#59 Mark Carwardine Watching whales in Baja California

Mark Carwardine is a conservationist, broadcaster and wildlife photographer. He is also a whale expert and leads wildlife tours around the world. I was recently on one of those tours, in Baja California. I spoke with Mark about the wildlife we saw and his conservation work. Mark’s website can be found at https://www.markcarwardine.com/   Whales and Dolphins seen on the whale-watching tour (in order seen): Common Dolphin Gray Whale Fin Whale Pacific White-Sided Dolphin Bottlenose Dolphin Blue Whale Humpback Whale Sperm Whale Peruvian Beaked Whale Dwarf Sperm Whale     Birds seen on the whale-watching tour (in order seen): 1. BROWN PELICAN 2. WESTERN GULL 3. SNOWY EGRET 4. GREAT BLUE HERON 5. GREAT EGRET 6. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON 7. DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT 8. BLACK OYSTERCATCHER 9. BLACK-VENTED SHEARWATER 10. PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER 11. BRANDT'S CORMORANT 12. SONG SPARROW 13. LINCOLN'S SPARROW 14. SWAINSON'S THRUSH 15. OSPREY 16. RAVEN 17. HEERMANN'S GULL 18. COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD 19. SURF SCOTER 20. TURKEY VULTURE 21. CASPIAN TERN 22. ROYAL TERN 23. REDDISH EGRET 24. POMARINE SKUA 25. WHITE IBIS 26. LONG-BILLED CURLEW 27. SANDERLING 28. RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD 29. MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD 30. BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY 31. BROWN BOOBY 32. XANTUS'S MURRELET 33. MASKED BOOBY 34. WHITE-THROATED SWIFT 35. YELLOW-FOOTED GULL 36. NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD 37. EARED GREBE 38. VERDIN 39. ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER 40. GILA WOODPECKER 41. LADDERBACKED WOODPECKER 42. WHITE-WINGED DOVE 43. NORTHERN CARDINAL 44. BLACK-THROATED SPARROW 45. HOUSE FINCH 46. CACTUS WREN 47. BLACK STORM PETREL 48. ELEGANT TERN 49. PELAGIC CORMORANT 50. HOUSE SPARROW     The Casual Birder Podcast Don't miss an episode - subscribe to the show (Subscribing is free) Follow me on - Twitter: https://twitter.com/CasualBirderPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/casualbirderpodcast/ or join the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/CasualBirderPodcast/   Thanks to: Randy Braun for designing the artwork for the show. The Drones for letting me use 'Short Sleeved Shirt' as my theme music. Check out their website at www.dronesmusic.net