Subject: Fw: [bcvanbirds] BFCO Pelagic Trip Results, Sept. 23
Date: Sep 25 12:45:19 2000
From: WAYNE WEBER - WAYNE_WEBER at bc.sympatico.ca


Birders,

I thought you might be interested in seeing a list of species seen on
the Sept. 23 pelagic trip out of Ucluelet, BC. Obviously, I should
have gone on this one-- I would have bagged one life bird (Horned
Puffin) and two others new for my Canada list (South Polar Skua and
Long-tailed Jaeger). Drat!

I'm not sure if anyone kept an "official" list of numbers, but I hope
so, or a lot of useful information could be lost.

Wayne Weber
Kamloops, BC
wayne_weber at bc.sympatico.ca



-----Original Message-----
From: Carlo Pavan <crazy_birder at hotmail.com>
To: bcvanbirds at egroups.com <bcvanbirds at egroups.com>
Date: Saturday, September 23, 2000 8:47 PM
Subject: [bcvanbirds] BFCO Pelagic Trip Results


>
>Hello Vancouver Birders!
> An absolutely amazing day was had by all on the pelagic trip out
>of Ucluelet today! The weather was unbelievable, the birds were
>incredible and not one person on our boat got sick! It really was the
>mother of all pelagic trips. Here are the unofficial highlights:
>
>Black-footed Albatross
>Northern Fulmar
>Pink-footed Shearwater
>Sooty Shearwater
>Short-tailed Shearwater
>Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
>Leach's Storm-Petrel (only one observer of this species)
>Western Sandpiper
>Black Turnstone
>Red-necked Phalarope
>Red Phalarope
>Heermann's Gull
>Herring Gull
>Sabine's Gull
>Black-legged Kittiwake
>South Polar Skua
>Pomarine Jaeger
>Long-tailed Jaeger
>Parasitic Jaeger
>Common Murre
>HORNED PUFFIN
>Tufted Puffin
>Rhinoceros Auklet
>Cassin's Auklet (other boat only)
>Marbled Murrelet
>
>On top of all that, we saw many pods of Humpback Whales (getting
>excellent views of a trio), Dall Porpoises, Steller's and
>California Sealions, and a Black Bear in Ucluelet harbour! Next to
the
>little big day in the Okanagan, this was the best day of birding I've
>ever had!
>
Carlo Pavan
Nanaimo, BC
crazy_birder at hotmail.com