On 7 July 1980, while conducting a marine mammal survey for National Marine Fisheries Service, we discovered a Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella) 9 miles ESE of Cedros Island (27°59’N, 115°00’W), 300 miles south of the United States—Mexico border. In the flat calm water in the lee of Cedros we were able to study it for 10 minutes during midday from a distance of 75 m using mounted 25×150 mm spotting binoculars.