Date: 4/10/25 7:00 am From: Ronald- Thorn via groups.io <Tronthorn...> Subject: [pen-bird] Pigeon Pt. seawatch, Cocos Booby, Ancient Murrelet 4/9
Yesterday 4/9, the forecast looked good for a seawatch, so I was out the door to Pigeon Point. Clear visibility out toto the horizon. West wind ( 8-12 ) mph. Surf Scoters and Brant on the move. Pacific Loon migration is underway and is just the beginning of thousands to past by going into May. No tubenoses. Here is a list of what was notedduring the three hour seawatch. The highlight of the seawatch was an adult male COCOS BOOBY flying south pastthe outside of the rock off the lighthouse. This Cocos Booby with the whitish head, also had most of the neck whitishcontrasting against the dark brown breast. Species that were all noted northbound were ( 254 ) Brant, ( 4 ) AmericanWigeon, ( 1 ) Greater Scaup, ( 2,706 ) Surf Scoters, ( 14 ) Red-breasted Mergansers, ( 11 ) Whimbrels, ( 468 ) Common Murres, ( 10 ) Pigeon Guillemots, ( 2 ) ANCIENT MURRELETS together, ( 1 ) Marbled Murrelet, ( 16 )Rhinoceros Auklets, ( 57 ) California Gulls, ( 1 ) Herring Gull, ( 1 ) Iceland Gull, ( 3 ) Glaucous-winged Gulls, ( 83 )Western Gulls, ( 5 ) Elegant Terns, ( 115 ) Red-throated Loons, ( 35 ) Common Loons, ( 1,360 ) Pacific Loons, ( 8 )Double-crested Cormorants, ( 5 ) Pelagic Cormorants, ( 104 ) Brandt's Cormorants, ( 12 ) Brown Pelicans and last,( 5 ) Gray Whales.
Ron Thorn
