The San Diego pelagic trip on Sunday, May 7th, aboard “Legacy” and sponsored by Buena Vista Audubon Society, traveled out via the 9-Mile Bank to the edge of county waters at the 30-Mile Bank and “The Corner.” Seas were moderate on the way out and lightened up as the day went on and became quite a pleasant ride. Bird diversity was below average, with several surprising misses for May. Offshore totals for the trip (beyond a mile or so out) were as follows:
Greater Yellowlegs 1
shorebird sp. 10
Red-necked Phalarope 570 (many flocks heading north)
Scripps’s Murrelet 32
Cassin’s Auklet 58
Western Gull 260
California Gull 10
Least Tern 8
Royal Tern 2
Elegant Tern 200
Common Loon 2
Pacific Loon 40
Black Storm-Petrel 350
Sooty Shearwater 35
Brown Booby 7
Brandt’s Cormorant 2
Brown Pelican 45
hummingbird sp. 1
swallow sp. 1
Fin Whale 6
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–Paul Lehman, Dave Povey, Bruce Rideout, Tom Blackman, et al., San Diego
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