Cordell Bank Boat Trip

A Point Reyes Bird Observatory Trip Led by Rich Stallcup

From Bodega Harbor, Sonoma County, California

September 14, 2008

Photos are in chronological order

Common Murres

Buller's Shearwater

Bobolink

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Sabine's Gull

Storm-Petrel Flock

Xantus's Murrelets

Xantus's Murrelet

Northern Right-whale Dolphin with Pacific White-sided Dolphins

Pacific White-sided Dolphin

Pacific White-sided Dolphins

Laysan Albatross

California Sea Lion

Blue Whale

Pomarine Jaeger

Pink-footed Shearwater

Black-footed Albatross

Brown-headed Cowbird

Humpback Whale

Black-footed Albatross

Humpback Whales

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Blue Shark

Tufted Puffin

Sooty Shearwater

Heermann's Gull

Pigeon Guillemot

Western Gull

Map
Map of Trip

Graph of Wave Height vs. Time at Bodega Buoy

Birds (33 species observed offshore): Northern Pintail, Surf Scoter, Laysan Albatross, Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Pink-footed Shearwater, Buller's Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Ashy Storm-Petrel, Black Storm-Petrel, Brown Pelican, Brandt's Cormorant, Red-necked Phalarope, Red Phalarope, Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, Long-tailed Jaeger, Heermann's Gull, California Gull, Western Gull, Sabine's Gull, Common Tern, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Xantus's Murrelet, Cassin's Auklet, Rhinoceros Auklet, Tufted Puffin, Bobolink, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird. Plus one unidentified warbler and one unidentified small passerine.

Mammals: Blue Whale, Humpback Whale, Pacific White-sided Dolphin, Northern Right-whale Dolphin, Dall's Porpoise, Elephant Seal, Steller's Sea Lion, California Sea Lion, Northern Fur Seal, Harbor Seal.

Fishes: Blue Shark, Ocean Sunfish.