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Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Species List from pelagic trip to Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Septebmer 2, 2002 compiled by Rich Stallcup

Birds	Abundance
Black-footed Albatross	33
Sooty Shearwater	450
Pink-footed Shearwater	55
Buller’s Shearwater	40
Least Storm-petrel	1
Black Storm-petrel	20
Ashy Storm-petrel	3,500 (maybe 25-35% of worlds population)
Fork-tailed Storm-petrel	300
Wilson’s Storm-petrel	30
Leach’s Storm-petrel	3
Sabine’s Gull	250
Common Tern	3
Arctic Tern	115
Long-tailed Jaeger	75
Parasitic Jaeger	3
Pomarine Jaeger	10
South Polar Skua	6
Common Murre	850
Cassin’s Auklet	1050
Rhinoceros Auklet	65
Tufted Puffin	1
Red Phalarope	670
Red-necked Phalarope	670
Marine Mammals
Blue Whale	4
Humpback	16
Orca	3
Pacific White-sided Dolphin	85
Northern Right Whale Dolphin	12
Dall’s Porpoise	60
Harbor Porpoise	4
5 Pinniped Species

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* note this is a compilation of all species seen for the day by all participants, nobody sees everything on the boat.


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