Date: 3/2/25 4:49 am
From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...>
Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] San Diego Festival March 1st pelagic trip
The San Diego pelagic trip on March 1st as part of the San Diego Bird Festival visited the Nine-Mile Bank and waters off Mission Bay. There was a surface chop for part of the day but otherwise conditions were quite reasonable. The number and variety of seabirds offshore was about as low as we've ever seen. Totals for the day, once we were offshore, were:
Surf Scoter  58
Eared Grebe  2
Pomarine Jaeger  3
Scripps's Murrelet  15
Cassin's Auklet  2
Rhinoceros Auklet  26
Heermann's Gull  3
Western Gull  270
California Gull  20
Royal Tern  6
Pacific Loon  1
Pink-footed Shearwater  1
Brandt's Cormorant  16
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Brown Pelican  40
Also:  Surfbirds (jetties), Fin Whales, Gray Whales

--Paul Lehman, Dave Povey, Bruce Rideout, Nick Barber, Dan King, Patti Langen, Paul Mulholland, , San Diego


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