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2011 Trip Results

Westport Seabirds Apr May June July July July Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Sep Oct Oct
2011 30 21 21 9 23 24 7 13 14 20 27 28 10 1 15
PELAGIC SPECIES
Laysan Albatross 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Black-footed Albatross 292 57 258 582 184 139 65 190 53 30 582 590 990 27 19

Short-tailed Albatross
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Northern Fulmar
13 19 264 214 466 586 373 1041 658 340 3153 2128 522 310 180

Murphy’s Petrel
0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mottled Petrel
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pink-footed Shearwater
17 67 67 285 16 31 131 82 430 80 811 837 151 24 11

Flesh-footed Shearwater
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4

Buller’s Shearwater
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 2 5 2 3 28

Sooty Shearwater
1247 1544 1399 16796 11760 1450 8188 7757 7285 21400 1699 1745 9963 632 143

Short-tailed Shearwater
23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 28

Manx Shearwater
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
50 41 189 255 459 381 1038 1701 1173 240 1615 1154 372 351 7

Leach’s Storm-Petrel
5 4 12 5 35 54 211 17 16 60
17

1

0

0

0

Red-necked Phalarope
68 323 0 3 4 23 47 5 75 36 14 27 22 16 0

Red Phalarope
22 234 0 5 5 0 173 306 748 27 47 37 5 5 2

Phalarope sp.

0

0

0

0

7

12 26 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

South Polar Skua
0 0 1 12 2 3 4 6 10 2 8 15 3 4 0

Pomarine Jaeger
4 1 0 0 6 8 4 3 21 1 1 10 3 7 2

Parasitic Jaeger
0 3 0 0 2 1 2 6 5 0 3 1 1 1 0

Long-tailed Jaeger
0 10 4 0 1 0 1 9 4 0 5 5 0 0 0

Jaeger sp.

0

0

0

1

2


0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bonaparte’s Gull
48 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 52

Heermann’s Gull
0 0 124 505 735 631 590 1880 1925 250 1300 3250 6310 135 7

Mew Gull
41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6

California Gull
7 33 9 48 168 211 353 38 687 10 14 54 1441 291 271

Herring Gull
25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88

Thayer’s Gull
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Glaucous-winged/Western
303 392 651 1422 836 631 453 428 620 400
203

318

608

496

56

Sabine’s Gull
185 48 0 0 0 4 21 17 59 6 402 243 77 0 0

Black-legged Kittiwake
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12

Common Tern
0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

Arctic Tern
0 5 0 0 0 0 18 7 53 5 4 10 0 0 0

Common Murre
1401 168 77 335 96 154 638 1027 682 60 203 381 664 533 192

Pigeon Guillemot
15 39 39 52 36 14 13 40 56 20 6 5 1 1 0

Marbled Murrelet
4 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Xantus’s Murrelet
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Ancient Murrelet
7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Cassin’s Auklet
16 26 41 11 37 37 169 38 99 0 8 10 0 412 64

Rhinoceros Auklet
36 261 47 42 73 29 55 53 88 14 34 23 23 49 2

Tufted Puffin
2 1 2 4 0 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 1

Horned Puffin
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OTHER SPECIES

Greater White-fronted
Goose

90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
0

Brant

36 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mallard

0

0

0

0

6


0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

American Wigeon
0 0 0 0 0
0

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

0

0

Green-winged Teal
0 0 0 0 0
0

0

0

0

0

0

0

21

0

0

Greater Scaup

0

6

0

0

0


0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Lesser Scaup
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

Surf Scoter

55 16 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 7 2 159 141

White-winged Scoter

11 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 6 18

Black Scoter

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Red-throated Loon

0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 2

Pacific Loon
177 22 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 225

Common Loon
19 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 4 2 19

Red-necked Grebe
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2

Western Grebe
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5

Brown Pelican
35 272 490 882 365 1227 1021 729 575 250 0 1640 720 622 54

Brandt’s Cormorant
209 55 68 68 118 54 30 84 39 26 48 8 58 109 19

Double-crested Cormorant
8 9 14 25 10 18 15 6 18
10

24

23

20

11

2

Pelagic Cormorant
12 146 103 141 53 95 100 45 55 40 53 91 31 50 17

Peregrine Falcon
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Marbled Godwit
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 600 500 300 750 350 400 150

Bar-tailed Godwit
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0

Wandering Tattler
4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0

Black Turnstone
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 5 1 1

Ruddy Turnstone
0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Surfbird
7 0 0 0 0 0 9 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Rock Sandpiper

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Least Sandpiper
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Glaucous Gull
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Caspian Tern
7 0 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Warbling Vireo
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tree Swallow
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Barn Swallow
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Orange-crowned Warbler
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Wilson’s Warbler
0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Brown-headed Cowbird
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Pine Siskin
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

MAMMALS

California Sea-Lion
0 0 0 0 2 2

Steller’s Sea-Lion
0 1 0 0 2 0

Harbor Seal
0 4 0 3 1 1

Northern Fur Seal
0 1 2 2 0 0

Elephant Seal
0 0 0 0 0 0

Harbor Porpoise
4 4 0 7 1 4

Dall’s Porpoise
15 16 0 10 4 0

Pacific White-sided Dolphin
6 67 2 0 0 0

Risso’s Dolphin
0 0 0 18 0 0

Northern Right-Whale Dolpin
0 0 0 0 0 0

Gray Whale
0 0 0 0 0 0

Humpback Whale
0 2 2 0 7 5

Orca (Killer Whale)
0 0 0 0 0 0
Minke Whale 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Orca (Killer Whale) Orca (Killer Whale) Northern Right-Whale Dolphin Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Long-tailed Jaeger Cassin's Auklet1

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