On May 10-2017, while aboard the "Grand Princess" cruise ship, Paul Lehman and Bruce Rideout found 4 Murphy's Petrels in BC waters near the Brooks Peninsula. One of the birds was photographed by Bruce Rideout and this bird was the furthest north that Paul had ever seen the species in BC.
The locations for the four birds were:
48.009, 129.720 (ca. 280 km SSW of Brooks Peninsula, V. I.)
48.435, 129.993 (ca. 248 km SW of Brooks Peninsula)
49.106, 130.428 (ca. 216 km SW of Brooks Peninsula)
50.517, 131.361 (ca. 209 km W of north end Vancouver Island; photographed)
The locations for the four birds were:
48.009, 129.720 (ca. 280 km SSW of Brooks Peninsula, V. I.)
48.435, 129.993 (ca. 248 km SW of Brooks Peninsula)
49.106, 130.428 (ca. 216 km SW of Brooks Peninsula)
50.517, 131.361 (ca. 209 km W of north end Vancouver Island; photographed)
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| Murphy's Petrel, 209 km W of the N end of Vancouver Island. - Photos: Bruce Rideout |
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