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Highlights of WINGS tour from San Diego to Vancouver; May 6-10 2014

Here are some images of a great trip where I accompanied Paul Lehman, and a number of other birders, on a WINGS pelagic cruise from San Diego, CA up to Vancouver B.C., with an afternoon stop in Victoria on Vancouver Island.

We were lucky and had good wind for most of the trip, which is a big factor in success with our main targets; Pterodroma petrels. We had excellent numbers of Cook's (300+), good numbers of Murphy's and a few of my main target; Hawaiian. Lots of other cool stuff seen as well such as early (and northerly) Red-billed Tropicbirds, Laysan Albatross, numbers of Sabine's Gulls, etc. Wasn't a really good alcid trip, but a few people did see Parakeet Auklet off of WA as a highlight.
MS Zuiderdam (Holland America)
MS Zuiderdam (Holland America)
MS Zuiderdam (Holland America)
MS Zuiderdam (Holland America)
g9/37/349837/3/155960545.AOSRrFRx.jpg Red-billed Tropicbird
Red-billed Tropicbird
Laysan Albatross
Laysan Albatross
Laysan Albatross
Laysan Albatross
Pomarine Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrels
Cook's Petrels
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Black-footed Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Murphy's Petrel
Murphy's Petrel
Murphy's Petrel
Murphy's Petrel
Murphy's Petrel
Murphy's Petrel
Murphy's Petrel
Murphy's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Humback Whale
Humback Whale
Black-footed Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Common Murre
Common Murre
Common Murre
Common Murre
Common Murre
Common Murre
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Black-footed Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Common Murres
Common Murres
Whimbrels
Whimbrels
Common Murres
Common Murres
Tufted Puffins
Tufted Puffins
Tufted Puffin
Tufted Puffin
Tufted Puffin
Tufted Puffin
Sabine's Gulls
Sabine's Gulls
Sabine's Gulls
Sabine's Gulls
Victoria British Colombia area
Victoria British Colombia area
Rhinocerous Auklet
Rhinocerous Auklet
Rhinocerous Auklet
Rhinocerous Auklet
Rhinocerous Auklets
Rhinocerous Auklets
Mew Gull
Mew Gull
Olympic Gull (Glacous-winged x Western)
Olympic Gull (Glacous-winged x Western)
Olympic Gull (Glacous-winged x Western)
Olympic Gull (Glacous-winged x Western)
Victoria British Colombia area
Victoria British Colombia area
Victoria British Colombia area
Victoria British Colombia area
Sky Lark
Sky Lark
Sky Lark
Sky Lark
Sky Lark
Sky Lark
Sky Lark
Sky Lark