Date: 9/7/25 4:27 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] San Diego pelagic Sep 6: Townsend's, Least, Ashy, Cocos, Craveri's, Long-taileds
The San Diego pelagic trip on Saturday, Sep 6th, on board "Legacy" and sponsored by Buena Vista Audubon Society, took place under good sea and weather conditions. We went out past the 9-Mile Bank to the 30-Mile Bank and The Corner. A good variety of the expected and uncommon seasonal species were found. Highlights included small numbers of Townsend's and Least Storm-Petrels, an Ashy, and better numbers of Leach's, a Cocos Booby, numbers of Long-tailed Jaegers and a good jaeger show overall, and Craveri's Murrelet. Large numbers of Pink-footed Shearwaters were on the margins of the Nine-Mile Bank.
Photos of many of these species will appear in upcoming eBird lists, probably out on Monday. Totals for the day once we were over a mile offshore were:
Red-necked Phalarope 28
Pomarine Jaeger 11+
Parasitic Jaeger 12
Long-tailed Jaeger 7
jaeger sp. 12
Craveri's Murrelet 3
murrelet sp. 4
Sabine's Gull 10
Heermann's Gull 60
Western Gull 600
California Gull 2
Common Tern 70 (good count)
Arctic Tern 2
Elegant Tern 80
Leach's (Chapman's) Storm-Petrel 13
Leach's (white-rumped) Storm-Petrel 3
Townsend's Storm-Petrel 5
Leach's/Townsend's Storm-Petrel 10
Ashy Storm-Petrel 1
Black Storm-Petrel 650
Least Storm-Petrel 5
Sooty Shearwater 21
Pink-footed Shearwater 2000 (good count)
Black-vented Shearwater 95
Cocos Booby 1
Brandt's Cormorant 120
Double-crested Cormorant 18
Brown Pelican 1600 (lots)
Also: Surfbird, Reddish Egret, N. Elephant Seal, whale spouts
Trips later this season still with space are on 27 Sep and 11 Oct. See sandiegopelagics.com for further information.
--Paul Lehman, Nancy Christensen, Dan Jehl, Dan King, Paul Mulholland, Gary Nunn, Nick Thorpe, San Diego
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