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Short-tailed Albatross, Laysan Albatross, Black-footed Albatross, Murphy's Petrel, Mottled Petrel, Dark-rumped (Hawaiian) Petrel, Cooks Petrel, Bulwer's Petrel, Manx Shearwater, Short-tailed Shearwater, Cory's Shearwater, Flesh-footed Shearwater, Streaked Shearwater, Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Ringed Storm-Petrel, Tristram's Storm-Petrel, Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Red-billed Tropicbird, Red-tailed Tropicbird. Masked Booby, Blue-footed Booby, Red-footed Booby, Brown Booby, Parakeet Auklet, both subspecies of Xantus's Murrelet, Craveri's Murrelet. 

Seen in the 1990's: Stejneger's Petrel,  Wedge-tailed Shearwater (many experts are sure it was seen, but it was not accepted by the California Record's Committee), Thick-billed Murre, 

Pelagic trips are ventures into the great unknown.  The Pacific Ocean is a vast, virtually unexplored frontier, enormous beyond comprehension, replete with seldom seen and little understood birds.  On any given pelagic trip you could see everything or nothing... there is no way to tell until you are out there.   No sightings of any species can be guaranteed. 

Many birds are seen only briefly or at a distance, and are missed by some participants or even trip leaders (it pays off stay on deck, pay attention, stay alert, participate and call out birds). As Dave Povey says, "Seabirding is addictive because it's like prospecting for gold - you never know when you'll strike it rich."

The secret to finding rarities  (like Laysan Albatross, Red-billed Tropicbird, Cook's Petrel, Flesh-footed Shearwater) and mega-rarities (Short-tailed Albatross, Hawaiian (Dark-rumped Petrel, Murphy's Petrel, Mottled Petrel, Bulwer's Petrel, Red-tailed Tropicbird) is to be out there, in deep water life-zones, with knowledgeable leaders who know where and when to look, following temperature and current breaks, chumming, watching, waiting....