Memorial Day Wildlife Weekend

Laysan Albatross

I have previously written about "The Memorial Day weekend double-overnight Whales and Seabirds trip aboard SEARCHER " http://photobee1.blogspot.com/2010/06/memorial-day-weekend-pelagic-trip.html, however, I did not include any photographs, in that blog. There is another Memorial Day Wildlife Weekend that will take place from May 26-May 28, 2012.  The trip leaves from San Diego aboard the Searcher and cruises to the deep offshore waters of San Diego, stopping at 9 Mile Bank, Cortes Bank, and Los Coronados Islands.  The full itinerary and other information can be seen at http://www.bajawhale.com/weekends/wildlife-weekend-1/.
I have taken 2 trips aboard the Searcher and have enjoyed them immensely.  My first was the Memorial Day Wildlife Weekend and I also went on the 12 day Baja Whale cruise.  The crew and naturalists are outstanding, the chefs are four stars.  The cabins are adequate for the time that you are going to be in them.
Now here are a selection of some of the wildlife that you could see on the trip.

Long-beaked Common Dolphin Family

Black-footed Albatross coming in to get some of the food that the Western Gulls are feeding on

Blue Whale Fluke



Dolphin Pod



Fin Whale you can see  the white markings on the side of its face

Pacific Humpback Whale

Long-beaked Common Dolphin underwater

Pink-footed Albatross

South Polar Skua

Risso's Dolphin

Elegant Tern

Xantus's Murrelet

White-sided Pacific Dophins

Red-billed Tropic Bird

Red-billed Tropic Bird