Pelagic trip report:
Saturday, August 28, 2010
5 hours
From Charleston, Oregon, W 15 miles off Coos Bay, Oregon for the Oregon Shorebird Festival.

Seas: a bit rough with closely spaced swell.

Boat: Sea Venture I
Captain Steve
Newport Tradewinds Charter

The Bird Guide, Inc.
http://thebirdguide.com/

Guides: Tim Shelmerdine, Tom Snetsinger, Shawneen Finnegan, Russ Namitz

Trip summary from Tom Snetsinger: The ride was a bit rough with swells that were spaced very closely, but we did have a nice trip with all of the expected species putting in a good showing. Superb numbers of Sabine's Gulls in really excellent light and showing nearly their full spectrum of plumages was a real treat! There were a few species that were only seen poorly and by a handful of participants.

Species list:

Pacific Loon 1
Black-footed Albatross 4
Northern Fulmar 80
Pink-footed Shearwater 80
Buller's Shearwater 4
Sooty Shearwater 500
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 15
Leach's Storm-Petrel 1 (seen by few; had an anomalous all dark rump, but flight style and overall shape eliminated any of the 'likely' rarities and was not inconsistent with the more-expected Leach's SP)
Brown Pelican 30
Brandt's Cormorant 20
Double-crested Cormorant 20
Pelagic Cormorant 10
Osprey 1
Black Turnstone 4
Red-necked Phalarope 100
Red Phalarope 200
Sabine's Gull 100
Heermann's Gull 60
Western Gull 25
California Gull 25
Glaucous-winged Gull 2
Common/Arctic Tern 2
Arctic Tern 10
Parasitic/Long-tailed Jaeger 1
Common Murre 40
Pigeon Guillemot 10
Marbled Murrelet 2 (seen by few)
Cassin's Auklet 20
Rhinocerous Auklet 15

Dall's porpoise 6
harbor seal 2
humpback whale 1 (spout; seen by few)
ocean sunfish (mola mola) 1