[obol] Re: Two more Hawaiian Petrels off S. Oregon
- From: Tim Rodenkirk <timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Shawneen Finnegan <shawneenfinnegan@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:55:17 -0700
Shawneen,
Thanks for sharing. The Hawaiian Petrel is a first for Coos- #406! After
multiple records on some of Paul's recent trips in Curry it was just a
matter of time.
Tim R
Coos Bay
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Shawneen Finnegan <
shawneenfinnegan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> Hawaiian Petrels are proving to be regular offshore along the West Coast,
> mostly off California but north up to BC.
>
> The first post by Paul Lehman is of birds seen on the southbound leg of
> yet another cruise. This is the last one of lord knows how many he took
> this year. The second portion of this message is the one he posted to
> CALBIRDS. When I talked to him yesterday he said he has now seen something
> like 45 Hawaiian Petrels on his various trips the last few years.
>
> His details on Oregon sightings are as follows:
>
> The two Hawaiian Petrels we saw off Oregon on 16 July were as follows:
> 44.228, 125.181 -- ca. 85 km offshore, just south of off Yachats
> 43.242, 125.140 -- ca. 62 km W of Cape Arago
>
> Other miscellanea on the 16th included:
> Northern Fulmar: good summer total of 25 birds
> Leach's Storm-Petrel: total of 280 birds
> South Polar Skua -- 44.531, 125.193
> Long-tailed Jaegers -- singles 83 km W of Siuslaw River mouth and 47 km
> off Cape Blanco (@42.894N)
> Parasitic Jaeger -- with the Long-tailed well off Cape Blanco
> fresh juvenile California Gull -- 53 km WNW of Cape Blanco
> adult California and Western Gulls -- as far offshore as 46 and 63 km,
> respectively, off Curry Co.
> two Wandering Tattlers -- flying s. ca. 86 km offshore @ 44.286, 125.183
> Western Sandpiper -- 76 km W of Winchester Bay
>
> --Paul Lehman
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------Subject:early Buller's, Skuas,
> Long-taileds (plus 6 Hawaiians and 1 Murphy's)Date:Thu, 17 Jul 2014
> 10:20:20 -0700From:Paul Lehman <lehman.paul1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> <lehman.paul1@xxxxxxxxxxx>To:CALBIRDS <CALBIRDS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> <CALBIRDS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Several of us took another round-trip cruise-ship pelagic trip aboard a
> Princess cruise-ship from San Francisco to se. Alaska and back, July
> 6-17. We had a total of 6 HAWAIIAN PETRELS and 1 MURPHY'S PETREL, and 2
> of the Hawaiians (July 7) and the one Murphy's (getting late; also July
> 7) were a little south of 42N, thus is CA waters based on the OLD
> boundaries used, but not based on the current "closest point of land"
> method, which went to s. Oregon... We also had Hawaiian Petrel as far
> north as s. BC waters.
>
> On July 16, in Humboldt County waters we had a somewhat early BULLER'S
> SHEARWATER ca. 66 km SW of Shelter Cove. Also 2 SOUTH POLAR SKUAS 64 km
> SW of Shelter Cove, and presumably southbound LONG-TAILED JAEGERS at
> both 73 km W of Eureka and 55 km WNW of Cape Mendocino, Arctic Tern ca.
> 66 km W of Shelter Cove, and a total of 10 SABINE'S GULLS (plus one off
> Del Norte Co.).
>
> --Paul Lehman, San Diego
>
>
> Shawneen Finnegan
>
>
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