Shearwaters crowd the air above local surf

Published 9:34 am Tuesday, September 12, 2017

By Staff reports

A gull caught a fish in the surf in the midst of the ongoing migration of sooty shearwaters.

PENINSULA — Throngs of sooty shearwaters are migrating up and down our coast on their way to their breeding grounds in the Southern Hemisphere.

Shearwaters feed mainly on fish and squid. A huge ball of fish that swam very near the shoreline captured the attention of the shearwaters and gulls pictured here.

Beachgoers can see the spectacular migration of these sooty shearwaters each evening as dusk approaches. Their numbers are beginning to peak now. Grab your camera and get on out to the beach.

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