Hi all,

Went out on a tuna charter from Westport from Thursday to Saturday. I was more focused on tuna but did see the following species (larger numbers are estimates):

Black-footed Albatross - 30
Buller's Shearwater - 25
Pink-footed Shearwater - 15
Sooty Shearwater - 3000
Leach's Storm Petrel - 2
Fork-tailed Storm Petrel - 200
Killdeer - about 45 miles out from shore
Red-necked Phalarope - 10
Red Phalarope - 300
Parasitic Jaeger - 6
Long-tailed Jaeger - 30+
Sabine's Gull - 500
Arctic Tern - 2
Cassin's Auklet - 10

Cheers,



Tyler L Hicks
PhD Student
Washington State University - Vancouver

E-mail: tyler_hicks at wsu.edu
Website: www.thingswithwings.org

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