July 22 ofshore trip

July 22,  Offshore trip,
all day voyage SW of Seal Island out where the seabirds are

the fog burned off after an hour beyond Seal Island

Red phalerope, there were lots of them out there

Wilson's Petrel

Wilson's Petrel, red Phalerope

Leaches Petrel,

Leache's and Wilson's petrel

 long wings of Leaches

Cory's and greater shearwater

Cory's shearwater

Greater Shearwater

Greater shearwater ,

 Flora and Greater shearwater

Greater shearwater

we got some good looks

more phalerope pico grueso

they're polyandrus, like the spotted sandpipers.

quite red still

We saw this whale,  and another, both finback whales

 

Criehaven behind

Flora and Sunfish

Sunfish

Greater Shearwater, we saw hundreds, about 6 cory's, a manx and two sooty.

 Jaeger Surfing

Jaeger

Pomarine Skua

It was a great trip