Eleven birders from near (O'ahu, Kona, Waimea) and far (VA, IN, WA, OR) had a successful pelagic off the Kona coast. Ocean conditions were excellent (mostly flat, no white caps) under sunny blue skies. We encountered ten species including local endangered breeders (Hawaiian Petrel, Newell's Shearwater, and Band-rumped Storm-Petrel).
Hawaiian Petrel (3)
Bulwer’s Petrel (19)
Wedge-tailed Shearwater (72)
Buller’s Shearwater (2)
Newell’s Shearwater (1)
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Great Frigatebird (1 juvenile)
Brown Booby (2)
Sooty Tern (4)
Black Noddy
Tern sp. (1)
Procellariid sp. (3)