Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel

Choppy seas – a Panamá Pelagic trip

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10 July 2014 By late spring wayward seabirds were showing up far north of their typical distributions, presumably due to el Niño like conditions further south. With reports of Waved Albatross and Inca Tern already in from Costa Rican waters, with the results of the last pelagic from Pedasí in mind [...]

Birding the La Paz – Mazatlán ferry

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14 and 15 July 2013 The ferry from La Paz to Mazatlán provides a good opportunity to see some seabirds, although unfortunately the ferry leaves in the evening and arrives in the morning so there are just a couple of hours of light to bird on either end. Nonetheless, we saw the expected Least and Black Storm-Petrels, Sooty and Pink-footed [...]