Date: 4/17/25 10:17 am From: Tim Bray via groups.io <tbray...> Subject: [Mendobirds] Albatrosses from shore
16 April 2025 - On the monthly "Early Bird" outing at the Mendocino
Coast Botanical Gardens, we tallied 56 species of birds, including many
newly-arrived songbirds like Orange-crowned Warbler, Wilson's Warbler,
Western Flycatcher, etc.
The most exciting sighting though was at the bluffs while seawatching,
we spotted an incoming charter boat (the Telstar) that was cleaning fish
and had drawn a "fan club" of gulls and Black-footed Albatrosses. We
estimated around fifteen Albatrosses were visible. As the boat got
closer to shore the numbers diminished, but at least two Albatrosses
stayed with it all the way to the outer buoy, less than a mile from
shore. A rare opportunity to see these open-ocean birds while standing
on dry land!
