For folks interested in pelagic birding trips leaving from the LA area, the second Island Packers pelagic (9 hours) of the fall to the SBI booby colony will be on Sep 5 heading out of Ventura. The August trip had both Blue-footed and Masked Boobies in with the Cocos (Brown) Booby colony. En route, we saw a nice selection of other pelagic species including Leach’s, Ashy, Black and Least Storm-petrels, Buller’s Shearwater, Skua and both Craveri’s and Scripps’s Murrelets. Additional species (e.g. LT Jaeger) will be possible in September along this route.
There is another Island Packers pelagic on Sep 7 that will be a 12-bour trip. Dave Pereksta will post more details on this shortly.
Please contact Island Packers to book these trips. For any questions on routes/possible birds, feel free to email me.
Nick Lethaby Goleta, CA <nlethaby...> +1 805 284 6200
