Here's a somewhat belated report (provided by Bill Tweit) for the 8/14
pelagic trip out of Wesport, WA.

Gene Revelas
Tacoma, WA
grevelas at striplin.com

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> The August 14 pelagic trip from Westport had the benefit of almost
windless
> conditions, small swell and mostly high overcast skies. We travelled the
> usual route to Grays Canyon and back, stopping to chum birds behind a
> dragger, a shrimper and at 125W. Highlights, besides the weather, were a
> pair of Xantus' Murrelet that allowed excellent views and a huge school of
> Grampus and Lissodelphis. Both the porpoise school and the murrelets were
> over Grays Canyon, near 125W.
>
> Black-footed Albatross - 197
> N. Fulmar - 237
> Pink-footed Shearwater - 53
> Buller's Shearwater - 7
> Sooty Shearwater - 1751
> Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel - 70
> Leach's Storm-Petrel - 2
> Brown Pelican - 610
> Red-necked Phalarope - 15
> Red Phalarope - 1
> phalarope (sp) - 21
> Pomarine Jaeger - 5
> Long-tailed Jaeger - 8
> South Polar Skua - 1
> Heermann's Gull - 1640
> California Gull - 130
> Gluacous-winged/Western Gull complex - 709
> Sabine's Gull - 4
> small tern (sp) - 2
> Common Murre - 392 (and 42 chicks)
> Pigeon Guillemot - 17
> Xantus' Murrelet - 2
> Cassin's Auklet - 2
> Rhinocerous Auklet - 316
> Tufted Puffin - 1
>
> Gray Grampus - 175
> N. Right Whale Dolpin - 75
> Dall's Porpoise - 19
>