tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83816651239367205162024-03-13T16:39:19.560-04:00SeabirdingOffering pelagic trips from Hatteras, North Carolina USA to explore our near shore, dynamic ecosystem formed by the combination of the Continental Shelf edge & the Gulf Stream current...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger380125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-53235597436887132462024-02-29T15:57:00.008-05:002024-03-02T14:58:15.248-05:00Feb. 24 and 26: Two Trips in Three Days! by Brian Patteson<p> The weather is always a challenge for us in February, which is why we set up each trip with a backup day for weather, but for three out of four recently scheduled trips that was not enough! We missed two in a row, and then it looked like we would miss another this week, so I scrambled and put another trip on for Monday, which turned out to be a nice day offshore. On Saturday, we ended up going out east of the inlet, and we had really good birding in the cold water on the shelf, but not so much out around the shelf break. On Monday, it was more of the reverse. Once we got more than ten miles out, it was pretty dull for the next 20 miles, but there was a lot of life out in the deeper water near "The Point". We found most of that action near a sharp temperature break on Monday. There was no such condition east of the inlet on Saturday. The water was warmer, but not as warm as it was Monday (70 degrees Fahrenheit), and there was no current edge. </p><p>Alcids continue to be the dominant attraction for us this month. Oregon Inlet is definitely a more consistent locale than Hatteras for seeing good numbers of the common species and so far this winter we have seen at least four species on each trip. Razorbills are usually the most numerous, but this year Dovekies have made a strong showing too. There were still a few puffins around, but not nearly as many as the week before. Common Murres might also be thinning out, but we had double digits each day. We did not find any Thick-billed Murres the last couple of trips.</p><p>On Monday we had our best numbers of Red Phalaropes so far this winter, which is not surprising as they do favor a sharp temperature break, and it was quite pronounced that day. Manx Shearwaters continue to be scarce- we only saw them on Saturday, and they were way inshore. It's always a treat to see Black-capped Petrel on a winter trip and we had good looks at one and more distant looks at a few more on Monday. There was hardly any wind, but the swell was pushed up by the Gulf Stream and the Black-caps were sailing around effortlessly on that. Little Gulls have been tough for us this year, but we did get onto one inshore and a couple offshore on Monday. The big surprise though, and the rarest find for us, was a first winter Black-headed Gull that Danny spotted on Monday. It was over 30 miles offshore and just inshore of the Gulf Stream change where there were many Bonaparte's Gulls feeding. </p><p>On Saturday there was not much to report for cetaceans, but on Monday we had a good variety. We had both coastal and offshore Bottlenose Dolphins in small numbers, but we had an epic showing of Common Dolphins, with at least 500 seen! We also saw at least five Humpback Whales, and had distant views of a pod of Cuvier's Beaked Whales.</p><p>I would like to thanks everyone who joined the trips, especially those who were able to make it out here for Monday on relatively short notice. As usual our crew, this time Daniel Irons and Ed Corey, were ever attentive and made sure we didn't miss anything out there, and still managed to get some nice images of what we saw. The bird lists follow the photos below.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj91mIoH4a90GKBQcfVyKE_tkxyKXYhYH1LlY0jO7IhZUK3uspz3dMBuGAgazZ3X4OFwXoQzpZ9U746KTKKBnOTd_hy0j2LuuBxmv8jN6HFkGs0B5040RdeR7YlfbqD_2YEhoKsOPxyVj0OyzbWx3OjJsNKHKYK7AZuND_8qIRaAfL0-CepzzTu6UH8Mc/s2000/REPH.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="2000" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj91mIoH4a90GKBQcfVyKE_tkxyKXYhYH1LlY0jO7IhZUK3uspz3dMBuGAgazZ3X4OFwXoQzpZ9U746KTKKBnOTd_hy0j2LuuBxmv8jN6HFkGs0B5040RdeR7YlfbqD_2YEhoKsOPxyVj0OyzbWx3OjJsNKHKYK7AZuND_8qIRaAfL0-CepzzTu6UH8Mc/s320/REPH.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Red Phalaropes by Ed Corey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Brian Pattesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08145365567696412066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-1209181637299708302024-02-23T17:34:00.002-05:002024-02-23T17:43:02.312-05:00Feb. 18, 2024; Alcids Aplenty by Brian Patteson<p>After a day of strong winds from the north on Saturday, I had high hopes for getting out on both Sunday and Monday, but it wasn't to be. Sunday was nice enough though, and we had good conditions for seeing alcids with slight seas and cloudy skies. Razorbills were not as abundant as they sometimes are, but we still saw over 200 by 0830. By 0930, we were about 24 nautical miles offshore and seeing plenty of Dovekies, as well as our first Atlantic Puffins. About 30 miles out, we had a close flyby Thick-billed Murre on the bow: our third for the season. I thought it would be a good idea to try to find some warmer water, so we kept charging offshore, arriving at "The Point" around 1100. The Point is a heavily visited area where there is a deep submarine canyon and typically good tuna fishing. We found several boats fishing there and catching both Bluefin and Yellowfin Tuna. The water was warmer, but only reached the low to mid 60s. The 70 degree Gulf Stream water was farther offshore and out of range on this day. Nevertheless, we did find a few hundred Bonaparte's Gulls near the temperature break, and also several Red Phalaropes and one adult Little Gull, which was not close or easy to see. There were also quite a few Humpback Whales. These have been scarce inshore this winter, and perhaps they have been out here for a while. The water depth was in excess of 600 fathoms where we were seeing them, but there was a lot of bait out there. The inshore tack was the best for puffins, and Danny counted 61 in half an hour during the best of it. There was also a first winter Little Gull, but it kept its distance too. 