2010-2011 SOCAL PELAGIC TRIP SCHEDULE
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| Cook's Petrel (c) Todd McGrath |
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| 27 August 2010 Monterey Bay - Shearwater Journeys
6-10 Sep 2010 San Diego - Searcher 5-day pelagic to the Channel Islands, San Juan Seamount and Continental Shelf edge all the way to the most southwesterly reaches of the ABA - all U.S. waters
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 Sep 2010 Monterey, Bodega Bay, Half Moon Bay
18 Sep 18 2010 Santa Barbara - Condor Express - 8-hour trip through the Channel Islands for rare shearwaters
25 Sep 2010 Dana Point Sea & Sage Audubon to 14 Mile Bank 6 hours
2-4 Oct 2010 San Diego - Grande - Buena Vista Audubon - 56-Hour Deep Water to San Juan Seamount in search of tropicbirds, rare pterodromas and Craveri's Murrelet.
9 Oct 2010 San Diego - Grande - Buena Vista Audubon - 12-hour Storm-Petrel Bonanza day trip to the Nine Mile, Thirty Mile and possibly Coronados Islands
13 Nov 2010 San Diego - Grande - Buena Vista Audubon - 9-hour trip to the Nine Mile Bank and the last look of the year at the Booby Colony on the Coronados Islands.
1 Jan 2011 San Diego - San Diego Field Ornithologists Annual 5-hour New Year's Day Pelagic
22 Jan 2011 Dana Point Sea & Sage Audubon to 14 Mile Bank 6 hours
Jan/Feb 2011 Buena Vista Audubon annual Winter Pelagic "Seabirds, Whales and Marine Mammals" - 6 hours
Feb 2011 Los Angeles Audubon annual winter pelagic trip from San Pedro to Redondo Canyon 8 hours
3 March 2011 San Diego Bird Festival - - Whales, Seabirds and Dolphins - Nine Mile Bank 6 hours
5 March 2011 Saturday S.D. Bird Festival - Boobymania!! Nine Mile Bank and Coronados Islands 9 hours
6 March 2011 Sunday S. D. Bird Festival Nine Mile Bank and Coronados Islands 9 hours
28-30 May 2011 San Diego - Searcher - 2.5 Day Blue Whales and Seabirds
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| Craveri's Murelet - San Diego (c) Steve N.G. Howell |
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| Red-billed Tropicbird (c) Tom Blackman |
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| Black-footed Albatross offshore downtown San Diego 7 Mar 2010 (c) Matt Sadowski |
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Every trip we know about with expert seabird spotters aboard is posted at this site. We know of no other planned trips dedicated to finding and identifying seabirds.
Central California
If you don't see a trip listed on the dates you will be in Southern California, we strongly recommend Debi Shearwater's pelagic birding and natural history trips from Monterey, Fort Bragg, Bodega Bay and other Central California harbors. Debi Shearwater is a legend as are her Shearwater Journeys pelagic trips.
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| Laysan Albatross near the Los Coronados Islands just south of the Mexican border (c) Steve N.G. Howell |
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Multiple Trip Sponsors - Policies Vary
Trip sponsors are clearly stated in each trip description. Many of the pelagic charters listed on SoCalBirding.com are NOT scheduled by the Buena Vista Audubon Society but are posted on this website for information purposes to enable participants to see at a glance what pelagic birding charters are available throughout central and southern California. Be sure to read and understand the policies surrounding each trip as they vary depending on the boat, the landing and the sponsoring organization.
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| We dodged a few rainshowers and waterspouts on Sunday |
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