The pelagic season out of Monterey has been extraordinary this year. The most recent trip featured the skua slam (seeing all 4 jeager/skua species in one trip) with at least 8 different South Polar Skuas, three storm-petrel species (Ashy, Black, and Wilson's), Guadalupe Murrelets, dozens of Sabine's Gulls and Buller's Shearwater, and a Laysan Albatross - the first seen on a fall pelagic trip out of Monterey in 8 years! Two birds overlooked in the midst of everything else were a Short-tailed Shearwater and a Flesh-footed Shearwater. You can find the full trip report with a detailed write-up here: https://ebird.org/tripreport/416410
