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| Point Loma, San Diego, California. January 1, 2015. Greg Gillson. |
The San Diego Field Ornithologists have been holding annual January 1 pelagic trips for many years. This trip went out over the Nine Mile Bank and back. [
Trip report]
Next trips are April 25, May 16, and June 14. [Schedule on
SoCalBirding.com]
These 10 and 12 hour trips are certainly the least expensive pelagic trips in North America.
Highlights from January 1 included about 10 Ancient Murrelets.
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| Ancient Murrelet |
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| Bonaparte's Gull |
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| Black-vented Shearwater |
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| Common Dolphin |
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| Brown Booby |
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| Cassin's Auklet |
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| Brown Pelican |
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| Pomarine Jaeger |
One interesting bird was this partially leucistic Black-vented Shearwater. I had heard about such birds, but I believe this is the first shearwater that I've seen like this.
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| Leucistic Black-vented Shearwater. Off San Diego, California. January 1, 2015. Greg Gillson. |
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