It was a great day out there today with some wind, squalls, and nice flying seabirds! We started the day adding another species to the list for the spring with a young Masked Booby! While the light was challenging, most everyone on board was able to see this large sulid circling over the feeding shearwaters and diving. We had great views of just about everything we saw though views of Bridled Tern, Arctic Tern and Red-necked Phalarope were brief. A light morph Trindade Petrel flew by very frustratingly in the distance and didn't even pause over our slick. Otherwise birds gave some great views especially the Leach's and Band-rumped Storm-Petrels we saw. We did have a billfish come check out our teasers behind the boat but we didn't hook it. It was probably a White Marlin, very cool to see!
For more of the species we had out there today check out our eBird Trip Report:
30 May 2025
A big thank you to Liam Waters for helping Brian, Daniel & me lead the trip today. And thanks to everyone who joined us out there! A few photos © Kate Sutherland
Black-capped Petrels - always the stars!
What looked like one of our "little" Band-rumpeds, but in primary molt!
Token (record shot) of the Masked Booby
And finally a gorgeous Wilson's Storm-Petrel capture!
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