Date: 6/28/25 10:08 am From: Tim Bray via groups.io <tbray...> Subject: [Mendobirds] Noyo Pelagics July 15 and 16
From Peter Pyle:
There are still some spaces open on both of these trips out of Fort
Bragg. July 15th is a 10-hour trip with Rob Fowler co-leading, and the
16th is a 5-hour trip. If you are coming out for one, you might as well
do both!
Due to deep water being close to shore we do get plenty of good birds on
the 5-hour trips. This spring, we had Short-tailed Albatross, Murphy's
Petrels, Hawaiian Petrels, the Heraldish Petrel, Laysan Albatross, and
all the pelagic regulars. If weather is good enough (as is usually the
case mid-July) we can get out past 15 miles where we had some 18 Cook's
Petrels on our June 15th trip. See our trip report for some nice photos
of these:
https://noyopelagics.com/pelagic_calendar/sunday-6-15-25-full-day-deepwater-birds-and-mammals/
Given dozens (and up to 600+) Black-footed Albatross on all of our trips
to Noyo Canyon, we're anticipating one of the Southern Hemisphere
species of albatross out there one of these days, and summer is as good
a time as any.
Whales are also starting to show up and we regularly get Humpbacks,
Fins, and Blues on the half-day trips, and Sperm Whales have been seen
over the years out there in summer. (Note from Tim: I heard from
fishermen that Orca were recently seen.)
