Ship assist. We sailed from Avalon last night arriving in San Diego at around 6am. Found on deck early morning by crew on the ship. Found between the ship (Silver Wind) and the dock, hiding below a net and around the dolphin, seen from gangway. Ship is leaving around ~1800, so might flush nearby or stay in the area?

Added 10/17: This bird was not known to be moved by a person. Bird was found on deck in the morning by a crew member, who showed me a photo of it and did not move it. There is a policy ship-wide that the crew is not to handle birds, but tell the natural history staff (where I'm working). The murrelet was no longer deck when I saw the crew member. It was located in the water, where I first saw it. Previous birds found on deck have not been moved by the crew, and this bird was not moved by the natural history staff. This bird was not known to be moved by a person, if it was it would be against policy and precedent. That is all the information I have to work with.

Murrelet. Black upperparts, black around eye with white on margins, white underparts, white underwing. Originally mis-IDed as Scripp's, corrected by Paul Lehman.