Cordell Bank Boat Trip


A Krillwater Oceanic Nature Trip Led by Rich Stallcup

From Bodega Harbor, Sonoma County, California

October 3, 2010


Photos are in chronological order






Common Murre

Common Murre



California Gull

California Gull



Pink-footed Shearwater

Pink-footed Shearwater



Rhinoceros Auklet

Rhinoceros Auklet



Flesh-footed Shearwater

Flesh-footed Shearwater



Buller's Shearwater

Buller's Shearwater



Pink-footed Shearwater

Pink-footed Shearwater



Black-footed Albatross

Black-footed Albatross



Common Tern

Common Tern



Pink-footed Shearwater

Pink-footed Shearwater



Parasitic Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger



South Polar Skua

South Polar Skua



Sabine's Gull

Sabine's Gull



Pomarine Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger



Sabine's Gull

Sabine's Gull



Black-footed Albatross

Black-footed Albatross



Black-footed Albatross

Black-footed Albatross



Glaucous-winged Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull



Glaucous-winged Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull



Buller's Shearwater

Buller's Shearwater



Blue Whale

Blue Whale



Arctic Tern

Arctic Tern



Buller's Shearwater

Buller's Shearwater



Humpback Whales

Humpback Whales



Pomarine Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger



Marbled Murrelets

Marbled Murrelets



Red-necked Phalaropes

Red-necked Phalaropes



Red-necked Phalaropes

Red-necked Phalaropes



Common Loon

Common Loon



Elegant Tern

Elegant Tern



Map

Map of Trip (we traveled counter-clockwise)



Wave Height

Graph of Wave Height vs. Time at Bodega Buoy



Wind Speed

Graph of Wind Speed vs. Time at Bodega Buoy




Birds:  Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Pink-footed Shearwater, Flesh-footed Shearwater, Buller’s Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Short-tailed Shearwater, Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Leach’s Storm-Petrel, Ashy Storm-Petrel, Black Storm-Petrel, Wilson’s Storm-Petrel, Long-billed Dowitcher, Red-necked Phalarope, Red Phalarope, Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, Long-tailed Jaeger, South Polar Skua, Heermann’s Gull, California Gull, Western Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Sabine’s Gull, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Marbled Murrelet, Cassin’s Auklet, Rhinoceros Auklet, Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s), Wilson’s Warber.

Mammals:  Blue Whale, Minke Whale, Humpback Whale, Gray Whale, Mesoplodon sp., Dall’s Porpoise, Harbor Porpoise, Pacific White-sided Dolphin, Steller’s Sea Lion, California Sea Lion, Harbor Seal.



Alan Wight
Sonoma County, California
Email:  shwand@sonic.net

All Photos © 2010 Alan Wight