Mark Carwardine is a conservationist, broadcaster and wildlife photographer. He is also a whale expert and leads wildlife tours around the world. I was recently on one of those tours, in Baja California. I spoke with Mark about the wildlife we saw and his conservation work.

Mark’s website can be found at

https://www.markcarwardine.com/

 

Whales and Dolphins seen on the whale-watching tour (in order seen):

Common Dolphin

Gray Whale

Fin Whale

Pacific White-Sided Dolphin

Bottlenose Dolphin

Blue Whale

Humpback Whale

Sperm Whale

Peruvian Beaked Whale

Dwarf Sperm Whale

 

 

Birds seen on the whale-watching tour (in order seen):

1. BROWN PELICAN

2. WESTERN GULL

3. SNOWY EGRET

4. GREAT BLUE HERON

5. GREAT EGRET

6. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON

7. DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT

8. BLACK OYSTERCATCHER

9. BLACK-VENTED SHEARWATER

10. PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER

11. BRANDT'S CORMORANT

12. SONG SPARROW

13. LINCOLN'S SPARROW

14. SWAINSON'S THRUSH

15. OSPREY

16. RAVEN

17. HEERMANN'S GULL

18. COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD

19. SURF SCOTER

20. TURKEY VULTURE

21. CASPIAN TERN

22. ROYAL TERN

23. REDDISH EGRET

24. POMARINE SKUA

25. WHITE IBIS

26. LONG-BILLED CURLEW

27. SANDERLING

28. RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD

29. MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD

30. BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY

31. BROWN BOOBY

32. XANTUS'S MURRELET

33. MASKED BOOBY

34. WHITE-THROATED SWIFT

35. YELLOW-FOOTED GULL

36. NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD

37. EARED GREBE

38. VERDIN

39. ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER

40. GILA WOODPECKER

41. LADDERBACKED WOODPECKER

42. WHITE-WINGED DOVE

43. NORTHERN CARDINAL

44. BLACK-THROATED SPARROW

45. HOUSE FINCH

46. CACTUS WREN

47. BLACK STORM PETREL

48. ELEGANT TERN

49. PELAGIC CORMORANT

50. HOUSE SPARROW

 

 

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