Details for Record 77926

Page: Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)

Date: 7/1/2011 2011/07/01

County: Monterey County

State: California

Country: United States

A terribly distant photo of a spectacular bird - my first Black-footed Albatross, soaring through the fog in Monterey Bay, California (7/1/2011). Thankfully the looks were a lot better than this photo suggests! Conditions were pretty challenging for the first half of the trip.