Date: 10/21/25 2:29 pm From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...> Subject: [Mendobirds] October 3rd-4th-5th Noyo Pelagic reports up.
Greetings Mendobirders and pelagic folks,
Following up on Tim's announcement, we have decided to switch the October 31st trip into a half-day trip, so Captain Richard can get back in time to prep his pots for the opening of Dungeness Crab season on the 1st. So perhaps some of you can make this now ($120 instead of $180). At this early stage, the prediction is for light west winds and fairly low swell so it should be a good day to see both birds and marine mammals.
Tonight Katherina Audley of the Noyo Center for Marie Science will be giving a presentation on Humpback Whales, which will give us a big picture view in the eastern Pacific and highlight some of Humpback IDs we have seen on Noyo Pelagics trips (and see more about this in the October report linked above). Don't miss this!
On 10/16/2025 6:45 PM, Tim Bray via groups.io wrote: > > Noyo Pelagics has only three more trips on the schedule. Jump on as > many of these as you can, we have had some fantastic trips in > October-November. Sign up for any and all at noyopelagics.com > > Friday October 31 - All-day offshore seabirding - only a few people > have signed up so far and this one is at risk of cancellation if there > aren't enough people signed up to go. That would be a shame, as this > is near peak migration for many seabirds, and a lot of birds will be > moving south out of the Arctic and the Gulf of Alaska. Gull numbers > and diversity will be increasing, Jaegers and Skuas may be abundant, > Flesh-footed Shearwater is likely, and chances of a rarity like > Parakeet Auklet, Horned Puffin, or Mottled Petrel are increasing. > We've seen Cocos Booby twice this fall, and with the recent sighting > of Waved Albatross at Cordell Bank (less than a day's flight from > here, as the Albatross soars) we will be on high alert for another > mega-rarity. Whales, dolphins, fur seals, and ocean sunfish are all > likely to be encountered as well. > > Monday November 3 - Half-day Noyo Canyon mammals and birds - We will > be looking for whales (Humpback, Fin, and Blue are all possible) as > well as the seabirds that often congregate above them. Several species > of Dolphins are also likely, especially if the sea conditions allow us > to maintain enough speed to attract the bow-riding Pacific White-sided > and Northern Right-whale Dolphins. These half-day trips to the upper > Noyo Canyon area have also been extremely productive for seabirds this > year, with Petrels, Storm-petrels, Short-tailed Albatross, Cocos > Booby, Manx Shearwater, etc. all seen just a few miles out. > > Friday November 21 - All day Seabirding - Our November trip last year > was amazing, with three Flesh-footed Shearwaters, and a surprising > number of Fork-tailed and Leach's Storm-petrels, the latter rarely > seen on these trips. We also had a stream of migrating Pomarine > Jaegers, probably 40-50 different birds. Best bird was a Horned Puffin > (possibly two). We also had Fin Whales. > > Hope to see you on the boat - remember to sign up ASAP so the trips > aren't canceled. > > Eyes on the horizon! > Tim > > “I now belong to a higher cult of mortals for I have seen the > albatross.” Robert Cushman Murphy, 1912 > Mendocino Coast Audubon Society <http://mendocinocoastaudubon.org/> > Ecology Hour <https://ecologyhour.wordpress.com/> > >
