We are seeing them from Point Pinos in Monterey as well. This past weekend
several tens of thousands of birds were counted flying past the point. My
guess is that they are feeding in all parts of the bay. There have also
been many Sabine's Gulls nearshore this month.
On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM Tom Hambleton <tah...> wrote:
> We very, very conservatively counted 12,000 Black-vented Shearwaters at
> Wilder Ranch today in 2hrs. 100 per min. It was more realistically
> 150-400/min. All headed northwest and not far from shore. Only a hundred or
> so rafting. No specific frenzy going on. Question - are these birds
> circulating around the bay or are they headed somewhere?
>
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> Thanks,
>
> Tom
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