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Red Phalarope 25</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Atlantic Puffin 146</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Razorbill 276</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dovekie 390</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Common Murre 6</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thick-billed Murre 1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Little Gull 2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bonaparte's Gull 515</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Herring Gull 142</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ring-billed Gull 3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Great Black-backed Gull 33</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Brian Pattesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08145365567696412066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-76122551204192435812024-02-19T07:46:00.000-05:002024-02-19T07:46:44.938-05:00February 15, 2024 Alcids Continue to Dominate by Brian Patteson<p> Our second trip of the year was a mid week departure, and we chose to push back a day for weather. It was still a bit choppy on Thursday morning, but easy enough crossing the bar on an ebb tide, and then we headed to the south for a while for the best ride. It's always a bit tougher seeing alcids in a sea, but we had some great looks as Razorbills and Common Murres inshore. From there we eased offshore a few miles and started seeing Dovekies. Puffins were fairly scarce until we got over 30 miles out. We found the best numbers near the edge of the Gulf Stream, which was about 38 miles southeast of the inlet. We also found a few Red Phalaropes out there along with many Bonaparte's Gulls. Big gulls and gannets came to the chum, but not much else. We had a quick look at a pair of Manx Shearwaters. We came back a bit north of where we went out and that stretch was not very productive compared to the waters near Wimble Shoals. I feel like everything is farther south this year, but we haven't been out of Hatteras yet, so I don't know how much so. It's definitely a different situation from last year, when we had lots of alcids out on Platt Shoals and beyond to the east of Oregon Inlet. It will be interesting to see how things change over the next couple of weeks.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-B-HETIYw3Ji6lq7d_BepOsAIto9stEJbK40iIvWMnwVyC9s6IK8Szfn469_7nqz4J3Ax7fB58Al1nlh5Y5qrZFkK5CyFBmHPvm5pt8UO-0ylidTzObBC0LLgb7rrgCVhGD4jSwSyMGLMr3YuH3bcGK4oZitsziqkDfvhUAiJ3dYnvX2NsYAlAYdw0M/s1500/Danny_DSC0876.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-B-HETIYw3Ji6lq7d_BepOsAIto9stEJbK40iIvWMnwVyC9s6IK8Szfn469_7nqz4J3Ax7fB58Al1nlh5Y5qrZFkK5CyFBmHPvm5pt8UO-0ylidTzObBC0LLgb7rrgCVhGD4jSwSyMGLMr3YuH3bcGK4oZitsziqkDfvhUAiJ3dYnvX2NsYAlAYdw0M/s320/Danny_DSC0876.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Razorbill by Daniel Irons</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">Northern Gannet- 120</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also saw 3 Common Dolphins, 2 offshore Bottlenose Dolphins, 3 Atlantic Spotted Dolphins, one unidentified large whale, 5 Ocean Sunfish, and several Hammerhead Sharks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to all who came out to make the trip possible, and also to our spotters Daniel Irons and Jesse Anderson.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Capt. Brian Pattesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08145365567696412066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-35873183948104481652024-02-12T16:45:00.000-05:002024-02-12T16:45:15.236-05:00Report from Alcid Alley, NC Feb. 10, 2024 by Brian Patteson<p> We started our winter season a couple of weeks late this year, due to other commitments I had, so this was our first scheduled trip of the year. I took the boat up to the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center again this year because it is so close to the ocean and we are guaranteed to start in cold water, which is what we want for winter trips. Sometimes in Hatteras that means we have to run up past Diamond Shoals, so I decided I'd rather drive my truck an extra hour each way instead of the boat. Conditions at this famously sketchy inlet have also much improved, now that it gets dredged on an almost daily basis, and the new "100 year" bridge has multiple wide spans for easy navigation. We ran all of our winter trips up here last year, and we've found it to be very reliable for puffins and Common Murres, which were usually hit or miss from Hatteras. Hatteras actually has cold water at the moment, but as long as the swell isn't too big, we'll probably go from the Fishing Center. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGH1s0o6vON_-RK2u0_fVfbSmMUOzh0eXT0YaddCg4MSVGBGz_rOdLWlbchjwpK-gd-LqwZLn6QQz1QCioKrovUdbtFXbHK375z1wco1j6if50EKlL99hjmx1_hfmRI-56bCoozHAXQvB6mGVTlPj_AwIzpIRWnWsdu31DwzMAf6J0KC7jifrgv0TaX0/s4032/image_50417921.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGH1s0o6vON_-RK2u0_fVfbSmMUOzh0eXT0YaddCg4MSVGBGz_rOdLWlbchjwpK-gd-LqwZLn6QQz1QCioKrovUdbtFXbHK375z1wco1j6if50EKlL99hjmx1_hfmRI-56bCoozHAXQvB6mGVTlPj_AwIzpIRWnWsdu31DwzMAf6J0KC7jifrgv0TaX0/s320/image_50417921.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Approaching Oregon Inlet</p><p>Weather conditions were most favorable for our trip here on Saturday, with slight seas and light winds from the southwest. I pointed the Stormy Petrel II southward toward Wimble Shoals and it didn't take long to find a fair number of Razorbills. We also had five Common Murres during the first hour. It took a while longer to find some Dovekies, but we were seeing them in numbers within a couple of hours of crossing the bar. Most of the alcids we saw were a bit jumpy, but we still managed some good looks and a few photo ops. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7nvpM3clp6HYtuUe4SpZbSbQoWcv5RCDvetkiVHPW89fd6UhShE_NzbU7mRhLt3hfERA0DMICahJR43EJeewdL2eAjKEH31rP6HOSoCOeFVdQvojS70U-qwsaejcAv6stmHhNFcAysyqAgLuq62p7JFnP4Gjw9B5OpZc1pOX72cBb07PwF1CRqk8lJU/s2445/COMU_DSC_9462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1630" data-original-width="2445" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7nvpM3clp6HYtuUe4SpZbSbQoWcv5RCDvetkiVHPW89fd6UhShE_NzbU7mRhLt3hfERA0DMICahJR43EJeewdL2eAjKEH31rP6HOSoCOeFVdQvojS70U-qwsaejcAv6stmHhNFcAysyqAgLuq62p7JFnP4Gjw9B5OpZc1pOX72cBb07PwF1CRqk8lJU/s320/COMU_DSC_9462.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Common Murre by Brian Patteson</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0F8WROr0VJrGhT9AC5aok1FcXJZ82_YQBnJOzUehClyhikkktZJl1HPxsO8foXLf1Ub82igGnGXg2ly3L8-4le__y6Rb769UgArI9BmnQUTRBlTfg-OwsC2ShPiDi0OiFm_oXrAnzGPA_554LIzv-bImaJ7ruAjBVwmVLrBZzJo_SeWWWbgpseL_kCQ/s1792/DOVE_DSC_9476.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="1792" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0F8WROr0VJrGhT9AC5aok1FcXJZ82_YQBnJOzUehClyhikkktZJl1HPxsO8foXLf1Ub82igGnGXg2ly3L8-4le__y6Rb769UgArI9BmnQUTRBlTfg-OwsC2ShPiDi0OiFm_oXrAnzGPA_554LIzv-bImaJ7ruAjBVwmVLrBZzJo_SeWWWbgpseL_kCQ/s320/DOVE_DSC_9476.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Dovekie by Brian Patteson</p><p>It was not exactly clear where we would find some warmer water, but it seemed like a good plan to go looking and I kept pushing offshore to the southeast. After marking 100 feet on the depth sounder we started to see a few puffins. Like the Dovekies, the puffins were pretty cautious around the gulls we had following us, but there were decent numbers of them and with some persistence, we got good views. We found the Gulf Stream about 34 nautical miles from the sea buoy in less than 30 fathoms. The sea surface temperature there reached about 70 Fahrenheit, which was over 20 degrees warmer than the adjacent water. There was a scattering of Dovekies and puffins there and a small number of Bonaparte's Gulls, the latter of which can sometimes be quite numerous at the temperature break some days. We had good looks at a pair of Red Phalaropes, but couldn't find any more despite spending nearly an hour along the change. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvve0oY8amRDdAfPv0W2K39_R8iwCrj_BaAfP-2xkrwfL7uK88aGcDqiMR2qahusu9aOgb3WCAUR5cnVBnR8erOYkY0gqFjjqEe_IEO-4nQ1GDXGoNWT5pW8xVB2AYp-yhmn1ylKUvyHDVdhgtY0fPqT8rja_mgRMmezdC9IStDwd4uR0b2JSqIh9okGA/s2500/_DSC0525.