Debi Shearwater trip from Clipper Yacht Harbor, 310 Harbor Dr., Sausalito on the Outer Limits, 7:30-4:30.

Left at 8am, 2.5 hours to the Farallon, then a few miles to the Continental shelf. Overcast day, mild to medium choppiness, calm return. Try patch next time.

Guides: Peter Pyle, Sarah Allen (‘Marine Mammals of California”) and Gerry McChesney, Farallon NWR Manager. Peter and Sarah (and a 3rd fellow) were conducting a Big Day for Mammals and may write a paper. They started at midnight and had 21 species thus far, including a variety of bats identified acoustically via two pieces of software, one that translates high frequency to low frequency and the second that does the id itself.

Read Debi Shearwater recap here

Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Western Grebe
Black-footed Albatross
Pink-footed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Brown Pelican
Brandt’s Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Black Oystercatcher
Red Phalarope
Heermann’s Gull (Each HEGU paired with a Brown Pelican; Sarah referred to them as pilot birds; ambassadors?)
Western Gull
California Gull
Caspian Tern
Elegant Tern
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Cassin’s Auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Tufted Puffin

Mammals:

California Sea Lion
Steller’s Sea Lion
Northern Fur Seal
Harbor Seal
Humpback Whale
Bottlenose Dolphin
Dall’s Porpoise