Cordell Bank Boat Trip

October 7, 2012

Led by Lisa Hug and Dan Singer

From Bodega Harbor, Sonoma County, California

Photos are in chronological order

Harbor Seal

Common Tern

Rhinoceros Auklet

California Sea Lions

Buller's Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater

California Sea Lion

Flesh-footed Shearwater with Pink-footed Shearwaters

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Pacific White-sided Dolphin

Pink-footed Shearwater

Blue Shark

Black-footed Albatross

Northern Right Whale Dolphin

Black-footed Albatross

Sooty Shearwater

Black-footed Albatross

South Polar Skua

Black-footed Albatross

South Polar Skua

Black-footed Albatross

Common Murre

Elegant Terns on Bodega Harbor Jetty

Double-crested Cormorant

Brown Pelican

Map of Trip (we traveled counter-clockwise)

Partial Sonoma/Marin County boundary indicated by County #1-5 waypoints

Graph of Wave Height vs. Time at Bodega Buoy

Graph of Wind Speed vs. Time at Bodega Buoy

Graph of Water Temperature 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, Ashy Storm-Petrel, Dowitcher sp., Red Phalarope, Pomarine Jaeger, South Polar Skua, Heermann’s Gull, California Gull, Western Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Common Tern, Common Murre, Cassin’s Auklet, Rhinoceros Auklet.

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

Fishes: Blue Shark, Albacore, Ocean Sunfish.