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvve0oY8amRDdAfPv0W2K39_R8iwCrj_BaAfP-2xkrwfL7uK88aGcDqiMR2qahusu9aOgb3WCAUR5cnVBnR8erOYkY0gqFjjqEe_IEO-4nQ1GDXGoNWT5pW8xVB2AYp-yhmn1ylKUvyHDVdhgtY0fPqT8rja_mgRMmezdC9IStDwd4uR0b2JSqIh9okGA/s320/_DSC0525.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Atlantic Puffin by Daniel Irons</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGo4TuvIDCR8jHqlN_Q60X3jOvVgMLg09nt4TOKNBgt4l74LVfmml5eRVpaLT1_a1jRuNi8XfK6Vzm4GPYlp-x8o7AzhO3FZkxinChj3zdwvEuCUDNaTHt6e7ZxCIay-DagozuuHtdlTlTzgxaOPrD2ezAzuGY2k_MpIpKemucrATtapNrckzJIY3d0zI/s2500/_DSC0522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGo4TuvIDCR8jHqlN_Q60X3jOvVgMLg09nt4TOKNBgt4l74LVfmml5eRVpaLT1_a1jRuNi8XfK6Vzm4GPYlp-x8o7AzhO3FZkxinChj3zdwvEuCUDNaTHt6e7ZxCIay-DagozuuHtdlTlTzgxaOPrD2ezAzuGY2k_MpIpKemucrATtapNrckzJIY3d0zI/s320/_DSC0522.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Thick-billed Murre by Daniel Irons</p><p>Just inshore of the change, there were good numbers of puffins, and we had a Thick-billed Murre fly closely across the bow. A few minutes later, we had another Thick-billed Murre on the water. Our inshore tack took us in father north of where we had spent the morning, and it was not as birdy, but we did tally a few more Dovekies, Razorbills, and Common Murres. Numbers of gulls and gannets were fairly low, but our chumming did keep a small flock in tow. The much hoped for skua was a no show. But five species of alcids was good enough to make this day better than average and we didn't get too cold or wet either. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLkSoRwxdsQ-Le5TrTXqFIqpwPkXNxj8C8SS5x1gu4AWFcFkDeQPPUhjysnI143DyEVsWRC-ltGuvbqqIJB692eLVrXIooGHF-X_pItSDpF7ICKNG0MXKGNvwPwb1QYHbUq1ehbcKTJspDsR1xIE7KuCaI7LtKMKa0hR71T_qsmE6IjcxR4gwFwdaxHk/s2500/_DSC0396.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLkSoRwxdsQ-Le5TrTXqFIqpwPkXNxj8C8SS5x1gu4AWFcFkDeQPPUhjysnI143DyEVsWRC-ltGuvbqqIJB692eLVrXIooGHF-X_pItSDpF7ICKNG0MXKGNvwPwb1QYHbUq1ehbcKTJspDsR1xIE7KuCaI7LtKMKa0hR71T_qsmE6IjcxR4gwFwdaxHk/s320/_DSC0396.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Northern Gannet by Daniel Irons</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEO7vWNCPLgpvB1OLnRslF_UDnQuLjfxlvwVBXRpZsNxqcYViAQDSPTGy6f3bD9Vffg1ZxGVyV_8o29Ez_rOQL_UGfDfZLpBLnIb8HXPTYCjiugVaWT7gdbS32207URGsZutj33ycod2iajEo0K4S5iKH8JaKsyrUKmKIx5g3hsFYgsW8tPZf8IaxGaM/s2500/_DSC0661.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEO7vWNCPLgpvB1OLnRslF_UDnQuLjfxlvwVBXRpZsNxqcYViAQDSPTGy6f3bD9Vffg1ZxGVyV_8o29Ez_rOQL_UGfDfZLpBLnIb8HXPTYCjiugVaWT7gdbS32207URGsZutj33ycod2iajEo0K4S5iKH8JaKsyrUKmKIx5g3hsFYgsW8tPZf8IaxGaM/s320/_DSC0661.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Lesser Black-backed Gull by Daniel Irons</p><p>Thanks to everyone who drove out to the Outer Banks to make this trip happen and of course our crew: Daniel Irons and guest leader Jacob Farmer.</p><p>Bird List for Feb. 10, 2024</p><p>Black Scoter 2, Red-breasted Merganser 3, Horned Grebe 1, Red Phalarope 2, Atlantic Puffin 47, Razorbill 294, Dovekie 99, Thick-billed Murre 2, Common Murre 15, Bonaparte's Gull 102, Ring-billed Gull 3, Herring Gull 110, Great Black-backed Gull 25, Lesser Black-backed Gull 18, Forster's Tern 7, Red-throated Loon 158, Common Loon 7, Northern Gannet 85, Brown Pelican 1</p><p>We also saw a few coastal Bottlenose Dolphins, a couple of offshore Bottlenose Dolphins, and a few Hammerhead Sharks. </p><p>There are more photos in eBird. Check out the Oregon Inlet Winter Pelagic Hotspot for our latest sightings, as well as what we have seen on previous trips: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L10719823</p>Capt. Brian Pattesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08145365567696412066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-85864882297300798662023-10-17T11:47:00.006-04:002023-10-17T13:32:29.582-04:00The Gulf Stream's Inhabitants - 7 October 2023 by Kate Sutherland<div style="text-align: left;">The wind was blowing for a few days before our final scheduled trip of the year to the Gulf Stream, but by Saturday there was just a nice, long period (ten second) swell of about 6 to 7 feet from the east / southeast and wind about 15 miles per hour from the west /northwest. Skies were sunny and we were all quite content heading offshore on such a gorgeous morning! There were ducks moving by as we headed offshore, those we could get a good look at were Blue-winged Teal, but there were hundreds over the course of the day that slipped by just far enough to be noted only as duck sp. A couple of Red-necked Phalaropes flew by as we approached a temperature break and the first bit of Gulf Stream current. Just a few minutes later we crossed the shelf break and almost immediately we began to see Black-capped Petrels! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDNQircXHlEu_NuqpCaHXAG2UioeeIgN_E3wL8kSEmhcUq7WZKkg7qPIMs1T9E12I-2HWVp2lQxkR1d8RJI8FBqWgTv8MxsqnLgEZZhGy4924N_K0t4uZV3mtzbW7joKKH9Fy3Zm9WOlGk-VOleIse2o7-s_KJGg3vtz5l1_ipZonWcC4XLnVq2woHH-mG/s2880/231007_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_5688.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDNQircXHlEu_NuqpCaHXAG2UioeeIgN_E3wL8kSEmhcUq7WZKkg7qPIMs1T9E12I-2HWVp2lQxkR1d8RJI8FBqWgTv8MxsqnLgEZZhGy4924N_K0t4uZV3mtzbW7joKKH9Fy3Zm9WOlGk-VOleIse2o7-s_KJGg3vtz5l1_ipZonWcC4XLnVq2woHH-mG/s320/231007_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_5688.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKB0CekQMkoS90dTtqhCEVuPVjBeVWefPUuBCalwERz3w-lsJcAjDamDE9-A4BRaPVbXavMbF-ToGsU3JVNOzP0XYAD0KAgU7Bn2CTWsdllu7t4Co6SyoBbDzgHghBb8EbBu-EL0MWQmNKyZs4zAtmU7bM-f24GRp_r_jRPghuDGWwehsAdg6REdCWs3e/s2880/231007_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_5747.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKB0CekQMkoS90dTtqhCEVuPVjBeVWefPUuBCalwERz3w-lsJcAjDamDE9-A4BRaPVbXavMbF-ToGsU3JVNOzP0XYAD0KAgU7Bn2CTWsdllu7t4Co6SyoBbDzgHghBb8EbBu-EL0MWQmNKyZs4zAtmU7bM-f24GRp_r_jRPghuDGWwehsAdg6REdCWs3e/s320/231007_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_5747.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This time of year these attractive Gulf Stream inhabitants have finished molting and look incredible in their fresh feathers! We saw both light and dark form individuals over the course of the day and our count of almost 100 is conservative since they were on the horizon for most of the morning. We also were very happy to find some Audubon's Shearwaters just over the break, they were a challenge this summer to find! Little did we know that morning that they would be the most numerous species of the day... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CP4L_SxiXSavQcRst-ZrIoj7kBcnfxN-FoQ4ZBmJ88joSNqcKwYJQHjYYsPPCQBAGhPIeBj4QPpNsv40it69Hgi62_7GCxVt9mVcOFDtTHOlRvOB1vy6Lj8kAKVziwhnZour5ZuYjL5rUFnrOvoKog3LDZs2jufEb562Cy8ReR2O8nA_dUjkvqLQ7REf/s2880/231007_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_6747.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CP4L_SxiXSavQcRst-ZrIoj7kBcnfxN-FoQ4ZBmJ88joSNqcKwYJQHjYYsPPCQBAGhPIeBj4QPpNsv40it69Hgi62_7GCxVt9mVcOFDtTHOlRvOB1vy6Lj8kAKVziwhnZour5ZuYjL5rUFnrOvoKog3LDZs2jufEb562Cy8ReR2O8nA_dUjkvqLQ7REf/s320/231007_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_6747.