42 | 324 | |
Parakeet Auklet | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Rhinoceros Auklet | 10 | 81 | 89 | 132 | 115 | 16 | 65 | 48 | 40 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 25 | 51 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 149 | 972 | |
Tufted Puffin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
Black-legged Kittiwake | 266 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 310 | ||||||||||||
Sabine’s Gull | 21 | 15 | 58 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 76 | 73 | 4 | 32 | 331 | |||||||
Bonaparte’s Gull | 48 | 10 | 12 | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
Heerman’s Gull | 1 | 1 | 1532 | 2230 | 1753 | 5150 | 5000 | 1002 | 501 | 150 | 141 | 85 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 17606 | ||
Mew Gull | 30 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 62 | ||||||||||||
Ring-billed Gull | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull | 230 | 259 | 594 | 315 | 410 | 516 | 1072 | 272 | 1027 | 841 | 223 | 54 | 493 | 512 | 602 | 409 | 296 | 345 | 311 | 210 | 8991 |
California Gull | 41 | 12 | 51 | 4 | 88 | 1009 | 2208 | 2151 | 1072 | 1505 | 24 | 921 | 1556 | 754 | 295 | 618 | 967 | 754 | 636 | 14666 | |
Herring Gull | 49 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 436 | 156 | 791 | ||||||||
Thayer’s Gull | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
Glaucous Gull | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Caspian Tern | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Common Tern | 1 | 437 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 441 | |||||||||||||||
Arctic Tern | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |||||||||||||
small tern sp. | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Elegant Tern | 22 | 9 | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
Peregrine Falcon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Savannah Sparrow | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Gray Whale | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Humpback Whale | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 43 | ||||||||
Minke Whale | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Blue Whale | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
whale sp. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Pacific White-sided Dolphin | 70 | 65 | 85 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 291 | |||||||||||||
Northern Right Whale Dolphin | 14 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
Risso’s Dolphin | 22 | 20 | 35 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
Killer Whale | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Harbor Porpoise | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 59 | ||||||
Dall’s Porpoise | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 38 | |||||||||||||
Northern Fur Seal | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 31 | |||||||
California Sea Lion | 150 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 262 | |||
Northern (Steller’s) Sea Lion | 3 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 122 | |
Harbor Seal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | ||||||
Northern Elephant Seal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Blue Shark | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Ocean Sunfish | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 32 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 175 | 337 |
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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.
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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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