Date: 5/24/26 4:54 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] San Diego pelagic 23 May: South Polar Skua, 4 Cocos, 8 Murres, Ashies, Sabine's
The San Diego pelagic trip on 23 May aboard "Legacy" out of Mission Bay and sponsored by Buena Vista Audubon Society traveled out to the 9-Mile and 30-Mile Banks region under pleasant weather conditions. Highlights of the trip included a well-seen South Polar Skua, a total of 4 Cocos Boobies, 8 getting-late Common Murres, several Ashy Storm-Petrels and Sabine's Gulls, and a Blue Whale. Totals for the day once we were over a mile offshore were as follows:
Surf Scoter 1 (northbound)
Pomarine Jaeger 1
jaeger sp. 1
South Polar Skua 1 (30-Mile Bank)
Common Murre 8 (good count for late season; mostly around 6 mi off Mission Bay)
Scripps's Murrelet 19
Cassin's Auklet 22
Sabine's Gull 5
Heermann's Gull 4
Western Gull 150
Elegant Tern 60
Pacific Loon 11 (northbound)
Ashy Storm-Petrel 3
Black Storm-Petrel 800
Sooty Shearwater 1200
Pink-footed Shearwater 50
Black-vented Shearwater 8
Cocos Booby 4
Brandt's Cormorant 3
Brown Pelican 40
Blue Whale 1
For information on our 2026 schedule of future pelagic trips on nine dates between early June and mid-October, see sandiegopelagics.com
--Paul Lehman, Bruce Rideout, Dan Jehl, Matt Sadowski, Bridget Spencer, San Diego
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