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  1. Andrew Whitehouse

    Ferries evidently make for good birding.

    In the tropics, the ferries across the Gulf of Nicoya in Costa Rica are quite decent. I've seen Black and Least Storm-petrels and Blue-footed Booby from one. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L2319183
  2. Andrew Whitehouse

    Ferries evidently make for good birding.

    There was someone from ORCA on my ferry and I was told that's the norm during the summer. It doesn't sound as though these would be too different to that.
  3. Andrew Whitehouse

    Ferries evidently make for good birding.

    A lot of the journey through Biscay during daylight went over the abyssal plain, which was more-or-less devoid of birds and cetaceans. That's a deficiency with ferries - you're beholden to their routes and schedules.
  4. Andrew Whitehouse

    Ferries evidently make for good birding.

    There are some good ferry routes for birding and cetaceans in Japan e.g. the ferries to Hokkaido and the very long ferry to Ogasawara. You can find some details on my trip report from last summer: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/birding-japanese-japan-in-summer-june-july-2023.441974/ I'm just...
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