Date: 6/18/25 10:02 am From: sean mcallister via groups.io <whiteouters...> Subject: [NWCALBIRD] RRAS Pelagic this Saturday
Hello Everyone,
There are still several spaces available for the Redwood Region Audubon Society sponsored pelagic birding trip scheduled for this Saturday, June 21. Cost is $150 per person. This trip will be aboard the 43' US Coast Guard Inspected Steller Sunrise with Captain Lowell Wallace Jr. This is a full day trip, departing from Woodley Island marina at 7:00 a.m. and returning by 4:00 p.m. So far, the marine forecast is looking pretty darn good, with just enough wind to put the tubenose birds on the move. A recent trip out of Noyo Harbor, just south of us, recorded more than 30 Murphy's Petrels and an astounding 17 Cook's Petrels , among many other species, including hundreds of albatross and shearwaters (see the trip list here <https://ebird.org/tripreport/385981>)!
A team of experienced sea birders will be aboard to help spot and identify birds and other wildlife: Tristan McKee, Rob Fowler, Katherine Wendell, and yours truly shall be among them.
Please contact me ASAP to sign up for this trip, or any of the other monthly RRAS pelagic trips scheduled through November:
- June 21st - July 12th - August 16th - September 13th - October 11th - November TBD
We just need to fill a few more spaces for this June trip in order to make it go, so please spread the word!
`Best,
Sean McAllister, RRAS Field Trip Coordinator <whiteouters...> (707) 496-8790
Date: 5/29/25 10:49 am From: Ken Burton via groups.io <shrikethree...> Subject: [NWCALBIRD] McKinleyville Community Forest
I'm on one of the MCF planning committees, and one of the goals is to compile information on the property's natural resources. At present, the boundaries between the MCF and adjacent private property are not clear on the ground. MCF boundaries are shown at https://www.mckinleyvillecsd.ca.gov/mckinleyville-community-forest. When eBirding the MCF hotspot, please confine your submissions to the MCF proper, and use personal locations if you enter private property (including Green Diamond, which is all the property east of the MCF). Please note that the trail from 1st St. to Trail 5, although open to the public, is outside the MCF.
Date: 5/23/25 12:53 pm From: Michael H. Morris via groups.io <lilmorris2000...> Subject: [NWCALBIRD] Parakeet Auklet
This morning at 9:00 and 10:30 the bird was present off the SW corner of the head, not visible from shore. I was in a kayak as close as 10ft of the Auklet. Bottom line, the bird is still around. I suspect it may return to the inner harbor (and visible from the pier once more) when the wind picks up.
Date: 5/21/25 6:54 am From: Rob Fowler via groups.io <migratoriusfwlr...> Subject: [NWCALBIRD] 24 May Humboldt pelagic--spots still open
Hi all, Just wanted to send a brief message out to the group that I have a few spots remaining on my Saturday, 24 May pelagic aboard the Steller Sunrise. The trip will be from around 7 a.m.-3 p.m and we hope to get some distance out to the edge of the continental shelf to look for Murphy's, Hawaiian and less likely Cook's. Short-tailed Albatross has been seen three times off of Fort Bragg recently and Point Pinos off of Monterey has had Hawaiian Petrel seen from SHORE recently!
Please contact me privately if you'd like a spot. $175 and $150 for students.
