Baja, California Feb 2009 - The Searcher


The Searcher - on which we spent ten days searching for cetaceans and birds




The Searcher's crew and naturalists

Baja California Feb 2009

Mainly birds to begin with


Grey Thrasher - a Baja endemic





American Coot




Ash-throated Flycatcher




Belding's Yellowthroat - a Baja endemic




Immature B-c Night Heron




Black-necked (or Eared) Grebe




Black-necked Stilt




Black-throated Sparrow




Blue-footed Booby




Blue-winged Teal




Bonaparte's Gull




Brown Pelican




California Sealion




and some more




California Towhee




Common Raven




Long-beaked Common Dolphins




Night Heron




juv Heerman's Gull




Heerman's Gull




Gila Woodpecker




Glaucous-winged Gull




Great Blue Heron




Great Egret




Laysan Albatross




Loggerhead Shrike




Long-billed Curlew




Magnificent Frigatebird




Marbled Godwit




Northern Cardinal




Northern Elephant Seal




and another




Osprey




Osprey




Pied-billed Grebe




Red-tailed Hawk




Sally Lightfoot crab




Savannah Sparrow




Snowy Egret




Spotted Sandpiper




Spotted Towhee




Sunset




Tri-coloured Heron




Tropical Kingbird




Western Grebe




Western Gull



Least Sandpiper




White Ibis




White Ibises




juv White-crowned Sparrow




Imm. White-faced Ibis




Yellow-crowned Night Heron




Yellow-footed Gull a Sea of Cortez endemic