[obol] Oregon/Washington Cruise Ship Results from Paul Lehman
- From: Shawneen Finnegan <shawneenfinnegan@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 18:43:46 -0700
Paul Lehman asked me to post these for him. Shawneen Finnegan
On 20-21 March, almost 30 birders were on board the Grand Princess cruise-ship
nonstop between Los Angeles and Vancouver. On 21 March, some 67-94 km off the
Oregon and Washington coasts (from a little north of off Coos Bay OR to off La
Push WA), the highlights were as follows:
OREGON:
Laysan Albatross: total of 4
Murphy's Peterel: total of 4 (very good, prolonged views of one bird 82 km
off Newport)
Pigeon Guillemot: total of 6 ca. 92 km offshore were farther offshore than
typical and probably involved southbound migrants (?)
Sabine's Gull: total of 26 birds, mostly alternate adults, were very early
based on current knowledge, but part of a major 2-day total of 190+ birds
WASHINGTON:
Laysan Albatross: total of 8 (bringing excellent one-day total to 12, and
two-day total to 21 !!)
Pigeon Guillemot: 3 were also well offshore, some 81 km offshore of Copalis
Beach, flying south
Sabine's Gull: total of 85 birds in various flocks, mostly alternate adults,
as far north as off Kalaloch--again, very early based on current knowledge....
On 20 March, off the CA coast, we saw one "early" Dark-rumped (Hawaiian)
Petrel, 4 Cook's Petrels, 3 Murphy's Petrels, 9 Laysan Albatrosses, and 70 more
Sabine's Gulls.
—PAUL LEHMAN, San Diego; lehman.paul@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:lehman.paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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