9/18, 9/19 Ilwaco Pelagics Cancelled

I am sorry to have to cancel the two pelagics that were scheduled out of Ilwaco for the OBA/WOS Conference on September 18 and 19. After the conference was cancelled due to the COVID resurgence, I had a number of cancellations for the pelagics.  I attempted to to put together a trip on one of the two days, but could not get enough people to make that happen. Oregon Pelagic Tours will be happy to look at an Ilwaco trip in the future, but I am afraid it will not happen this year. 

OBA/WOS September Conference Cancelled, However...

 I was informed today that the OBA/WOS Conference scheduled for September 17-19 has been canceled due to COVID concerns. This is understandable, given the surge of cases caused by the Delta variant. 

However, NO decision has yet been made on the status of the two pelagics. If you have registered for either the Saturday, September 18 or Sunday, September 19 Ilwaco pelagics, please feel free to contact me in order to let me know if you are still interested in trying to make the trip. I will be reaching out at the end of the week to gauge interest. 

Bird and Mammal Sightings, May 8 2021

 

050821 Bird List                                         Oregon Pelagic Tours

6 hour pelagic out of Newport on Misty, with Skipper Rob Waddell.  Birding the bay, nearshore towards the lighthouse, out almost to Nelson Island, and return.  Guides: Tim Shelmerdine, Jim Danzenbaker, Russ Namitz.

Yaquina Bay (0700-0716)

Greater Scaup 16                                                       Surf Scoter 6

Long-tailed Duck 1                                                    Red-necked Grebe 5

Eurasian Collared Dove 7                                          Western Sandpiper 50

peep sp. 50                                                                 Wandering Tattler 1

shorebird sp. 4                                                           Pigeon Guillemot 25

Western Gull 50                                                        California Gull 10

Glaucous-winged Gull 25                                         Common Loon 12

Brandt’s Cormorant 15                                              Pelagic Cormorant 45                                     

Double-crested Cormorant 50                                    American Crow 1

0-5 miles offshore (0717-0748)

Surf Scoter 15                                                           Red-necked Grebe 1

Western Sandpiper 80                                                peep 120

Red-necked Phalarope 20                                          Common Murre 48

Pigeon Guillemot 5                                                     Marbled Murrelet 12

Cassin’s Auklet 2                                                         Western Gull 5

Red-throated Loon 4                                                    Pacific Loon 9 

Common Loon 7                                                          Brandt’s Cormorant 25                                     

Pelagic Cormorant 5

5-23.5 miles offshore (0748-1013)

Red-necked Phalarope 22                                             phalarope sp. 2

Common Murre 80                                                       Cassin’s Auklet 3              

Rhinoceros Auklet 32                                                   Western Gull 12               

California Gull 1                                                           Red-throated Loon 1      

Pacific Loon 3                                                               Black-footed Albatross 7 

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 3                                            Pink-footed Shearwater 5                                       

Sooty Shearwater 900                                                    **Pacific white-sided dolphin 20+

**northern fur seal 1                                                                                         

Nelson Island (1013-1102) (Chum stop 23.5 miles offshore, NE of Nelson Island)

Common Murre 1                                                            Rhinoceros Auklet 5

Sabine’s Gull 2                                                                Western Gull 10

California Gull 15                                                           Herring Gull 1

Black-footed Albatross 20                                               Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 50

Northern Fulmar 1                                                           Pink-footed Shearwater 4

Sooty Shearwater 60                                                                                      

23 to 3 miles offshore (1103-1306)

Western Sandpiper 10                                                    Red-necked Phalarope 28            

Common Murre 88                                                          Cassin’s Auklet 3              

Rhinoceros Auklet 10                                                     Western Gull 15

California Gull 5                                                             Pacific Loon 3

loon sp. 1                                                                         Black-footed Albatross 5

Pink-footed Shearwater 2                                                 Sooty Shearwater 38      

Brandt’s Cormorant 2                                                     **humpback whale 1 (breached once)                  

3-0 miles offshore (1306-1320)

Red-necked Grebe 1                                                       Red-necked Phalarope 9

Common Murre 20                                                          Pigeon Guillemot 1

Marbled Murrelet 5                                                          Ancient Murrelet 2 (seen by few – rare)

Cassin’s Auklet 2                                                               Rhinoceros Auklet 1

Pacific Loon 1                                                                    Brandt’s Cormorant 6

**Steller’s sea lion 4

Yaquina Bay (return) (1321-1334)

Red-necked Phalarope 3                                               Pigeon Guillemot 15

Western Gull 50                                                             Glaucous-winged Gull 10

Western x Gl-winged Gull 5                                          Pacific Loon 1

Common Loon 3                                                            Brandt’s Cormorant 15  

Pelagic Cormorant 30                                                     Double-crested Cormorant 35

Double-crested Cormorant 35                                        Brown Pelican 1

Turkey Vulture 1                                                              Osprey 1   

**Harbor seal 1