2016 Trip Results
2016 Westport Seabirds Trip Log | 27 Feb | 23 April | 14 May | 15 May | 25 June | 2 July | 20 July | 23 July | 6 August | 13 August | 21 August | 27 August | 28 August | 3 Sept | 4 Sept | 10 Sept | 12 Sept | 21 Sept | 24 Sept | 25 Sept | 1 Oct |
Trip Type | Grays Canyon | Grays Canyon | Grays Canyon | Grays Canyon | Outer Slope | Outer Slope | Outer Slope | Outer Slope | Outer Slope | Grays Canyon | Grays Canyon | Grays Canyon | Grays Canyon | Grays Canyon | Grays Canyon | Grays Canyon | Grays Canyon | Grays Canyon | Grays Canyon | Grays Canyon | Grays Canyon |
White-Frt. Goose | 150 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Brant | 6 | 22 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cackling Goose | 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Canada Goose | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
Goose sp. | 1130 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Green Winged Teal | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
N. Shovler | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
N. Pintail | 27 | 17 | 18 | 36 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
Harlequin D | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Surf Scoter | 67 | 23 | 122 | 200 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 55 | 9 | 24 | |||||
White-Wing Scoter | 31 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | |||||||||
Long-tailed Duck | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Red-B. Merganser | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Red-T. Loon | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Pacific Loon | 10 | 75 | 29 | 104 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
Common Loon | 3 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 14 | ||||||||
loon sp | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Red-necked Grebe | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Western Grebe | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
Laysan Albatross | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Black-footed Albatross | 102 | 70 | 14 | 29 | 84 | 63 | 150 | 55 | 20 | 43 | 423 | 21 | 167 | 41 | 94 | 177 | 53 | 52 | 52 | ||
N. Fulmar Dark | 73 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 9 | 56 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | ||
N. Fulmar Light | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Pink-footed Shearwater | 1 | 18 | 96 | 129 | 719 | 369 | 511 | 363 | 140 | 970 | 5723 | 3354 | 3593 | 1889 | 95 | 198 | 256 | 815 | 1085 | ||
Flesh-footed Shearwater | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Buller’s Shearwater | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Sooty Shearwater | 5 | 909 | 303 | 207 | 8380 | 18169 | 26759 | 11661 | 28674 | 1688 | 16025 | 20641 | 47336 | 552 | 672 | 169 | 214 | 169 | 536 | ||
Short-tailed Shearwater | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Manx Shearwater | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fork-tailed Storm-Pet. | 13 | 47 | 38 | 151 | 137 | 151 | 242 | 31 | 54 | 116 | 102 | 149 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | ||||
Leach’s Storm-Pet. | 2 | 18 | 54 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Brown Booby | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Murphy’s Petrel | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Brandt’s Cormorant | 14 | 20 | 39 | 44 | 59 | 26 | 35 | 30 | 79 | 93 | 41 | 102 | 9 | 33 | 23 | 37 | 52 | 42 | 66 | ||
Double-cr. Cormorant | 5 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 103 | 100 | 40 | 22 | 44 | 50 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 41 | 17 | 47 | 6 | 14 | ||
Pelagic Cormorant | 27 | 14 | 79 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 72 | 13 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 15 | ||
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Brown Pelican | 3 | 23 | 37 | 127 | 306 | 1512 | 2400 | 121 | 462 | 201 | 203 | 530 | 323 | 315 | 260 | 173 | 92 | 343 | |||
Black Oyster Catcher | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wandering Tattler | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
Whimbrel | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Bar-tailed Godwit | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Marbled Godwit | 3 | 700 | 700 | 500 | 500 | 700 | 700 | 600 | 700 | 500 | 400 | 550 | |||||||||
Black Turnstone | 3 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
Surfbird | 21 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Short billed Dowitcher | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spotted Sandpiper | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Least Sandpiper | 1 | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||
Western Sandpiper | 5 | 15 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Red-necked Phalarope | 1188 | 67 | 103 | 54 | 16 | 81 | 19 | 85 | 29 | 157 | 221 | 254 | 1 | 22 | 7 | ||||||
Red Phalarope | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 1355 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 71 | 25 | 15 | ||||||||
phalarope sp | 10 | 3 | 276 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Shorebird species | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||
South Polar Skua | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||
Pomarine Jaeger | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
Parasitic Jaeger | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Long-tailed Jaeger | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
jaeger sp | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Common Murre | 2687 | 712 | 464 | 1474 | 619 | 607 | 5991 | 1632 | 1114 | 1290 | 1587 | 456 | 988 | 437 | 770 | 1248 | 749 | 201 | 422 | ||
chicks | 1 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Pigeon Guillemot | 2 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
Marbled Murrelet | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Scripps’s Murrelet | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Ancient Murrelet | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
Cassin’s Auklet | 105 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 91 | 514 | 96 | 160 | 29 | 27 | 17 | 45 | 280 | 57 | 508 | 88 | 58 | 50 | 18 | ||
Rhinoceros Auklet | 45 | 115 | 151 | 125 | 43 | 115 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 40 | 17 | 76 | 92 | 51 | 64 | 16 | 47 | 48 | 48 | ||
Tufted Puffin | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Black-legged Kittiwake | 134 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Sabine’s Gull | 40 | 124 | 87 | 7 | 24 | 76 | 8 | 9 | 666 | 125 | 30 | 68 | 128 | 41 | 36 | 21 | 1 | ||||
Bonaparte’s Gull | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Heerman’s Gull | 4 | 6 | 2415 | 3702 | 2400 | 2500 | 2500 | 1000 | 358 | 2700 | 261 | 1002 | 185 | 155 | 62 | 87 | |||||
Mew Gull | 35 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ring Billed Gull | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Western Gull | |||||||||||||||||||||
California Gull | 9 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 45 | 789 | 76 | 438 | 945 | 1477 | 325 | 910 | 2422 | 511 | 923 | 391 | 2316 | 1537 | |||
Herring Gull | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Thayer’s Gull | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Glaucous-winged Gull | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GWWG | 79 | 427 | 320 | 232 | 463 | 375 | 514 | 264 | 416 | 1403 | 485 | 86 | 935 | 521 | 669 | 392 | 670 | 227 | 726 | ||
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Caspian Tern | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Common Tern | 2 | 77 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Arctic Tern | 1 | 76 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Elegant Tern | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Small tern sp | |||||||||||||||||||||
Gray Wagtail | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Peregrin Falcon | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bald Eagle | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total Birds | 5,517 | 7,132 | 2,108 | 2,937 | 10,969 | 23,460 | 40,510 | 19584 | 34513 | 10391 | 28668 | 28354 | 58823 | 7507 | 5654 | 4639 | 3712 | 4240 | 5704 | ||
Humpback Whale | 9 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
Gray Whale | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Finn Whale | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Harbor Porpoise | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
Dall’s Porpoise | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 13 | |||||||||
Orca | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Risso’s Dolphin | 30 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pacific White-sided Dolphin | 3 | 70 | 805 | 7 | 50 | 250 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 850 | 12 | 22 | |||||||||
N. Right-whale Dolphin | 100 | 400 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
Harbor Seal | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Northern Fur Seal | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
Elephant Seal | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
California Sea-Lion | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | ||||||
Northern (Steller’s) Sea-Lion | 25 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
Blue Shark | 3 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Ocean Sunfish | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 77 | 122 | 86 | ||||||
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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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