2009 03-01 Condor Express All-Day Bird Trip
We left just after dawn on an oily glassy day. The trip ran up the middle of the SB Channel, west of San Miguel Island, and out to the Rodriguez Seamount (aka Rodriguez Dome). The birders were on board to chase down the elusive Parakeet Auklets. Many other species of birds, mammals and fish were seen too. A magnificent day. We ran home south of San Miguel, through the San Miguel Passage, then back to Santa Barbara Harbor. An all day adventure.
Read MoreA Xantus's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) takes flight on a glassy ocean surface.
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A Xantus's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) swims on a mirror.
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