Cordell Bank Boat Trip


September 6, 2015


From Bodega Harbor, Sonoma County, California


Photos are in chronological order








Elegant Tern


Elegant Tern





Tufted Puffin


Tufted Puffin





Guadalupe Fur Seal


Guadalupe Fur Seal





Short-beaked Common Dolphin


Short-beaked Common Dolphin





Short-beaked Common Dolphin


Short-beaked Common Dolphin





Short-beaked Common Dolphin


Short-beaked Common Dolphin





Laysan Albatross


Laysan Albatross





Northern Fulmar


Northern Fulmar





Black-footed Albatross


Black-footed Albatross





Laysan Albatross


Laysan Albatross





Laysan Albatross


Laysan Albatross





Laysan Albatross


Laysan Albatross





Laysan Albatross


Laysan Albatross





Laysan Albatross


Laysan Albatross





Laysan Albatross


Laysan Albatross





Laysan Albatross


Laysan Albatross





Ashy Storm-Petrel             Ashy Storm-Petrel


Ashy Storm-Petrel





Pomarine Jaeger


Pomarine Jaeger





Northern Fulmar


Northern Fulmar





Parasitic Jaeger


Parasitic Jaeger





Wilson's Storm-Petrel


Wilson's Storm-Petrel





Laysan Albatrosses


Laysan Albatrosses





Map


Map of Trip (we traveled counter-clockwise)

Partial Sonoma/Marin County boundary indicated by red line





Wave Height


Graph of Wave Height vs. Time at Bodega Buoy





Wind Speed


Graph of Wind Speed vs. Time at Bodega Buoy





Water Temperature


Graph of Water Temperature vs. Time at Bodega Buoy







Birds:  Pacific Loon, Northern Shoveler, Black-footed Albatross, Laysan Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Pink-footed Shearwater, Buller’s Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Flesh-footed Shearwater, Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Black Storm-Petrel, Ashy Storm-Petrel, Red-necked Phalarope, Red Phalarope, Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, California Gull, Western Gull, Sabine's Gull, Common/Arctic Tern, Common Murre, Rhinoceros Auklet, Tufted Puffin.

Mammals:  Short-beaked Common Dolphin, California Sea Lion, Guadalupe Fur Seal.

Fishes:  Ocean Sunfish.



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

All Photos © 2015 Alan Wight