The following is forwarded from Terry Wahl (TRWahl at aol.com):

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> Subject: trip results
> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 10:46 AM
>
> Trips off Westport, 11 and 12 September
>
> Results of trips on consecutive days indicate how variable numbers can be
and
> how consistent they can be. Observation conditions were good, though
winds
> were a bit stronger on the 12th. Birds were concentrated at fishing
vessels
> (albatrosses, fulmars) and at foraging opportunities in nearshore waters
> (Sooty Shearwaters). Numbers of phalaropes and jaegers and especially
alcids
> continue to be very low. Biomass was impressive, however, when gray
whales
> and white-sided dolphins are added in.


> 11th 12th
>
> Black-footed Albatross 129 121
> Laysan Albatross 1 2
> Northern Fulmar 4338 8259
> Pink-footed Shearwater 192 151
> Flesh-footed Shearwater 2 2
> Buller's Shearwater 94 39
> Sooty Shearwater 7410 1645
> Short-tailed Shearwater 33 4
> Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 89 444
> Red Phalarope 5 3
> Red-necked Phalarope 8 1
> phalarope sp. 10 0
> Pomarine Jaeger 4 8
> Long-tailed Jaeger 1 0
> jaeger sp. 1 0
> South Polar Skua 1 2
> Heermann's Gull 103 180
> California Gull 111 307
> Western/Glaucous-winged gulls 392 555
> Black-legged Kittiwake 2 3
> Sabine's Gull 16 22
> Arctic Tern 0 2
> Common Murre 52 255
> Pigeon Guillemot 0 1
> Marbled Murrelet 4 0
> Cassin's Auklet 1 4
> Rhinoceros Auklet 4 17
> Gray Whale 0 10
> Pacific White-sided Dolphin 120 0
> Harbor Porpoise 2 4
> Dall's Porpoise 19 5
>
> Observers: Bill Tweit, Bruce LaBar, Gene Revelas,
> Phil Anderson, T. Wahl