Date: 6/2/26 6:00 pm From: Ron Cyger via groups.io <ron...> Subject: Re: [LACoBirds] Pelagic trip report: 5/31/26
Hey Jon,
We're a..org,.not com on the email...
Ron
www.LABirders.org
On Tue, Jun 2, 2026, 5:20 PM Jonathan Feenstra via groups.io <feenstra=
<alumni.caltech.edu...> wrote:
> LA Birders,
>
> Los Angeles Birders ran a 5 hour pelagic trip out of Redondo Beach last
> Sunday. Singular highlights were a Black-footed Albatross on the 270 Bank
> and a Cocos Booby off the Palos Verdes Peninsula. We also had multiple
> Black Storm-Petrels, several quite close to the boat, and many Common
> Murres.
>
> There were birds to look at throughout the trip, mostly Sooty Shearwaters,
> a steady stream going northwest, but also a few hundred rafted up off the
> west end of the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
>
> Non-bird things included a couple of mola mola, a Guadalupe Fur Seal, and
> some Common Dolphin.
>
> The eBird trip report is here: https://ebird.org/tripreport/533102 >
> We don't yet have a date for the next one, but it will be this fall. 5
> hours in our nearshore waters is not only pretty decent birding, but great
> for those of you not sure if you want to spend a whole day on a boat. Keep
> an eye on www.losangelesbirders.com
>
> Jon Feenstra
> Pasadena
>
>
