SAN FRANCISCO WATERS PELAGIC – AUGUST 11, 2012 FROM PORT OF HALF MOON BAY. This checklist is divided into 4 sections, 1) within the harbor 2) inshore waters in Half Moon Bay 3)offshore waters in San Mateo County and 4) offshore waters in San Francisco County. It is based on outputs generated by e-bird. 1) Pillar Pt. Harbor, San Mateo, US-CA Aug 11, 2012 7:15 AM - 7:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: Start and end of Alvaro's Adventure's SF pelagic 20 species Surf Scoter 1 Brandt's Cormorant 80 Double-crested Cormorant 120 Pelagic Cormorant 1 Brown Pelican 20 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 1 Snowy Egret 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Black Oystercatcher 8 Black Turnstone 20 Surfbird 1 Heermann's Gull 24 Western Gull 260 California Gull 20 Elegant Tern 24 Pigeon Guillemot 6 Rock Pigeon 20 Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Brewer's Blackbird 2 2) Half Moon Bay--inshore bay, San Mateo, US-CA Aug 11, 2012 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 5.0 mile(s) Comments: Alvaro's Adventures SF pelagic. 13 species 245 Granelli Ave. Half Moon Bay, CA. 94019. alvarosadventures.com 650-504-7779 Common Loon 2 Yellow-billed Loon 1 Dull plumage, so first cycle bird. First with a Common Loon. larger, pale bill, upturned gonys, held head up at angle, bump on forehead, pale area on neck sides to side of nape, pale above eye. Offshore enough that very unlikely that it can be seen from shore unless steady calm weather. Many photos were taken, mine quite bad. Western Grebe 8 Brandt's Cormorant 12 Brown Pelican 6 Red-necked Phalarope 2 Heermann's Gull 20 Western Gull 30 California Gull 12 Elegant Tern 6 Common Murre 6 Pigeon Guillemot 1 Marbled Murrelet 2 3) Offshore pelagic (northern SM Co.), San Mateo, US-CA Aug 11, 2012 8:00 AM 12:45 PM Protocol: Traveling 40.0 mile(s) Comments: Alvaro's Adventures San Francisco pelagic. 21 species Laysan Albatross 1 juvenile. photos; perhaps the same bird as was seen in San Francisco waters earlier, but that bird not attracted to the boat. This one was. Radically different behavior. Black-footed Albatross 40 Pink-footed Shearwater 60 Buller's Shearwater 1 Sooty Shearwater 350 Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 1 Ashy Storm-Petrel 6 Red-necked Phalarope 35 Red Phalarope 1 Sabine's Gull 1 Western Gull 200 California Gull 2 Arctic Tern 1 Elegant Tern 3 South Polar Skua 1 Pomarine Jaeger 2 245 Granelli Ave. Half Moon Bay, CA. 94019. alvarosadventures.com 650-504-7779 Common Murre 300 Cassin's Auklet 1 Rhinoceros Auklet 45 Tufted Puffin 1 Mourning Dove 1 20 miles offshore! 4) Pioneer Sea Canyon (SF Co.), San Francisco, US-CA Aug 11, 2012 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 40.0 mile(s) Comments: Alvaro's Adventures San Francisco pelagic 21 species Laysan Albatross 1 Perhaps same individual as seen later in San Mateo waters, but this one a fly by, not at all interested in boat or chum. Second bird a "friendly" came right in. Black-footed Albatross 45 Northern Fulmar 8 Pink-footed Shearwater 80 Buller's Shearwater 1 Sooty Shearwater 800 Leach's Storm-Petrel 1 Great views of bird with pale rump. Molting inner primaries, came in close to the boat. Ashy Storm-Petrel 40 Red-necked Phalarope 6 Red Phalarope 35 Sabine's Gull 12 Western Gull 80 California Gull 1 Common Tern 1 Arctic Tern 6 South Polar Skua 1 – different molt (based on photos) than San Mateo county bird! Pomarine Jaeger 8 Long-tailed Jaeger 1 Common Murre 2 Cassin's Auklet 4 Rhinoceros Auklet 10 MAMMALS SEEN: Humpback Whale Pacific White-sided Dolphin Northern Right Whale Dolphin 245 Granelli Ave. Half Moon Bay, CA. 94019. alvarosadventures.com 650-504-7779 Harbor Porpoise California Sea Lion Steller’s Sea Lion Also – Mola mola, Ocean Sunfish. 245 Granelli Ave. Half Moon Bay, CA. 94019. alvarosadventures.com 650-504-7779