I visited Jeffreys Ledge on August 16 2009 and recorded 70 Manx Shearwaters, 280 Cory’s Shearwaters, 1960 Sooty Shearwaters, and 4690 Great Shearwaters, and in excess of 1000 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels. Other birds that day included 11 Red-necked Phalaropes, 2 Black-legged Kittiwakes, a Pomarine Jaeger, and 6 Parasitic Jaegers. Granted that was a remarkable year, and […]