October 8th, 2009   Tags: , , ,

Lunge feeding

Another day, another Shearwater Journeys boat trip.

Bruce and I fuelled up in Petaluma and made the 40 minute drive to Bodega Bay in time to meet everyone bright and early at the dock. The swell had calmed down considerably, but the fog was more of an issue, coming and going in patches all [...]

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October 8th, 2009   Tags: ,

The Big One

This trip, with Shearwater Journeys, was primarily focused on the possibility of one or two of the rarer seabirds that are infrequently encountered offshore, so the plan was to make good progress for several hours to get some distance between us and land, and more importantly, find the underwater canyon edges which well up [...]

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August 31st, 2008   Tags: , , ,

I Wish They All Could Be California Gulls

First proper post, and I steal someone else’s joke for the title (Hi Mez). Typical. And if I’m being factually correct, then I wish they all could be Heermann’s Gulls, which are the nicest gulls ever.

I visited the West Coast of the USA for the first time in September 2006. The primary purpose [...]

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