Date: 7/7/25 9:09 pm From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Short-tailed Albatross today off Fort Ross
Passing along a message from Kirstin Lindquist (below).
A good opportunity to mention we still may have some space on our July 15th and 16th trips out of Noyo Harbor, where four Short-taileds have been seen so far this spring. Now this one indicates they are still around. It looks like a different bird from the three we had in April and May over Noyo Canyon. https://noyopelagics.com/
Cheers, Peter
A Short-tailed Albatross was sighted 13.7 nm off Fort Ross, in Sonoma County from the NOAA research vessel RV Reuben Lasker on 7/7/25. The bird was observed during an ACCESS research cruise, a joint effort of the Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries and Point Blue Conservation Science. The juvenile/first cycle bird approached the vessel at close range and departed the area within a few minutes. This was the first STAL counted during wildlife observations in 21 years of ACCESS research cruises.
