Where to Find Pelagic Birds in North America

West Coast

Bodega Bay, California

Cordell Bank, California

Cortes Bank, California

Dana Point, California

Farallon Islands, California

Half Moon Bay, California

Ilwaco, Washington

Lincoln City, Oregon

Monterey Bay, California

Port Angeles Ferry, Washington

Queen Charlottes Ferry, British Columbia

San Diego, California

San Juan Seamount, California

Santa Barbara Island, California

Santa Catalina Island, California

Santa Cruz Island, California

Tofino, British Columbia

Westport, Washington

Gulf of Mexico

Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida

Naples, Florida

Orange Beach, Alabama

Port Aransas, Texas

Port Isabel, Texas

East Coast

Bar Harbor, Maine

Cape Canaveral, Florida

Cape May, New Jersey

Cape St. Mary’s, Newfoundland

Hatteras, North Carolina

Hyannis, Massachusetts

Lewes, Delaware

Montauk, New York

New Bedford, Massachusetts

Newbury, Massachusetts

Ocean City, Maryland

Oregon Inlet, North Carolina

Point Pleasant, New Jersey

Pubnico, Nova Scotia

Rye, New Hampshire

St. John’s Ferry, Newfoundland

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Yarmouth Ferry, Nova Scotia

Pelagic Birds of North America

Diomedeidae

Short-tailed Albatross

Laysan Albatross

Black-footed Albatross

Light-mantled Albatross

Snowy Albatross

Gibson’s Albatross

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross

Black-browed Albatross

White-capped Albatross

Chatham Albatross

Salvin’s Albatross

Oceanitidae

Wilson’s Storm-Petrel

White-faced Storm-Petrel

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel

Hydrobatidae

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

“Grant’s Storm-Petrel”

“Madeiran Storm-Petrel”

“Hawaiian Storm-Petrel”

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

European Storm-Petrel

Ringed Storm-Petrel

Least Storm-Petrel

Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel

Black Storm-Petrel

Tristram’s Storm-Petrel

Swinhoe’s Storm-Petrel

Ashy Storm-Petrel

Townsend’s Storm-Petrel

Ainley’s Storm-Petrel

Leach’s Storm-Petrel

“Chapman’s Storm-Petrel”

Stercorariidae

Parasitic Jaeger

Long-tailed Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Great Skua

South Polar Skua

Alcidae

Rhinoceros Auklet

Tufted Puffin

Atlantic Puffin

Horned Puffin

Cassin’s Auklet

Crested Auklet

Least Auklet

Whiskered Auklet

Parakeet Auklet

Long-billed Murrelet

Marbled Murrelet

Kittlitz’s Murrelet

Black Guillemot

Pigeon Guillemot

Thick-billed Murre

Common Murre

Dovekie

Razorbill

Great Auk †

Ancient Murrelet

Craveri’s Murrelet

Scripps’s Murrelet

Guadalupe Murrelet