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A couple of Great Shearwaters passed by, giving us good views and nice comparisons with the larger Atlantic Cory's we had been seeing. And our slick finally enticed a few Wilson's Storm-Petrels to join us giving everyone a chance to study these small, Antarctic nesting world travelers. Some even showed off the yellow webbing between their toes!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCcx5KEHqaGjalVdd2zhDeFHatrPRmaCWb0aA1uXrJs2E_8VgplmZxeYsr0nF_BYnnFB-Crws8W3fHe84Q8TyFikD5gUxpICjg0hjOYFhJrmUxAl6XjTALqmHQlROHbSzt8Ix8_4oLKNdqz6vIDrrWaLV8eURGy-RzshplCcepVs1NDIb7xjIILmklzAZ/s2880/231007_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_5841.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCcx5KEHqaGjalVdd2zhDeFHatrPRmaCWb0aA1uXrJs2E_8VgplmZxeYsr0nF_BYnnFB-Crws8W3fHe84Q8TyFikD5gUxpICjg0hjOYFhJrmUxAl6XjTALqmHQlROHbSzt8Ix8_4oLKNdqz6vIDrrWaLV8eURGy-RzshplCcepVs1NDIb7xjIILmklzAZ/s320/231007_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_5841.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The 1100 period found us heading to a shearwater flock with a couple of Sooty Terns up high, one adult with its attendant juvenile! This is a great species to find here in October since most have moved on to the south already. This flock had mostly Audubon's Shearwaters and Atlantic Cory's with a few Black-capped Petrels and a handful of Great Shearwaters. The next period brought us a flock with over 150 Audubon's! It was incredible to look around and see them everywhere low over the water! As Brian mentioned if you were just a short distance away you could easily miss how many were around, and this in an absence of southerly wind preceding our trip. The wind had been from the north for days, so it is likely these birds were coming down from some time spent in the Gulf Stream offshore of the mid-Atlantic and New England, they were probably repositioning back south. It was really incredible to see them in their own little "beehives," zipping around one another and calling. A couple of times we saw them gathered around what looked to be moon jellyfish (<i>Aurelia aurita</i>) diving underneath and around them, presumably consuming small fishes and other prey items associated with these floating creatures. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vLbD5EcP6YB_x9v5Y4yoF4NXCr_B70CARac1KP464D9pqlSBTQf762Xs-OmAhtm9fq7Xih3VBtpvDNBo0wrZCLI1S7OZJN9ibSdIAv6crcft96IBTrOm7JO5vj78p3CxG9-0ZASjEN0eU7YQTwj4W1sb8u0W352tZ1p88LgtzZ-DUTMIRWcStoMxB0jK/s2880/231007_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_6561.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vLbD5EcP6YB_x9v5Y4yoF4NXCr_B70CARac1KP464D9pqlSBTQf762Xs-OmAhtm9fq7Xih3VBtpvDNBo0wrZCLI1S7OZJN9ibSdIAv6crcft96IBTrOm7JO5vj78p3CxG9-0ZASjEN0eU7YQTwj4W1sb8u0W352tZ1p88LgtzZ-DUTMIRWcStoMxB0jK/s320/231007_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_6561.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgus96tBo1MI_MPleAlv7jDB0TKsuI69ltf1ubO4OIfLbJ41sS4L_floskK9va6quZXRVweOrKxmBNjffzvr6VB7Wnix2-qqsn1-RRLmKfAvNuGUv9k3cML7Cx-0Qv38nU3oKdF_Il1rbyHK-8ImAICjhIZfcm9NsZbXdyiSbD6r0aw2yynzCvbirz2etnk/s2880/231007_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_6564.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgus96tBo1MI_MPleAlv7jDB0TKsuI69ltf1ubO4OIfLbJ41sS4L_floskK9va6quZXRVweOrKxmBNjffzvr6VB7Wnix2-qqsn1-RRLmKfAvNuGUv9k3cML7Cx-0Qv38nU3oKdF_Il1rbyHK-8ImAICjhIZfcm9NsZbXdyiSbD6r0aw2yynzCvbirz2etnk/s320/231007_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_6564.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>So while we did see other species out there, the highlight of this trip were those species who can be found utilizing the Gulf Stream year round. We had at least a couple of Scopoli's that were photographed, but not seen well, and a distant Pomarine Jaeger out in the deep...plus a couple of young Laughing Gulls who were very happy to find the pieces of fish we dispensed!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks so much to everyone who joined us out there - we had a great group of participants - and a huge thank you to Sarah Toner and Larry Chen who drove down to help Brian and me lead the trip! All photos today are taken by me.</div><div style="text-align: left;">~Kate Sutherland</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Species List 7 October 2023</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Black-capped Petrel - 96 to 106</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Atlantic Cory's Shearwater - 20</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Scopoli's Shearwater - 2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Cory's / Scopoli's - 121</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Great Shearwater - 12</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Audubon's Shearwater - 384 to 394</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Manx / Audubon's - 1 (not seen well enough to tell, nearshore)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 10 to 12</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Red-necked Phalarope - 2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Pomarine Jaeger - 1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sooty Tern - 2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Common Tern - 2 nearshore</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Royal Tern - 4 nearshore</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Laughing Gull - 9 (2 juveniles offshore)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Herring Gull - 2 nearshore</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Great Black-backed Gull - 3 nearshore</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Blue-winged Teal - 53 (15 offshore)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">duck species - 285 to 305</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">passerine sp - 1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A few more Black-capped Petrels</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I just spent a few days at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences looking at all 168 skins they have in the collection - it is incredible the variation in the facial patterns and the under tail! So exciting to have such great views of these birds out there - our Gulf Stream species were out in force 💙<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZT7HHFqxe5AmBhcIcf4gk75dyyMpEp_x_f5PhEJ7Teqq9e9qEe1yYSoNv2I5fxBlgD46FY9L2CnY4fdC5cIGLxsgfoKLshnziZ86g4sIKHJ1nrN1uwb5_W__i0McVrqMZ13UC4xLerEJpcKZ_CijVAt3Qegv1jdLcIzLBg5AOdBT7jB5Rx2PaCsYCvPc/s2880/231007_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_6029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZT7HHFqxe5AmBhcIcf4gk75dyyMpEp_x_f5PhEJ7Teqq9e9qEe1yYSoNv2I5fxBlgD46FY9L2CnY4fdC5cIGLxsgfoKLshnziZ86g4sIKHJ1nrN1uwb5_W__i0McVrqMZ13UC4xLerEJpcKZ_CijVAt3Qegv1jdLcIzLBg5AOdBT7jB5Rx2PaCsYCvPc/s320/231007_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_6029.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoJF17NZA3MSQtkzfJktG_evRHaLfvcpW-3mZgWk7jxjhx3IUEu8hCiAWJw532LhDCWi2JPBPSl9_njP6COPgdm_VQxWVzmjTciLC0x-u9WmcE04_OJ-spbLvW7pQhzEj1oXa4bu9iHdoWjiyIaorP2Amesx-3cDAv7CUddqYPhJkcSRnJTxn3ctdhgtL/s2880/231007_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_6191.