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Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Point Reyes Field Seminar: Wildlife Watching at Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, September 21, 2003

Approximate trip route: Bodega Harbor to Bodega Canyon (1000 fathoms) to Cordell Bank return to Bodega Harbor
Birds Approximate count
Black-footed Albatross 10
Northern Fulmar 45
Pink-footed Shearwater 87
Buller’s shearwater 110
Sooty shearwater 15
Flesh-footed shearwater 2
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel 25 ( rare)
Ashy Storm-Petrel 2000
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 10
Least Storm-Petrel 8
Black Storm-Petrel 5
Red Phalarope 1150
Red-necked Phalarope 950
Pomarine Jaeger 12
Long-tailed Jaeger 3
Parasitic Jaeger 1
South Polar Skua 1
Common Murre 80
Pigeon Guillemot 1
Cassin’s Auklet 140
Rhinoceros Auklet 190
Xantus ‘ Murrelet 2
Tufted Puffin
2

Cetaceans Approximate Count
Blue Whale 5
Humpback Whale 7
Pacific White-sided Dolphin 2
Dall’s Porpoise 25

Pinnipeds Approximate Count
Northern Elephant Seal 2
Harbor Seal 4
California Sea Lion 200
Steller’s Sea Lion 6

Fish Approximate Count
Blue Shark 5
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Also sited were numerous surface dwelling gelatinous zooplankton species ( jellies)

Sea nettle- Chrysaora fuscescens
Purple-striped jelly- Pelagia colorata
Fried egg or ( egg yolk ) jelly- Phacellophora camtschatica
Moon Jelly- Aurelia aurita
Unidentified Beroe comb jelly

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