Another day with north wind that shifted to the west midday! It seems we're in a bit of a weather pattern here now so diversity was again a bit low today with just one gadfly petrel, three shearwaters, one storm-petrel, and one tropical tern. We did see shorebirds out there again today with Sanderlings, Semipalmated Sandpipers, and Ruddy Turnstones. Plus we had some Great Blue Herons fly by while we were offshore. Of note are our Black-capped Petrels this spring. We have seen close to or upwards of 100 each day so far since we started this stretch on 16 May! This has been really excellent and for me sends all worries about seeing more seabird species out of my mind. These usually shy seabirds have been feeding readily in the slick near the boat and regularly vocalizing! Today was no different and it was truly a treat to see these gadfly petrels zipping around the slick out there 💙
Thanks so much to everyone who joined us and to Ed Corey & Steve Backus for helping Brian, Daniel & me lead the trip! - Kate Sutherland (photos today are by me)
Trip report can be found here: 24 May 2025
Black-capped Petrels (of course!!) - feeding on a squid Daniel threw out for them (fresh frozen, no additives)
Light form individual
Wilson's Storm-Petrels
We had some of the coastal Bottlenose - Tamanend's Bottlenose Dolphins - offshore a bit this afternoon
And had a couple Portuguese Man of Wars today - this one had been blown over!
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