By Dave Povey
(San Diego) Tom Blackman, Steve Brad, Peter Ginsburg and I boated offshore,from San Diego Bay, did a quick check of Zuniga Jetty, then worked our way northwest to the middle of the Nine Mile Bank, then south to the deep water west of the Coronado Canyon, and back into North Coronado Is. and a check of the booby colony on Middle Rock. Rougher seas than we might have liked shorten this trip somewhat.
S.D.Bay ocean Coronado Is.
Pink-ft Shearwater 107
Sooty Shearwater 26
Black Storm Petrel 650
Ashy Storm Petrel 3
Leach's Storm Petrel 1
Least Storm Petrel 8
Peregrine Falcon 2
Brown Pelican 60 35 500
Brown Booby 1 (w. No. Is.) 47
Double-cr. Cormorant 2 5 45
Brandt's Cormorant 75 6 150
Pelagic Cormorant 3
Whimbrel 2
Black Turnstone 4
Red Phalarope 5
Red-n. Phalarope 32
Heermann's Gull 15 3 3
Western Gull 25 40 300
Elegant Tern 60 150
Mourning Dove 1
Partly cloudy, hazy, visability 5-6 n.miles. winds west at 5-12kts. swell 2-5ft mixed directions. 1-2ft wind wave. air temps in the mid 60's. sea surface temps 63.2 to 65.5 (Cooler than normal).
6-10 pods of Common Dolphin 250-300 animals, 100+ California Sealions, 20 Harbor Seals.
2 Mola mola.
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