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Birds -- Half Moon Bay Pelagic, July 21, 2013

A nearly 12-hour pelagic led by Alvaro Jaramillo from Half Moon Bay out to Pioneer Canyon in SF waters. An all-day overcast cut down some on photo-ops, but we saw plenty of good birds, including a Manx Shearwater seen by some, a young Laysan Albatross, two pair of Scripps's Murrelets, a couple of Buller's Shearwaters along with many Sooties and Pink-foots, Fork-tailed and Wilson's as well as many Ashy Storm-Petrels, adult and sub-adult Long-tailed Jaegers, and the largest gathering of Black-footed Albatross most of us had seen, over 100 together at one time. In the harbor, a large flock of Elegant Terns greeted our return at the end of the day with an impressive blastoff from the jetty. Some pictures below.
Laysan Albatross
Laysan Albatross
Laysan Albatross
Laysan Albatross
Scripps's Murrelet
Scripps's Murrelet
Ashy Storm-Petrel
Ashy Storm-Petrel
Buller's Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Long-tailed Jaeger, sub-adult
Long-tailed Jaeger, sub-adult
Black-footed Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Pigeon Guillemots
Pigeon Guillemots
Elegant Tern
Elegant Tern
Elegant Terns
Elegant Terns
California Gull, fledgling
California Gull, fledgling
Western Gull, adult with missing foot
Western Gull, adult with missing foot