I am seeing much the same thing being reported here at New Brighton SB.
Sooties, Black-vented, jaegers, gulls, pelicans, cormorants, etc. There are
also six humpback whales, a pod of bottlenose dolphins, two white sharks,
and multiple leopard sharks thrown in the mix. There is a lot happening
nearshore in the bay right now. The hardest part is to figure out where to
look.
Jim
On Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 4:12 PM 'Pete Sole' via mbbirds <
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> Hi birders,
>
> First, big thanks to Ryan, and all of the other birders that have been
> reporting on this amazing event, today (Tuesday Oct. 6, 2026).
>
> Around 11am I went over to the SC Lighthouse to catch some of it. Here is
> a large image that gives a very rough sense of what it looked like, when
> looking south from the lighthouse:
>
>
> https://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/documentary/shearwaters_black_vented_and_more_261006b.jpg >
> Just an astonishing number of birds! The majority were Black-vented
> Shearwaters, Brand's Cormorants, Western and Heerman's Gulls, and Brown
> Pelicans. For more detail and photos see the ebird report at:
>
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S399827733 >
> My understanding from another birder, was that the anchovies were washing
> up on the western edge of Its Beach. Unfortunately, I ran out of time
> before I could get to the actual beach to take more photos.
>
> Pete Solé
>
> visiting from Soquel CA
>
>
>
> On 10/6/26 8:57 AM, Ryan Phillips wrote:
>
> Insane feeding Frenzy off Its Beach!!! Black-vented Shearwaters only 100
> feet out!
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