So managed to eventually get out into Monterey Bay on one of the whale watching trips on my last full day of the US trip. We saw a lot of Rhinoceros Auklets but most would dive as the boat approached them. Smaller numbers of Cassin's Auklets but these would fly off at even greater distances. A few Black-vented Shearwaters and two Northern Fulmars really the only other proper seabirds around. I was expecting much anyway given the time of year though. Certainly the highlight had to be a very inquisitive Humpback Whale that came right up to another whale watching boat and later came to ours. I've never experienced anything like it before. The exhalant breath was over-powering!
I headed down along the Big Sur coastline to have a look for California Condors. Plenty of Turkey Vultures and a nice pair of Golden Eagles but no condors unfortunately.
I headed down along the Big Sur coastline to have a look for California Condors. Plenty of Turkey Vultures and a nice pair of Golden Eagles but no condors unfortunately.
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| Black-vented Shearwater, Heermann's and Western Gulls |
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| Black-vented Shearwater |
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| Black-vented Shearwater |
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| Black-vented Shearwater |
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| Black-vented Shearwater |
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| Pacific Fulmar |
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| Pacific Fulmar |
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| Great northern Diver |
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| Great northern Diver |
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| Pacific Diver |
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| Pacific Diver |
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| Pacific Diver |
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| First-winter male Red-breasted Merganser |
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| Surf Scoter |
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| Cassin's Auklet |
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| Cassin's Auklet |
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| Cassin's Auklet |
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| Rhinoceros Auklet |
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| Rhinoceros Auklet |
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| Rhinoceros Auklet |
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| Rhinoceros Auklet |
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| Black Phoebe |
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| Lincoln's Sparrow |
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| Varied Thrush |
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| Harbour Seal |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| Pacific Grey Whales |
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| Sea Otter |
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| Sea Otter |
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