Date: 3/16/26 8:29 am From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...> Subject: [Mendobirds] CORRECTION April 19th, not April 18th for thehalf day trip. Parakeet Auklet, albatrosses, upcoming trips
On 3/16/2026 8:17 AM, Peter Pyle via groups.io wrote: > Yesterday on a whale-watching trip involving local tribes I got lucky > and photographed a Parakeet Auklet flying away from the boat. > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S309622949 > > Also when we reached our maximum distance from shore (only about 3 > miles) 9-10 Black-footed Albatrosses spotted our gull flock and came > pouring in from the west. Several followed us all the way to the > channel markers just outside the harbor. > > March-May are the peak months for albatrosses off our shores; we had > 600-1000 on one trip last April, and also saw three Short-tailed > Albatross and 6-8 Laysans during these months (not to mention a whole > bunch of Pterodroma petrels of four species). > > We have full-day trips coming up April 4th and 26th and May 9th and 30th: > https://noyopelagics.com/ > > Also we have just scheduled a half-day trip for April *19th* leaving > at 7:30 am. Stay tuned on how to sign up for this. > > Finally, we have attempted this year to organize some back-to-back > trips along the NorCal coast, or with a day or two in between. > Unfortunately at this time there are no trips planned to Cordell Bank > since the Bodega Bay skipper sold his boat this winter. Hopefully > something will work out there soon. For now, we have some back-to-back > or even week-long opportunities for multiple trips from Sausalito, > Fort Bragg, and Eureka. I have listed these below (with sign-up > information below the dates); if you know of ABA folks or others > around the country that may be interested, please pass this along. > We've also set up a Google calendar for these at: > > https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/month/2026/10/1?cid=bG9nYW5rYWhsZWJpcmRAZ21haWwuY29t > > > Hope to see you up here for a trip, or two, or more! > > Good birding, Peter > > Northern California Pelagic Trip dates: > > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - April 4th (Saturday) > Sausalito - SF waters trip April 18th (Saturday) - currently full but > see below* > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - April 26th (Sunday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - May 2nd (Saturday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - May 9th (Saturday) - > Eureka RRAS - May 10th (Sunday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - May 30th (Saturday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - June 13th (Saturday) > Sausalito Al's Adventures - Farallon Islands trips weekly June 13 - > August 8 > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - June 14th (Sunday) > Eureka RRAS - June 20th (Saturday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - June 26th (Friday) > Eureka RRAS - July 18th (Saturday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - July 20th (Monday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - July 25th (Saturday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - August 3rd (Monday) > Eureka RRAS - August 15th (Saturday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - August 29th (Saturday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - August 30th (Sunday) > Eureka RRAS - September 5th (Saturday) > Sausalito Al's Adventures - SF trip September 13th (Sunday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - September 19th (Saturday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - October 3rd (Saturday) > Eureka RRAS - October 10th (Saturday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - October 17th (Saturday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - October 24th (Saturday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - November 1st (Sunday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - November 14th (Saturday) > Eureka RRAS - November 21st (Saturday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - December 5th (Saturday) > > *The 4/18 trip from Sausalito is full but there are still spaces left > on the back-up date (4/21). Contact Logan Kahle <logan...> if > interested in this back-up trip. > > Contacts and to sign up: > > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics): https://noyopelagics.com/ > Eureka Rob Fowler: contact Rob at <migratoriusfwlr...> > Eureka RROS: contact Sean McAllister at <whiteouters...> > Sausalito Al's Adventures: > https://www.alvarosadventures.com/pelagic-dates-2026.html > > Note also the many trips planned by Al's Adventures from Half Moon Bay > and further south. > > > > >
