These are my last photos of birds from the March 8 pelagic trip off San Diego. Over the last 8+ years, Brown Booby has gone from rare to expected just offshore north to at least Los Angeles, I guess.
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| Adult female Brown Booby. At sea off San Diego. March 8, 2015. Greg Gillson. |
Breeding on Baja's Los Coronados Islands since 2002, they have really increased. These islands are only 15 miles south of San Diego. 25-30 birds were seen regularly on trips there
2009-2011. Pelagic trips from San Diego staying in US waters can expect to see 3-8 birds or more.
Last September on a San Diego Pelagic trip I saw
3 Brown Boobies. Then from shore at Point La Jolla in December I spotted 8 birds at quite a distance. A January 1 pelagic trip this year yielded 4 birds. And the March 2015 trip had at least 7 different birds, including 5 on the 2 mile buoy. The trip just completed (I did not attend) on April 25th had 17 birds!
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| Immature male Brown Booby. |
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| Adult male Brown Booby. |
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| Immature Brown Booby. |
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