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Our offshore flock of Blue-winged Teal 🙂<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuZz_dPwVT_jx_NLlAvzaoLWB8lETi0vyHQv2zm4RrJOAihBEzJp2SElkfrYaa5eAFab1-Q7GOrDTEl7IFg_UV14KnNwIZuel5XqTEc0gq9M1z5gqBqrwN8TpzVz_VBMiPecra3kizktOSjtSNft-QgXqkWK9m4QY9UQtCcAPY5BEBUPWJkY1ZOUurXiH/s2880/231007_BluewingedTeal_K.Sutherland_5801.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuZz_dPwVT_jx_NLlAvzaoLWB8lETi0vyHQv2zm4RrJOAihBEzJp2SElkfrYaa5eAFab1-Q7GOrDTEl7IFg_UV14KnNwIZuel5XqTEc0gq9M1z5gqBqrwN8TpzVz_VBMiPecra3kizktOSjtSNft-QgXqkWK9m4QY9UQtCcAPY5BEBUPWJkY1ZOUurXiH/s320/231007_BluewingedTeal_K.Sutherland_5801.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-20791676236113522452023-09-18T20:59:00.005-04:002023-09-19T20:22:27.254-04:00Seabirds of September - 17 Sept 2023 by Kate Sutherland<div style="text-align: left;">Hurricane Lee's passage far to the east of us caused us to push this trip back to the weather date far in advance of running giving everyone ample time to be ready for their offshore adventure! As it turned out we didn't have much to worry about in terms of ocean overwash on NC Highway 12 and the seas were calm with a long period swell from the east on Sunday morning, so we headed offshore in comfort under sunny skies! It was nice to find some birds on the shelf after a westerly blow the evening before - Common and Black Terns were around a few miles from the inlet then we started to see some flocks of shearwaters and Sooty Terns as we got into the warmer water a little over an hour out! It was great to see some <i>Sargassum </i>there and also to find some Audubon's Shearwaters which had been tough to find on our trips up the beach. We also had a nice, young Pomarine Jaeger there chasing shearwaters (Kate Sutherland).<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4bBmqAMPqOfMS8rVjQPRgJPnlJnSE03fS8jMF-weD9NBhjIfR4sEd7_cWJyEL1pE91lZoymG6AyCiHbHJAwP0WZvseW1T6Gc_4BvYE_IZIyv7O8SUzDTNOqrLuZN2Rt49-ose4KRSx6hIYUSJodv7kpXXyrJMKZf4laBuzfWYDVRDmg7Kw7XJcOZhjBR/s2880/230917_PomarineJaeger_K.Sutherland_3467.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4bBmqAMPqOfMS8rVjQPRgJPnlJnSE03fS8jMF-weD9NBhjIfR4sEd7_cWJyEL1pE91lZoymG6AyCiHbHJAwP0WZvseW1T6Gc_4BvYE_IZIyv7O8SUzDTNOqrLuZN2Rt49-ose4KRSx6hIYUSJodv7kpXXyrJMKZf4laBuzfWYDVRDmg7Kw7XJcOZhjBR/s320/230917_PomarineJaeger_K.Sutherland_3467.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>We crossed the shelf break and the shearwater action continued with nice views and comparisons of Cory's, Scopoli's, and Greats to get our participants up to speed on their identification! Audubon's were cooperative as well and these small black and white shearwaters were easy to pick out alongside their larger companions (Kate Sutherland).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijPkRhkNDYl5L0O6jo1N3vR9aWVGO8VSv7c4PjGJKd7EHW7ZBVjv0Cp01I34aQonxmBiqAddfNlXI2sO0s2OZbki-v4Y3gruex90HHFaClnaVwdcHXaGNZt4nFsrufg_xugSfRI10BuJsoL9Oh_oW6uhlTVU1DBB1sUAf3h247zJgFrqzpKPOgOCOUEk4/s2880/230917_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_3619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijPkRhkNDYl5L0O6jo1N3vR9aWVGO8VSv7c4PjGJKd7EHW7ZBVjv0Cp01I34aQonxmBiqAddfNlXI2sO0s2OZbki-v4Y3gruex90HHFaClnaVwdcHXaGNZt4nFsrufg_xugSfRI10BuJsoL9Oh_oW6uhlTVU1DBB1sUAf3h247zJgFrqzpKPOgOCOUEk4/s320/230917_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_3619.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Less than an hour past the shelf break we were looking at multiple jaegers (Long-tailed and Pomarine) plus had both Sooty and Bridled Terns flying by...but we hadn't yet found Black-capped Petrels so we kept working offshore with the chum. Wilson's Storm-Petrels began to follow in the slick (Kate Sutherland) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVexic9_6S3NtJ8E38Y3o6zjvoXDsGQwmQf4yzzAZ5sCn5wEgy1kFukZT-sgyvpmN6V3exwJ90IQiwiDcLdFeM6sEWjv6pVXupF8k7eqdVXUUU5_eGH7mA0wjj3AoNdu4uZzu7MWLnWuYOqF1FF0YLR8Oi_lZO45bZncUYCEAjcwxoyfwuCZ93CF62FqQ/s2880/230917_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_4160.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVexic9_6S3NtJ8E38Y3o6zjvoXDsGQwmQf4yzzAZ5sCn5wEgy1kFukZT-sgyvpmN6V3exwJ90IQiwiDcLdFeM6sEWjv6pVXupF8k7eqdVXUUU5_eGH7mA0wjj3AoNdu4uZzu7MWLnWuYOqF1FF0YLR8Oi_lZO45bZncUYCEAjcwxoyfwuCZ93CF62FqQ/s320/230917_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_4160.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and a couple of distant Black-cappeds were seen. They didn't seem interested in the chum, however. We continued to make our way offshore checking shearwater flocks as we found them for something different, and just before 11:00 Daniel Irons spotted a larger black and white shearwater sitting in a flock that looked to have a short tail! Sure enough as Brian positioned the boat to get a better look it flushed and we had a Manx flying right at us! Excellent views were had as it zipped across the bow and away. Just thirty minutes later we began seeing Black-cappeds on the water. As many of you know if you have been offshore with us, they are quite a wary bunch and it can be difficult to sneak up on them when they're on the water. However, we had some luck and when the first couple of flocks flushed they flew right to us! (Kate Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-Y9JIRGyzc-td9EwoFt_8CkvCGNCk2-jQz7plDbgwIhGr_kDRAPH1dxSn3rzGqRpXXGWqjSb4A_tTFvTNnOQyiNJwwezR0HS0S64gb97T6OKmqwL2AlF24h1EQja0Q0WLnICej6npPWhRRY5hgMsqBEGzTWRK9Q4uoKYUJZCRq_ylX89pcyZD1pKb-oh/s2880/230917_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_4040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-Y9JIRGyzc-td9EwoFt_8CkvCGNCk2-jQz7plDbgwIhGr_kDRAPH1dxSn3rzGqRpXXGWqjSb4A_tTFvTNnOQyiNJwwezR0HS0S64gb97T6OKmqwL2AlF24h1EQja0Q0WLnICej6npPWhRRY5hgMsqBEGzTWRK9Q4uoKYUJZCRq_ylX89pcyZD1pKb-oh/s320/230917_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_4040.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>As we approached the shelf break in the afternoon the wind was picking up and while usually that would mean more birds flying around and in the slick, we didn't have that luck today and things began to calm down a bit. About thirty minutes after crossing onto the shelf we found a beautiful color change with a three or four degree Fahrenheit change from the warmer, bluer water of the Gulf Stream to the cooler, greener water inshore (Kate Sutherland)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ39Oer5ndV8OWCU6Al6GcDCUq4j_l4BQhJq63qqNoTvLkL_vtqVMakVD4bSDrMgbKrooQkyiPyET--eCawP8jMrGmF79VpyF2JDiv6ySUz5oaHe0nJDiYIwfFexLQRc999zRs916qWtqvJ2g3Xqv3Q0MFjlZFhzHgPCl9LV0QgTaCNdj0QfPp3xX54V6E/s2880/230917_ColorChange_K.Sutherland_4446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ39Oer5ndV8OWCU6Al6GcDCUq4j_l4BQhJq63qqNoTvLkL_vtqVMakVD4bSDrMgbKrooQkyiPyET--eCawP8jMrGmF79VpyF2JDiv6ySUz5oaHe0nJDiYIwfFexLQRc999zRs916qWtqvJ2g3Xqv3Q0MFjlZFhzHgPCl9LV0QgTaCNdj0QfPp3xX54V6E/s320/230917_ColorChange_K.Sutherland_4446.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>As we headed to Hatteras Inlet in the now greenish water we switched back over to Common and Black Terns feeding in small flocks. Right around 15:30 we found a nice flock feeding just ahead of the boat and Brian Patteson spotted a Sabine's Gull feeding with them!! What an incredible ending to this amazing day!! This strikingly patterned juvenile, oblivious to our paparazzi attention, flew right around the boat swooping down to the water to feed with the terns on small bait fish being pushed to the surface by some albacore. (Kate Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvglTbZ4WIY0wkWPF0cvSKrTCC7fEGYRVcikPQjIL5DiInlOek2xi0nL-FG31npTDhVfjmCOPxrut-KR921nxxL5DcivUDYxjQ3DG4KzUcyZRBVgrOXajSdTB7UCo65aNnkzeHcin-ivxRa7eG6626btXCXmI7Gqv0qE0mPEnHZBsVOJs2oF-LQ6LhdJc/s2880/230917_Sabine'sGull_K.Sutherland_4673.