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Pelagic Trips with Los Angeles Audubon Print E-mail
***We regret that the June 5th, 2010 Pelagic Trip has been cancelled (5/6/2010). Please read on for the two remaining Los Angeles Audubon Pelagic Trips on July 31 and September 18, 2010.***
 
Cancelled, Saturday, June 5
A Los Angeles Area Trip: Land on Santa Cruz Island for the Island Scrub-Jay & out to Sea.
 
Image This 8 hour trip departs from Island Packers dock  in the Oxnard Harbor at 8:00 a.m. on the m/v Vanguard.
 
We will land at Prisoner’s Cove where the endemic Island Scrub-Jay is easily seen. Then we go out to sea and return by Anacapa Island. Image Birds expected: Northern Fulmar; Sooty and Pink-footed Shearwaters; rocky shorebirds; South Polar Skua, Pomarine & Parasitic Jaegers; Sabine’s Gull; Royal Tern; Pigeon Guillemot. Xantus’s Murrelet. Uncommon birds seen on prior trips: Flesh-footed Shearwater and Tufted Puffin.
 
Leaders: Jon Feenstra, Terry Hunefeld, Todd McGrath and Dave Pereksta
 
$95 Credit Card Payment or $90 for a cash discount price.
 
Reservations for this trip: Send payment, a SASE (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope), include complete contact information to: Los Angeles Audubon - Pelagics, PO Box 931057, Los Angeles CA 90093-1057. Or pay with a credit card (MC, Visa, Discover) by calling Los Angeles Audubon at (323) 876-0202.
 
Include complete contact information for each participant.  Name, Address, Phone number(s), and email address.

Note: Destinations may be changed to maximize bird sightings, or minimize rough seas. With an increase in fuel costs there can be an energy surcharge per person.


Refund Policy: You may receive a refund less a $5.00 handling charge if you cancel 31 days in advance or if a paid replacement can be found.

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Saturday, July 31
A Condor Express Trip: A deep water trip to the San Juan Seamount and Santa Rosa Ridge.
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Depart from Sea Landing Dock in the Santa Barbara Harbor at 7:00 a.m. on the fast catamaran Condor Express and return approximately at 8:30 p. m.
 
We will cruise along the deep water shelf by the San Juan Seamount. Birds expected: Black-footed Albatross; Northern Fulmar; Pink-footed and Sooty shearwaters; Black, Ashy and Leach’s Storm-Petrels; South Polar Skua; Pomarine Jaeger; Pigeon Guillemot, Common Murre, Xantus’s Murrelet. Uncommon species and rarities seen this time of year: Cook’s Petrel; Red-billed Tropicbird.  Mega-rarities that can be looked for are: Dark-rumped and Stejneger’s Petrels.
There is a complete galley that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Let us know if you want dinner.
 
Leaders: Jon Feenstra, Kimball Garrett, Terry Hunefeld, Dave Compton and Todd McGrath
$195
Credit card or cash.
 
Reservations for this trip: Contact Sea Landing in Santa Barbara at (805) 882-0088 or (888) 779-4253 for your reservations and trip status.  (Please do not call Audubon House for this pelagic trip.)
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Saturday, September 18
A Condor Express Trip: Around the Northern Channel Islands for rare Shearwaters.
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This 8 hour trip departs from the Santa Barbara Harbor at 7:00 a.m. on the fast catamaran Condor Express.
 
Birds to be expected: Northern Fulmar; Pink-footed, Sooty and Black-vented Shearwaters; Black, Ashy and Leach’s Storm-Petrels; cormorants (3), rocky shorebirds (up to 5); Red and Red-necked Phalaropes; Pomarine and Parasitic Jaegers; Sabine’s Gull; Royal, Common and Arctic Terns; Common Murre; Xantus’s Murrelet; Cassin’s Auklet.  Uncommon rarities that can be seen: Buller’s Shearwater; Least Storm-Petrel; Red-billed Tropicbird; South Polar Skua; Long-tailed Jaeger; and Craveri’s Murrelet.  Great whales and several species of dolphins are often seen this time of year.
There is a full galley that can serve breakfast and lunch.
 
Leaders: Jon Feenstra, Terry Hunefeld, Todd McGrath, Dave Compton and Dave Pereksta
$125
Credit card or cash.
 
Reservations for this trip: Contact Sea Landing in Santa Barbara at (805) 882-0088 or (888) 779-4253 For your reservations and trip status. (Please do not call Audubon House for this pelagic trip.)
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Visit Buena Vista Audubon Society's Pelagic Birding website SoCalBirding.com , for information about other pelagic birding events in Southern California.   SoCalBirding's website includes trip reports and photographs from previous trips. This is a schedule of pelagic charters from a variety of sponsors.
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