"The experience was absolute bedlam,"
"This is a bird that is critically endangered, it's glamourous, it's big, it's beautiful, and it has never appeared in the United States of America,"
"We could tell it was something special, even from a long distance, because nothing around here is that large,"
"Everybody was cheering and jumping up and down on the boat."
Birdwatchers on a seabird tour off Sonoma and Marin counties spotted a waved albatross on Sunday, marking the first recorded sighting north of Costa Rica and the first in U.S. waters. The bird displayed a bold white head, long yellow bill and a wingspan nearing eight feet. Observers were on the 65-foot New Sea Angler traveling from Bodega Canyon toward Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary when the bird appeared behind the boat. Trip leader Peter Colasanti and local naturalist Lisa Hug confirmed the rarity and observers described intense excitement at the sighting.
Read at The Mercury News
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