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvglTbZ4WIY0wkWPF0cvSKrTCC7fEGYRVcikPQjIL5DiInlOek2xi0nL-FG31npTDhVfjmCOPxrut-KR921nxxL5DcivUDYxjQ3DG4KzUcyZRBVgrOXajSdTB7UCo65aNnkzeHcin-ivxRa7eG6626btXCXmI7Gqv0qE0mPEnHZBsVOJs2oF-LQ6LhdJc/s320/230917_Sabine'sGull_K.Sutherland_4673.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Those who were on deck watching attentively also got to see some Parasitic Jaegers chasing terns on the shelf in the afternoon! A perfectly incredible day with the seabirds of September out there! Thank you to everyone who joined us making this outing possible, and a huge thank you to our leaders Daniel Irons and Andrew Thornton, they certainly helped to get everyone on the birds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Species List 17 September 2023</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Black-capped Petrel - 33 to 36</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Atlantic Cory's Shearwater - 12</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Scopoli's Shearwater - 5</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cory's / Scopoli's - 1230 to 1330</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Great Shearwater - 210 to 215</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Manx Shearwater - 1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Audubon's Shearwater - 36 to 40</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 38 to 41</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pomarine Jaeger - 3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Parasitic Jaeger - 2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Long-tailed Jaeger - 1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pom / Parasitic - 1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sooty Tern - 28</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bridled Tern - 4</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sooty / Bridled Tern - 3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Black Tern - 97 to 103</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Common Tern - 131 to 136</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sabine's Gull - 1 juvenile</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">shorebird sp - 8</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Merlin - 1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin - 20 to 25</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few more images of the Sabine's Gull! What a beauty! You can see the forked tail in the last image:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_d-D2DyMQdmlZiKGjZ5KEgXth9QF5iEkx0ZSARewijGkgN2vGpZBvqpqA0bAImF7W1iZjj-ORJ5I8d0wtaCEcomS_bJzGgHGuzvT5gg5uJf6lZL5YbnLEfGzSMRSp12cL6korRQRaDYv64OTB-hNu_udzuPpksnO4fZifJAPIKXgIzSH87HkGjTBrQQJ/s2880/230917_Sabine'sGull_K.Sutherland_4695.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_d-D2DyMQdmlZiKGjZ5KEgXth9QF5iEkx0ZSARewijGkgN2vGpZBvqpqA0bAImF7W1iZjj-ORJ5I8d0wtaCEcomS_bJzGgHGuzvT5gg5uJf6lZL5YbnLEfGzSMRSp12cL6korRQRaDYv64OTB-hNu_udzuPpksnO4fZifJAPIKXgIzSH87HkGjTBrQQJ/s320/230917_Sabine'sGull_K.Sutherland_4695.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuNwp4vyAlPCx5554Rgham6YJzcs3H5QrtvugmmKEf-RRnKVdZ_59LutKHJQmJRILrqArY9uPNzFroBAFc-t2qv6oQkAvv6YEs_9yrhCIV-B9CDtxJyb1XYtFBYo8UMHF-4NLA1p-jCsCuvW9k2_ULP4CFETdjjaYWzKY9Ohf2A19jaEyXhI74cQHcB5JA/s2880/230917_Sabine'sGull_K.Sutherland_4768.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHXg0FBe-8DMuxz4YAyVGtDVCHZ3LT_kFT2AgiifRkH0WPZeB643sB7pCydCAbqTq-vYD_8lLPOvvoV36-jv2OWqrbx7_zFrAxQJFPD9qQsbMM9dEK9WtHhmhXBtSYTxF6zkrOtvOJa8D8i4b2Egf0Xo72NWXIJZzdhlNUvyLUG0cA_gBa4vTKcQPW1YV/s2880/230917_Sabine'sGull_K.Sutherland_4822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHXg0FBe-8DMuxz4YAyVGtDVCHZ3LT_kFT2AgiifRkH0WPZeB643sB7pCydCAbqTq-vYD_8lLPOvvoV36-jv2OWqrbx7_zFrAxQJFPD9qQsbMM9dEK9WtHhmhXBtSYTxF6zkrOtvOJa8D8i4b2Egf0Xo72NWXIJZzdhlNUvyLUG0cA_gBa4vTKcQPW1YV/s320/230917_Sabine'sGull_K.Sutherland_4822.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And a few more Black-capped Petrels, we saw both light and dark forms, so here is a light form top and a couple of darker individuals below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KzdeLtSV86pF25enimTeA1NjtEfGtCKmoJdpZ7pH3XpaIe9T5molxBh4bLIYVUfh-MInZZUOsRdLEJ_aveo1EZJHPWKvSyTTA9_Xg0jsjr4zGazjUVOw_qtEBzxQUNsCpdmrfzFttcmW_gnTf8vo8gHGKniH9UULn97olixJAIVditRQTsytJowv1hdw/s2880/230917_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_4257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KzdeLtSV86pF25enimTeA1NjtEfGtCKmoJdpZ7pH3XpaIe9T5molxBh4bLIYVUfh-MInZZUOsRdLEJ_aveo1EZJHPWKvSyTTA9_Xg0jsjr4zGazjUVOw_qtEBzxQUNsCpdmrfzFttcmW_gnTf8vo8gHGKniH9UULn97olixJAIVditRQTsytJowv1hdw/s320/230917_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_4257.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjbmkXY5HuD-iNCGkpOPYqgpc85KZOGSMgMGhZRklQKNOTkIZMUQo22pg4PVccnQRYeua63eFhzIr5wyVH-Nf0_N8dElGN6-_1Fh93zJr6mCUal0uHF1WgEZBEo3Dv5rppXHJXU38gxQwBUas4P3aX7mwHkQde7DQu2btX6-psTKFbshQ1aREldEq7MyD/s2880/230917_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_4204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjbmkXY5HuD-iNCGkpOPYqgpc85KZOGSMgMGhZRklQKNOTkIZMUQo22pg4PVccnQRYeua63eFhzIr5wyVH-Nf0_N8dElGN6-_1Fh93zJr6mCUal0uHF1WgEZBEo3Dv5rppXHJXU38gxQwBUas4P3aX7mwHkQde7DQu2btX6-psTKFbshQ1aREldEq7MyD/s320/230917_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_4204.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjujZzlqy7c-rH-qH_93FbaUy1-JXlkk5V-IN3Nfz4JK0j_kaaQFFB4CzRroD3odJRcKZJQl2pm9Nn5I0i3UHbCM-fZ8nu-bi7qU9K-qgu_s2MjqHm_JhuLwcHzz9CCFPPjJOhw2wsQD3MLLnlR4QuYwoGNTM364Ke3418QRpiokD4NF83Q7O1AIl3JvUIA/s2880/230917_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_4229.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjujZzlqy7c-rH-qH_93FbaUy1-JXlkk5V-IN3Nfz4JK0j_kaaQFFB4CzRroD3odJRcKZJQl2pm9Nn5I0i3UHbCM-fZ8nu-bi7qU9K-qgu_s2MjqHm_JhuLwcHzz9CCFPPjJOhw2wsQD3MLLnlR4QuYwoGNTM364Ke3418QRpiokD4NF83Q7O1AIl3JvUIA/s320/230917_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_4229.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The shearwater flocks were spectacular and we had mostly Cory's types wheeling on the horizon almost all day while we were in the deep! Here are a few captures of the feeding Cory's, Scopoli's, and Greats:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMP9zBqCoBhAAzQRDJiXvJUKJYsc1taQuxMCwseGhuRVH_sgKFHtuAM64mxtUIJ96WlgTXs9nudQCBSw93D59lDuJyTLmUmcjXzSRUHiNTKVMQiPM_IZPQ_NL7bjmU1HilBrSMdQjoeVsrZ6I25_2vOaeTJ_d2xN1m3OJS5P2Vy-G1DT2tXjUaWPGgXOk/s2880/230917_Great_Cory's_K.Sutherland_3766.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMP9zBqCoBhAAzQRDJiXvJUKJYsc1taQuxMCwseGhuRVH_sgKFHtuAM64mxtUIJ96WlgTXs9nudQCBSw93D59lDuJyTLmUmcjXzSRUHiNTKVMQiPM_IZPQ_NL7bjmU1HilBrSMdQjoeVsrZ6I25_2vOaeTJ_d2xN1m3OJS5P2Vy-G1DT2tXjUaWPGgXOk/s320/230917_Great_Cory's_K.Sutherland_3766.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9M6CsIXO1QcPSbnyXskwNiPHl_A0yEItpqyMungnQOV998I97tVkKaIuUSMk_BcGOXaccyS1ml3cW8fwX3aSMOH3T-wHyL8AlP3rrGiCy0QlgVkKwRsFKHmW2X-YnHf-Upox49wJ8kBFJXf55WQTiMbFxRXd5nQccEfskN_63BEGKNZtH2UXQlYmSP8HU/s2880/230917_Shearwaters_K.Sutherland_3821.