Date: 10/8/26 11:40 am From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Sausalito Pelagic with the Yolo Bird Alliance - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH
For those who like doubleheaders, we have a Noyo trip on the 17th as well:
On 10/8/2026 11:21 AM, Zane Pickus via groups.io wrote: > Greetings Central Valley and North Bay Birders! > > On behalf of the *Yolo Bird Alliance*, Emmett Iverson and I are > excited to announce an upcoming *pelagic trip out of Sausalito on > Sunday, October 18th*. We will spend *10 hours aboard the /Outer > Limits/*, aiming to spend as much time offshore as possible in search > of pelagic species. Our exact route will depend on weather and sea > conditions on the day of the trip, but we will likely spend much of > the day exploring the deeper waters beyond continental shelf and > around the Pioneer Seamount. > > The trip is filling quickly, but there are still a few spaces > available on the trip. *The price is $175 for general admission and > $120 for students.* Please contact Emmett and I at > *<yolobirdalliance...>* to sign-up or with any questions. > https://yolobirdalliance.org/event/yolo-bird-alliance-pelagic-from-sausalito/ > > It has already been an interesting year in offshore Northern > California with late-summer reports of hundreds of *Cook's Petrels* > and a more recent invasion of *Black-vented Shearwaters* and *Black > Storm-Petrels*. October is an especially good time to see > *Flesh-footed Shearwater, whales, and storm-petrels*. An August trip > aboard this same vessel was fortunate enough to encounter a *Streaked > Shearwater*, and with the record-breaking El Nino well underway in the > east Pacific, the potential for rare seabirds may be higher than ever > this year. > > We hope to see many of you on board! > > Happy fall, > Zane Pickus > Davis, CA >
