Each year the Mendocino Coast Audubon Society sponsors two day long boat trips out of Fort Bragg Noyo Harbor for seabirds, dolphins and perhaps a whale or two. These fun trips, for beginners as well as experienced birders, take place on a Sunday in May and September.
Length of trip: 8 hours (return to dock about 3:30 pm)
Cost: Approx. $105
Leaders: TBA
Vessel: TELSTAR - Dock is on North Harbor Drive, shortly after the turn at the bottom of the hill down to the harbor. The Telstar should have its new engine, so we can venture out past 20-miles!
There is no galley on board (so bring lunch and drinks). Also, we cannot accomodate the handicapped or children under 11 years of age.
Watch for another announcement in the next couple of months with reservation details.
Sightings should include many Shearwaters and hopefully many Albatrosses. There is also a chance to see any one of 3 species of Storm Petrels. We can expect to see Common Murres, Pigeon Guillemots, as well as Cassin's & Rhinoceros Auklets.
Prior trips have given good views of dolphins and whales, but the special draw of any pelagic birding trip is the possibility of the unexpected appearance of an out-of-range visitor.
Hayley Ross,
May 2011.
Seprtember 2011 Pelagic Trip Report
May 2011 Pelagic Trip Report