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpCsK1YSKcZFUw2IEMePGP9WSvs606EWab06uwFQMgzYP4WVXWaUhfW9ofYcEfM_i3XkurPj4ntt2PFt_E7W5mf2d2ZGehoMmHa3GCYVk7U7AxvT-QuZG9AfmvTCpIoVg81_JmxtVUt7FtbOfrrF-liBAZtwGIKhbT9oI_9swIjq6w2UuzDSJ1OfvCkv3/s2880/230917_Shearwaters_K.Sutherland_3877.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpCsK1YSKcZFUw2IEMePGP9WSvs606EWab06uwFQMgzYP4WVXWaUhfW9ofYcEfM_i3XkurPj4ntt2PFt_E7W5mf2d2ZGehoMmHa3GCYVk7U7AxvT-QuZG9AfmvTCpIoVg81_JmxtVUt7FtbOfrrF-liBAZtwGIKhbT9oI_9swIjq6w2UuzDSJ1OfvCkv3/s320/230917_Shearwaters_K.Sutherland_3877.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had both Cory's (top) and Scopoli's (bottom) over the course of the day, though there were so many shearwaters I just checked photos for those I could identify using the underwing instead of trying to check them all in the field as we can sometimes do!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We saw so many and I was super excited to see some with black pectoral fins (or "wings") and pale pelvic and caudal fins (perhaps in the genus <i>Cheilopogon </i>or <i>Hirundichthys</i>). Usually the "blackwinged" flyingfish we see show dark pelvic fins and sometimes a yellow lower fork to the caudal fin. Our trips from Oregon Inlet found a lot of dark finned fliers but maybe there are just some around this year, who knows? Here are some of those and a few of our usual suspects - the clearwings (perhaps in the genus <i>Cypselurus </i>or <i>Hirundichthys</i>) and some Sailfin Flyingfish (<i>Parexocoetus hillianus</i>) </div><div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hQKgVxWjlzahrtsCZrwFzt_3ptarCmqUXkzHlYYZsuoHh--Pej3a-vaKVLMHokbOMqCPVLRITmOZoTv3Vgk-3WPosSiikn21WE5EeLs6MSXpkhKRA55qL-SuMMiJyKAxXywvwVTjWCf7GG5G_Dbpluza8UV83kSRrjGst0IkDhFP9dtbMoPXpz4d-Tuv/s2880/230917_BlackwingFlyingfish_K.Sutherland_3717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hQKgVxWjlzahrtsCZrwFzt_3ptarCmqUXkzHlYYZsuoHh--Pej3a-vaKVLMHokbOMqCPVLRITmOZoTv3Vgk-3WPosSiikn21WE5EeLs6MSXpkhKRA55qL-SuMMiJyKAxXywvwVTjWCf7GG5G_Dbpluza8UV83kSRrjGst0IkDhFP9dtbMoPXpz4d-Tuv/s320/230917_BlackwingFlyingfish_K.Sutherland_3717.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Our winter trips regularly leave from Wanchese and head out of Oregon Inlet now with Hatteras Inlet as our secondary departure location, or weather port. As I mentioned in a <a href="http://seabirding.blogspot.com/2023/07/oregon-inlet-departures-summer-2023.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> the water to the north can be quite different to what we have offshore from Hatteras in August! Our planned "blitz" was to run from 22 August daily through the 31st - ten trips. We already knew looking at the long range forecast that it might not happen, but we were determined to do what we could. </div><div style="text-align: left;">The first trip on the 22nd confirmed that we made the right decision with birds on the shelf, including a super cooperative group of Red-necked Phalaropes (Kate Sutherland), <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDPjar55p-5R2psm59l3Y1zuj7yLiD8JlfyzZJ9moEAOQpXcXRBT8cxqzIPBJVsJNUQF8dOpUoXXo4txYVyhHRtAVgU9YCAaJfS-Kr5IZ_3O_V84924O9JvVtLnFsTj5GRCQKkK33ztJEPufgacrDysYSwHfCxGHmOpTRulx7lMYIIMwkHCJRGe8Mskcn/s2880/230822_Red-neckedPhalaropes_K.Sutherland_1232.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDPjar55p-5R2psm59l3Y1zuj7yLiD8JlfyzZJ9moEAOQpXcXRBT8cxqzIPBJVsJNUQF8dOpUoXXo4txYVyhHRtAVgU9YCAaJfS-Kr5IZ_3O_V84924O9JvVtLnFsTj5GRCQKkK33ztJEPufgacrDysYSwHfCxGHmOpTRulx7lMYIIMwkHCJRGe8Mskcn/s320/230822_Red-neckedPhalaropes_K.Sutherland_1232.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Cory's, Scopoli's, and Great Shearwaters plus some Black Terns and Wilson's Storm-Petrels! This shelf life continued for most of the trips we had. There is so much more flexibility up here at this time of year with cooler water typically inshore and the hot fast water offshore - we found nice temperature breaks on most of the trips we ran. Some days we had very swift current offshore and other days not too much. So we ran the first trip on the 22nd and had to cancel the trip on the 23rd due to forecasted high winds...but then we were able to get back out there on the 24th daily through the 28th! Thanks to Hurricane Franklin's swell and then Tropical Storm Idalia's forecasted path we ended up canceling the last three trips. But six out of ten? We'll take it! So much happened on these trips it is hard to even think of how to summarize them, but hopefully some highlights will do. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Interestingly we had Fea's type Petrels on the first and last trips (photo from first trip, Kate Sutherland). <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Aq3gw1OETXXLTSEzVKt0xB18dSxNwJeygrii0OuN1nYYz42cIsros6hqGhTcL1XD7vmAnX8KcUCCYNhveINn-iVYfyGwTbnjsKlC2ajIzELyK9EpvIcTb-c7tMjnBJvIWT7Wc_9PDdNaxsZai7H7RiTSlnGP3wQc75-Jjgx6pcsC9yh71XNBgMVCDdQI/s2880/230822_Fea'sPetrel_K.Sutherland_1696.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Aq3gw1OETXXLTSEzVKt0xB18dSxNwJeygrii0OuN1nYYz42cIsros6hqGhTcL1XD7vmAnX8KcUCCYNhveINn-iVYfyGwTbnjsKlC2ajIzELyK9EpvIcTb-c7tMjnBJvIWT7Wc_9PDdNaxsZai7H7RiTSlnGP3wQc75-Jjgx6pcsC9yh71XNBgMVCDdQI/s320/230822_Fea'sPetrel_K.Sutherland_1696.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>These birds are actually part of the Fea's Petrel complex which includes the Deserta's Petrel and Cape Verde Petrel - cryptic species that can be impossible to differentiate at sea unless you have some clues like molt or bill size. Our birds were not molting and that would fit with adult Deserta's Petrels which molt between December and May, adult Cape Verde Petrels should be showing wing molt now. But throw younger birds into the mix and it makes the waters a little muddier. So two Fea's Petrels, likely Deserta's Petrels, we will leave it at that! The individual on the 22nd came in well while the one on the 28th was spotted with a flock of Black-capped Petrels and then took off. It did make a closer approach than it had been originally, so that was good, and everyone was able to have a nice view of this <i>Pterodroma</i> petrel - the "winged runner!"</div><div style="text-align: left;">Three of our trips found Trindade Petrels. These birds have been around this year and when they're around we tend to see them! I myself had seen at least a couple at work searching for beaked whales this summer (last summer I saw more Fea's type petrels). So I was really hoping it would be a good run for them up there! And was it ever!! On the 24th, our first day back after missing a day, we tallied SIX of these attractive gadfly petrels 😮. Typically we see dark morph Trindade Petrels but we found three light morphs on that day (second of the three pictured here, Kate Sutherland), <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwj9hAk9X8jGntt3PgpuJzc9NeUl6sSyrpx2yo7LuRIQpZWtgg3ptpmlfrVM_sgCDm61lTB4Cla659LQWxbnErQMsqHc0E_3eaZ1FwqQaSCLvhdfvo8XtE_y5uZZ23Q3b-ijtflYBTZmppNJI1oOD_t3kF1gbQpjSignRTJmG-bq_3SClPShFtb3pxFHe/s2880/230824_TrindadePetrel%234_K.Sutherland_2483.