Cordell Bank


Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Official Site			February 13, 2009

Highlights From the Field

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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