Cordell Bank Boat Trip


A Krillwater Oceanic Nature Trip Led by Rich Stallcup

From Bodega Harbor, Sonoma County, California

August 16, 2009


Photos are in chronological order






California Sea Lions

California Sea Lions - On the Bodega Harbor Jetties



Humpback Whale

Humpback Whale



Black-footed Albatross

Black-footed Albatross



Common Terns

Common Terns



Pomarine Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger



Long-tailed Jaeger

Long-tailed Jaeger



Hawaiian Petrel

Hawaiian Petrel



Hawaiian Petrel

Hawaiian Petrel



Hawaiian Petrel

Hawaiian Petrel



Hawaiian Petrel

Hawaiian Petrel



Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels



Long-tailed Jaeger

Long-tailed Jaeger



Long-tailed Jaeger

Long-tailed Jaeger



Black-footed Albatross

Black-footed Albatross



Black-footed Albatross

Black-footed Albatross



Long-tailed Jaeger

Long-tailed Jaeger



Northern Fulmar

Northern Fulmar



Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel



Black-footed Albatross

Black-footed Albatross - In Process of Folding Wings



Black-footed Albatross

Black-footed Albatross



Heermann's Gull

Heermann's Gull



Brandt's Cormorant

Brandt's Cormorant



Black Turnstone

Black Turnstone



Map

Map of Trip (we traveled counter-clockwise)



Wave Height

Graph of Wave Height vs. Time at Bodega Buoy



Wind Speed

Graph of Wind Speed vs. Time at Bodega Buoy




Birds:  Black-footed Albatross, Hawaiian Petrel, Cook's Petrel, Northern Fulmar, Pink-footed Shearwater, Buller's Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, (Wilson's Storm-Petrel), Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Ashy Storm-Petrel, Red-necked Phalarope, Red Phalarope, (South Polar Skua), Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, Long-tailed Jaeger, California Gull, Western Gull, Sabine's Gull, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Cassin's Auklet, Rhinoceros Auklet.

Mammals:  Blue Whale, Humpback Whale, Pacific White-sided Dolphin, California Sea Lion.



Alan Wight
Sonoma County, California
Email:  shwand@sonic.net

All Photos © 2009 Alan Wight