John Sterling's California Pelagic Wildlife Page

Off Monterey, Bodega Bay and Fort Bragg in fall 2007 and 2008

Black-footed Albatross

Black-footed Albatross with leg band

Black-footed Albatross with leg band

Buller's Shearwater

Buller's Shearwater

Buller's Shearwater Santa Cruz

Buller's Shearwater

Buller's Shearwater

Buller's Shearwater

Buller's Shearwater

Buller's Shearwaters

Buller's Shearwaters

Buller's Shearwaters

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Flesh-footed Shearwater with Pink-footed Shearwaters

Pink-footed Shearwater

Santa Cruz

Pink-footed Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Black-vented Shearwaters

Black-vented Shearwater

Black-vented Shearwater

Black-vented Shearwater

Black-vented Shearwater

Black-vented Shearwater

Black-vented Shearwater

Black-vented Shearwater

Black-vented Shearwater

Black-vented Shearwater

Northern Fulmar

Northern Fulmar

Northern Fulmar

Ashy Storm-Petrel

Ashy Storm-Petrel

Ashy Storm-Petrel

Black Storm-Petrel

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

Leach's Storm-Petrel

Leach's Storm-Petrel

Leach's Storm-Petrel

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Long-tailed Jaeger

Long-tailed Jaeger (at Alviso)

Long-tailed Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

South Polar Skua

South Polar Skua

Black-legged Kittiwake

Black-legged Kittiwake

Black-legged Kittiwake

Sabine's Gull

Sabine's Gull

Sabine's Gull (at Fresno Sewage Ponds)

Bonaparte's Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Common Tern

Elegant Tern

elegant tern

Tufted Puffin

Marbled Murrelet

Marbled Murrelet Santa Cruz

Xantus' Murrelet

Xantus' Murrelet

Common Murre

Common Murre

Rhinocerous Auklet

Rhinocerous Auklet

Rhinocerous Auklet

Rhinocerous Auklet

Rhinocerous Auklet

Red Phalarope

Red Phalarope (in Lincoln, Placer County)

Red Phalarope

Surf Scoter

surf scoter male

Long-tailed Duck

Harlequin Duck

Pacific Loon

Pacific Loon

Western Grebe

Western Grebe

Humpback Whale

Humpback Whale

Humpback Whale

Risso's Dolphin

Risso's Dolphin

Pacific White-sided Dolphin

Pacific White-sided Dolphin

Northern Right Whale Dolphin

Northern Right Whale Dolphin

Steller's Sea Lion

California Sea Lion

California Sea Lion

Northern Fur Seal

Sea Otter

Sea Otter

Ocean Sunfish

Ocean Sunfish

Palm Warbler on the boat!