September 9, 2006
6 hours out of Charleston, Oregon for the Oregon Shorebird Festival.

The 20th annual Oregon Shorebird Festival pelagic trip had seas that were wonderful, but our visibility was hampered by fog.

2006 OREGON SHOREBIRD FESTIVAL PELAGIC TOUR
Charleston, OR; Saturday, September 9

Species name: bay #, at sea #

Black-footed Albatross: 0, 70
Northern Fulmar: 0, 175
Pink-footed Shearwater: 0, 4
Sooty Shearwater: 0, 6
Buller's Shearwater: 0, 4
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel: 0, 2
Brown Pelican: 7, 0
Brandt's Cormorant: 15, 10
Double-crested Cormorant: 20, 0
Pelagic Cormorant: 8, 15
Red-necked Phalarope: 100, 150
Red Phalarope: 0, 40
Black Turnstone: 5, 1
Heermann's Gull: 7, 0
California Gull: 8, 3
Western Gull: 50, 10
Parasitic Jaeger: 0, 2
Common Murre: 15, 30
Rhinoceros Auklet: 0, 5
Cassin's Auklet: 0, 250

Harbor Seal: 2, 0
California Sea Lion: 2, 0
Dall's Porpoise: 0, 6
Ocean Sunfish: 0, 2