Westport Seabirds last two trips of the year are on Sept. 25 and Oct. 9. There is still some spaces available. This time of year is great for shearwater species, jaegers and rarities. To inquire for information and to sign up, check out our website at www.westportseabirds.com.

Highlights and sightings from todays trip include the following:

Northern Pintail- 20 plus miles out at sea
Green-winged Teal- same
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Western Grebe
Black-footed Albatross
Northern Fulmar
Pink-footed Albatross
Flesh-footed Albatross- several sightings, perhaps 3 birds
Buller's Shearwater- around 12 individuals
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater- 2 close birds on the water for carefull study, several possible in flight
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel- 1
Brown Pelican- hundreds
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron- in harbor area
Black Turnstone- on Westport jetty
Surfbird- same
Wandering Tattler-same
Red Phalarope-2 at chum site
Red-necked Phalarope
South Polar Skua- several sightings
Pomarine Jaeger-1
Parasitic Jaeger- around 6
Long-tailed Jaeger-1
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Sabine's Gull- good numbers
Black-legged Kittiwake-2
tern sp.-2
Common Murre
Marbled Murrelet-2
Cassin's Auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Tufted Puffin-3

Mammals included several Humpback Whales, one that kept breaching out of the water, and 4 Orca!

For complete listings and numbers check out the website in a few days.

Bruce LaBar
Tacoma, WA
blabar at harbornet.com