[CINC] Bird list from Saturday's Pelagic Bird Trip on the Condor Express

[Barbara LaCorte]

What follow is a complete list of the birds seen on Saturday's Pelagic Bird
Trip on the Condor Express recorded by Jon Feenstra, one of the expert
birders on board.

Location:     Pelagic waters--off Santa Barbara
Observation date:     5/16/09
Notes:     Pelagic trip aboard the Condor Express. Route was from Santa
Barbara southwest to mid-channel, then west to the 1000 fathom line NW of
San Miguel. We followed the 1000 fn line SE, then NE through the Santa
Rosa/San Miguel gap and returned to harbor. The Horned Puffin was W of
Miguel in a current break. Conditions were fairly calm with a small but
tight swell.
Number of species:     30

Pacific Loon     42
Eared Grebe     1
Black-footed Albatross     2
Northern Fulmar     110
Pink-footed Shearwater     63
Sooty Shearwater     1130
Ashy Storm-Petrel     40
Black Storm-Petrel     4
Brown Pelican     9
Brandt's Cormorant     39
Pelagic Cormorant     2
Red-necked Phalarope     550
Red Phalarope     65
phalarope sp.     300
Sabine's Gull     8
Bonaparte's Gull     1
Western Gull     31
Common Tern     2
Arctic Tern     1
South Polar Skua     1
Long-tailed Jaeger     1
Common Murre     11
Pigeon Guillemot     27
Xantus's Murrelet (scrippsi)     31
Cassin's Auklet     220
Rhinoceros Auklet     175
Horned Puffin     1
Barn Swallow     1
Yellow Warbler     1
Wilson's Warbler     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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