It was a nice day out there today with not too much wind...so birds were sitting around and it was challenging to recruit them to the chum! But overall we had most of the species we hoped to see and had good views of them. Arctic Terns were a highlight with eight seen over the course of the day, some first summer birds and some adults! We also counted at least 32 Portuguese Man of Wars today and had our first Pilot Whales of the season.
The eBird trip report can be found here: 29 May 2025
Thank you to Andrew Thornton for helping Brian, Daniel and me lead the trip! And thanks to everyone who joined us out there! All photos today © Kate Sutherland
A couple of images of one of our Arctic Terns in the slick just after going down for some chum!
Light form Black-capped Petrel that we found on the water
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater in the slick
And we must include a Wilson's Storm-Petrel!!
One of the Scalloped / Carolina Hammerhead sharks we saw in the afternoon
And of course a couple of the many Portuguese Man of Wars we saw today!
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