Pelagic Birding Trip off of San Diego. Shearwaters, Boobies & More!

In September, 2021 I did a day-long pelagic birding trip off of San Diego, CA. It was an awesome experience and I look forward to doing it again!

[@robrutledge6591]

Good editing, liked the zoom in on the birds for a great id.

[@TheBirdingVoyage]

Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@anti0918]

Great video! So many of those birds would be lifers. Love the wing pattern on Sabine's Gull. I saw my first (3!) last year on Lake Erie.

[@TheBirdingVoyage]

Thanks for watching! Yeah pretty much all of the palagic birds were lifers for me. It was a great trip!

[@arman52]

I really enjoyed this video. I'm amazed that you can frame pictures while wobbling all around with swells and looking through a viewfinder. I was feeling queasy watching the video in 2D. We head over to Catalina out of Dana Point quite a bit and I'm always fascinated by the bird life. I hope to dig in harder on my bird identification in future trips.

[@TheBirdingVoyage]

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it! Yeah it was so hard to get a decent video shot because of all the swaying and bumping. I hope you enjoy your next trip to Catalina!

[@realtorelissa]

Wow! So cool! I love how you slowed down the motion into a still shot so we can see better! Great work! I love the Colorado one you did too! Just watched it the other day.

[@TheBirdingVoyage]

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it!

[@pengiunsquad5672]

Super cool birds, love to see the video

[@TheBirdingVoyage]

Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@willschep2784]

Excellent video of an excellent trip !

[@TheBirdingVoyage]

Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@borderterrierpoppyadventures]

This is on my list for one of visits to SD. Awesome!

[@TheBirdingVoyage]

Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@rogersmith4308]

So interesting to come across this video, if this was the 9/19 trip, I was on that boat! Everything was generally familiar, but the key reminder was the lone, somewhat shabby northern fulmar. Too bad I missed the chance to connect in person and thank you for all your videos. I recommend the Pelagic trip as well.

[@TheBirdingVoyage]

Thanks for watching! Yes I was on the 9/19 trip. I was mostly downstairs until the way back I went on top for a little bit. I really enjoyed it!

[@jlr3636]

Always wondered how many species might be seen on those trips, that was a good selection. I’ve been out fishing many times from those landings, had to give it up, pretty week stomach on my part.

[@TheBirdingVoyage]

Yeah it is rough on the stomach for sure. Thanks for watching!

[@archersilverman1205]

Did you have an ebird checklist? I was just curious about the total amount of species and such. Great vid!

[@TheBirdingVoyage]

Thanks for watching! Yes my ebird is Everett.

[@birdman5223]

Too bad u couldn’t get them to land on the boat young man😎. I will have to do a pelagic some day🤞🏻

[@TheBirdingVoyage]

Thanks for watching!

[@goldenoriolesilverbirch8220]

Great birds but I feel a bit sea-sick now !

[@TheBirdingVoyage]

I know! The video footage was bumpy. I wasn't sure if I should post the video because it was so hard to capture the birds with a still shot.

[@MsMokamex]

Super awesome! What cruise service did you use? I would love to go! They sounded super helpful in finding and identifying birds!

[@TheBirdingVoyage]

Thanks for watching! I went with seaforth.fishingreservations.net/sdwhales/

[@MsMokamex]

@@TheBirdingVoyage Awesome! Thank you so much for replying!