Late results of the October 7th Wesport Pelagic, which turned out to be our
final scheduled trip of the year, as the October 8th trip was weathered out.

Highlights included 5 Flesh-footed Shearwaters, nearly 50 Pomarine Jaegers,
among the regularly seen species. The cetacean show was great, as we had
Pacific White-sided Dolphins and Northern Right Whale Dolphins riding the bow
for about 5 miles, and also close views of a pod of Risso's Dolphins.
Also seen in the inshore waters going out, 1 Franklin's Gull, and on the
Westport Jetty coming in were 2 Rock Sandpipers among the usual scattering of
Surfbirds and Black Turnstones.

Black-footed Albatross 32
Northern Fulmar 831
Pink-foot. Shearwater 190
Flesh-foot. Shearwater 5
Buller's Shearwater 16
Sooty Shearwater 135
Fork-tail. Storm-Petrel 13
Red Phalarope 4
phalarope sp. 3
Pomarine Jaeger 48
Parasitic Jaeger 1
jaeger sp. 3
South Polar Skua 3
Heermann's Gull 61
California Gull 3624
Herring Gull 6
Thayer's Gull 2
Western, G-wing. gulls 774
Black-legged Kittiwake 4
Sabine's Gull 4
small tern sp. 1
Common Murre 78
Pigeon Guillemot 13
Cassin's Auklet 173
Rhinoceros Auklet 24
Total birds 6048

Pac. White-s. Dolphin 40
N Right-Whale Dolphin 60
Grampus (Risso's Dolphin) 45
Harbor Porpoise 1
Dall's Porpoise 34
Northern Sea Lion 1
California Sea Lion 1
Ocean Sunfish 1

Observers: Bill Tweit, Scott Mills, Ryan Shaw, Phil Anderson

Ryan Shaw
Lacey, WA
RTShaw80 at aol.com
http://hometown.aol.com//rtshaw80/index.html