WildResearch’s Pelagic Trip takes us from Ucluelet, BC aboard the MV Frances Barkley on a seven hour voyage to La Perouse Bank in search of pelagic birds. T
Date/Time: May 7 2017, 6:00 am to 2:30 pm
Vancouver, Ucluelet, BC
he trip is a fundraiser for WildResearch’s programs. The spaces on WildResearch’s May 7th, 2017 pelagic trip are available to current members of WildResearch at a cost of $225 before 31st March and $275 thereafter. You must be a current WildResearch member at the time of the pelagic trip in order to participate on the trip. If you are not currently a member of WildResearch you may purchase an annual membership for $25 (students) or $30 (general/non-student), or $500 (lifetime). All dollar amounts are in CAD.
We will begin boarding the MV Frances Barkley in Ucluelet at 6:30am and depart at 7:00am on May 7th, 2017. We will then travel to La Perouse Bank and spend about 3.5 hours at 37 km from land, before returning to Ucluelet at approximately 2:30pm. Our on-board guides will point out the bird and other marine life.
What Can You Expect To See?
As we leave land, we will see most of the seabirds, ducks and gulls that can be regularly seen from shore, including: Brandt’s, Double-crested and Pelagic Cormorants, Bonaparte’s, Mew, California, Thayer’s and Glaucous-winged Gulls, Common Murres, Pigeon Guillemots, Marbled Murrelets and Rhinoceros Auklets.
As we travel past 5 km from shore, we should start to see our first Sooty Shearwaters. We will also start to see species such as Parasitic Jaeger, Cassin’s Auklet, Ancient Murrelet, Tufted Puffin, and Sabine’s Gull. As we approach La Perouse Bank we should see more Sooty Shearwaters, Pink-footed Shearwaters, Red-necked and Red Phalaropes, and South Polar Skua. At La Perous Bank we could see also see Buller’s and Flesh-footed Shearwaters, Black-footed Albatross, Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Pomarine Jaeger, and Arctic Tern.
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