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Westport Seabirds Staff

Phil Anderson

Phil Anderson has been with Westport Seabirds since 1986. Phil has operated charter boats along the Washington coast for 30 years. His experience includes taking over 3,000 trips and providing service to over 40,000 people. Phil’s number one priority is your safety followed closely by getting you to where the birds are located.


Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson has been managing Westport Seabirds since 1998. In addition to being the first mate on our trips, she makes sure that your reservations are made efficiently and that you have all the information you need to make your trip a successful one. And when it comes time for a morning cookie, nothing beats her ginger snaps.


Bill Tweit

Bill has been going out of Westport since 1974, a leader since 1977, and has extensive experience with seabirds of the eastern North Pacific. He has been a North American Birds Regional Editor for the Oregon/Washington region since the early 1980s.


Bruce LaBar

Bruce has been a leader with Westport Seabirds since 1991, and prior to this was a leader with Shearwater Journeys of California.


Gene Revelas

Gene Revelas has been spotting birds for Westport Seabirds since 1998. Gene started birding at age 12 in eastern Massachusetts. He is a professional oceanographer and is currently a senior scientist at a marine environmental consulting firm in Olympia, WA. His birding, academic, and career interests have provided him with at-sea birding experience on both sides of the North Atlantic, in the Gulf of Mexico, and along the Pacific coast from California to Alaska.


Scott Mills

An ornithologist, with west coast seabird experience from pelagic trips and NOAA research vessels, has been a leader since 2000.


Bill Shelmerdine

Bill has been with Westport Seabirds since 2002. Since his first offshore trip in 1970, he has been on numerous West Coast pelagic trips from Washington to Mexico.


Jim Danzenbaker

Jim Danzenbaker is a lifelong sea birding enthusiast with 25 years of pelagic guiding experience along the East and West Coasts of North America in addition to other international locations. He has been a Westport Seabirds leader for two years. He has presented numerous seabird identification classes and is eager to share his knowledge of pelagic birds with anyone who will listen.


Cara Borre

 joined the Westport Seabirds team in 2015. Cara is a graduate of Seattle Audubon’s Washington Master Birder class and continues to enjoy learning about birds and sharing this knowledge with new birders. her love of the sea and discovery helped foster her special interest in pelagic birding where she considers every outing a unique opportunity that can’t be found anywhere else on earth. Participating in adding to the longest running seabird survey also helps feed her desire to give back to the birds we enjoy so much via conservation of their habitat.


Image Gallery

 

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

2024 Schedule Now Available

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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Possible Species

The Pulpit Rock 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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