Date: 6/22/26 10:44 am From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...> Subject: [EBB-Sightings] Noyo Pelagics trip for Friday back on
Greetings Bay Area -
There has been a surge of interest in re-scheduling our 6/26 trip after yesterday's spectacular trip to Cordell Bank (400-500 Cook's Petrels, Hawaiian Petrel, Yellow-throated Warbler, possible Townsend's Storm-Petrel, etc.). So our trip is back on. The weather forecast is improving and is actually looking rather good for pelagic birds now, with moderate NW winds, diminishing through the day, after stronger winds on Thursday, and low swell.
We're all happy to be back on, and looking forward to a great trip!
Peter
On 6/17/2026 9:02 AM, Peter Pyle wrote: > Greetings Bay Area - > > June has typically been the most difficult month to fill pelagic trips > which means it is also one of the poorest-known months for marine bird > and mammal occurrence off our shores. To wit, our May 30th and June > 14th trips have turned up many surprises, in addition to lots of > Murphy's Petrels, a couple of Hawaiian Petrels, and on last year's > June trip, many Cook's Petrels (which are over Davidson Seamount now). > Nutrient-rich upwelling and cold water continues off our coast > nearshore, while nutrient-poor and warm El Nino water is moving in > offshore, a situation that could well result in tropical species > (boobies, tropicbirds, Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, any of several > storm-petrels), coming into our zone to forage. > > Our report for last Sunday's (6/14) trip is now up: > https://noyopelagics.com/june-14-2026-deepwater-pelagic-birds-and-mammals/ > (the top photo from the 30 May report will be switched out, if not > already). > > A white-bellied Murphy's Petrel was the talk of the trip, but we also > had many Laysan Albatrosses, a Black Storm-Petrel, South Polar Skua, > Tufted Puffin, surprise Ancient Murrelets headed north, and some great > marine mammal sightings and action. > > We are now recruiting for our June 26th trip to make it a go. In > summer our captain makes most of his annual salary fishing, and so we > have to make sure we get enough sign-ups to make it worth his while. > As of now, scholarships for students to go for free are now available > (contact Tim Bray, cc'd above) and Mendocino Coast Audubon has > reserved a camp site at MacKerricher State Park for the night before > the trip that all are welcome to use (contact Roger Adamson, above). > Please consider coming up to enjoy the coast and to see what we can > see offshore. > > https://noyopelagics.com/ > > Cheers, Peter > >