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwj9hAk9X8jGntt3PgpuJzc9NeUl6sSyrpx2yo7LuRIQpZWtgg3ptpmlfrVM_sgCDm61lTB4Cla659LQWxbnErQMsqHc0E_3eaZ1FwqQaSCLvhdfvo8XtE_y5uZZ23Q3b-ijtflYBTZmppNJI1oOD_t3kF1gbQpjSignRTJmG-bq_3SClPShFtb3pxFHe/s320/230824_TrindadePetrel%234_K.Sutherland_2483.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>truly a memorable trip! The following day we had a dark morph fly right to the boat on the shelf, just before we reached the break and before we had even dispensed any chum (Chris Sloan)!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlL2VdDm6L4zABQVRKk0AeR7nlakr_AILKXrFDDVXdXzY0oX4S8wbvkzqrf-2K081oJzFJXkfbvNngtO7xclvrzeWrDd8JQc94IcIo76PjkewD6BM63AvQp-skXtH94NOsPd-n4b4ziZTGJXLi5zZ1WsakXH0kqrwAY780wwCtKi9kWC182a2pHaBgtLR/s2048/Trindade%20Petrel%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-25-2023).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlL2VdDm6L4zABQVRKk0AeR7nlakr_AILKXrFDDVXdXzY0oX4S8wbvkzqrf-2K081oJzFJXkfbvNngtO7xclvrzeWrDd8JQc94IcIo76PjkewD6BM63AvQp-skXtH94NOsPd-n4b4ziZTGJXLi5zZ1WsakXH0kqrwAY780wwCtKi9kWC182a2pHaBgtLR/s320/Trindade%20Petrel%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-25-2023).jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This was definitely a good year for these gorgeous gadflies.</div><div style="text-align: left;">On the 27th we had an incredible showing of shearwaters, a day without much Gulf Stream current running offshore. This variability in the Gulf Stream can really influence what we see offshore, and we had a couple of days when the current was slack that were quite productive out there. Shearwater flocks were easy to find with Sooty Terns circling high above them, in fact we tallied almost 100 of these dark backed terns over the course of the day on the 27th. This is the time of year that juveniles are here with their parents, and there is nothing quite like scanning a shearwater flock while hearing them calling overhead! (Adult and juvenile by Kate Sutherland) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7TXAaMbwj3yd_0esnMIs0trsFssNJQejBTEtVP1tdXqIbNk9GsWfAmNyRvkG-AMn6ap1t4lfQs_nJyxBHXz9PEbXHOoApCDhj0VqkW8yVglwM9dGy2RtgD6qiRPQLqvUgh9RCECQ1bxd2JE0F2qlX59kOMPlgLghSKpdq8s-AxgJPqy2cg8NToX1Wpgk/s2880/230827_SootyTern_K.Sutherland_5358.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7TXAaMbwj3yd_0esnMIs0trsFssNJQejBTEtVP1tdXqIbNk9GsWfAmNyRvkG-AMn6ap1t4lfQs_nJyxBHXz9PEbXHOoApCDhj0VqkW8yVglwM9dGy2RtgD6qiRPQLqvUgh9RCECQ1bxd2JE0F2qlX59kOMPlgLghSKpdq8s-AxgJPqy2cg8NToX1Wpgk/s320/230827_SootyTern_K.Sutherland_5358.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2xAHBeuPmVLcf2dyP1g1c5jUkVyB1bD-z71aHn4eD24WSSfvVXabQDephTdtyZKIi170sKkYCzgavNMTFoMgdTeLIDmBDmIYpybFgiR4alyd3dkSVpZRA9UJA-HCWF2owtBguLBXvte5aHYpkrHkGvQ88YxeiRTfgFxYNGoxYrkUrLxb2vvcfY3jZr38/s2880/230827_SootyTern_K.Sutherland_4266.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2xAHBeuPmVLcf2dyP1g1c5jUkVyB1bD-z71aHn4eD24WSSfvVXabQDephTdtyZKIi170sKkYCzgavNMTFoMgdTeLIDmBDmIYpybFgiR4alyd3dkSVpZRA9UJA-HCWF2owtBguLBXvte5aHYpkrHkGvQ88YxeiRTfgFxYNGoxYrkUrLxb2vvcfY3jZr38/s320/230827_SootyTern_K.Sutherland_4266.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>We also had a few of Bridled Terns over the set and all but one trip found at least one attractive juvenile (Kate Sutherland) with a parent. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGoOX2PEJ7y2MHF1SYY0nMglY0SwXDB43E43DfP4eetrbi6uT14AJVOKd5CRV8Z7l3P2VQXSMtDdLiU_ZSSfiraf5zAj5PhtadVvKgC8Yo5YzYX4_g1WoJ-rrjyjuU14wysl9n7wre27NnOX7pExTyzFj3vxiJjS68MWkTB8UXj2AI8--krCNpp9SNbtb/s2880/230827_BridledTern_K.Sutherland_5022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGoOX2PEJ7y2MHF1SYY0nMglY0SwXDB43E43DfP4eetrbi6uT14AJVOKd5CRV8Z7l3P2VQXSMtDdLiU_ZSSfiraf5zAj5PhtadVvKgC8Yo5YzYX4_g1WoJ-rrjyjuU14wysl9n7wre27NnOX7pExTyzFj3vxiJjS68MWkTB8UXj2AI8--krCNpp9SNbtb/s320/230827_BridledTern_K.Sutherland_5022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Back to our first flock on the 27th, we had seen a skua on the shelf heading offshore, so we were hopeful we might find one out there...and luck was with us! We found not one but TWO South Polar Skuas with a feeding flock of mostly Cory's and Scopoli's Shearwaters just past the shelf break (Amanda Guercio). <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJwTzLOiQj0YsegcTuHVQhgCgvf8wlVpsFWrO002HjYKdwukQcINeJXV4SKNaf-zpMMIqe6M3eeN449wLL-kY5TGrZu_ASOUP1eXZg45WnDfR6fLF4lWYJ0i_SmiqcOgNTemP5GO4II690subLQUJO-EfdIN4GL3iQP3DQhNtU1lQbRbyxKzVZJSjh_S2/s3047/ACG_3804-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2031" data-original-width="3047" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJwTzLOiQj0YsegcTuHVQhgCgvf8wlVpsFWrO002HjYKdwukQcINeJXV4SKNaf-zpMMIqe6M3eeN449wLL-kY5TGrZu_ASOUP1eXZg45WnDfR6fLF4lWYJ0i_SmiqcOgNTemP5GO4II690subLQUJO-EfdIN4GL3iQP3DQhNtU1lQbRbyxKzVZJSjh_S2/s320/ACG_3804-1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>There was also an adult Masked Booby sitting with the flock! And the following day? We found just a couple hundred shearwaters and hardly any Sooty Terns - that is the difference a day (and the current) can make here and another reason why we encourage participants to take more than one trip to this dynamic place.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Black-capped Petrels gave us a nice show east of Oregon Inlet and we had strong numbers on each trip with just one trip on the 26th finding a low of 20 to 21 individuals (Amanda Guercio). <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7dttNR6lhFvh6CZeXk35WsxOMXjwY2Az3HB9OEV-E1Oy4-VW9EVGl_Ou-0nB52eaQazT7vyMKtiA-dioICh5fXnaz2Ql9mxaYMzOAvzI9T8CEXljl8Dd1A-1iBPvaCkJX4STWIL9yEsjV6UBSHycfVg6t80XVPOvTUHMY9pCAhSTSLku_bCPhAFnrS4v/s3859/6FA6236B-FCA7-47D8-9D70-009F50D53CB4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2573" data-original-width="3859" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7dttNR6lhFvh6CZeXk35WsxOMXjwY2Az3HB9OEV-E1Oy4-VW9EVGl_Ou-0nB52eaQazT7vyMKtiA-dioICh5fXnaz2Ql9mxaYMzOAvzI9T8CEXljl8Dd1A-1iBPvaCkJX4STWIL9yEsjV6UBSHycfVg6t80XVPOvTUHMY9pCAhSTSLku_bCPhAFnrS4v/s320/6FA6236B-FCA7-47D8-9D70-009F50D53CB4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Both light and dark forms were out there also which was pretty cool to see in the summertime. Storm-petrels were present in varying numbers and we were able to turn up Band-rumped Storm-Petrel on all but two trips which is pretty good for late August! Wilson's varied from 12 to almost 300 individuals over the six trip set, but we had them on every trip.</div><div style="text-align: left;">We also saw Pomarine, Parasitic, and Long-tailed Jaegers which was a treat and had ample time to study Cory's, Scopoli's and Great Shearwaters. Audubon's were a bit scarce, and though they were seen on every trip, it was a challenge to get good looks at these small black and white shearwaters. A couple that we saw close to the boat were busy eating and had Planehead Filefish in their bills - so cool to see! (Kate Sutherland) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeyDpBWsB4FnXRb9VE5wPGybvdB3UwnggBs99omKFcyOfFjYBAjOXYoGzAUMaZKQFLsMjDrRyKDM43uQMH4TgDmmtu8OxmTSRSI-sK8UGntW4IJagNGEUpqD3wgO8J4sJ-LP6UFw8IzYF6EI7-JC_hDQPLp5yTR4gd3JtTAAPeMnSexHuO-krtnUo22X2s/s2880/230822_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_1491.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeyDpBWsB4FnXRb9VE5wPGybvdB3UwnggBs99omKFcyOfFjYBAjOXYoGzAUMaZKQFLsMjDrRyKDM43uQMH4TgDmmtu8OxmTSRSI-sK8UGntW4IJagNGEUpqD3wgO8J4sJ-LP6UFw8IzYF6EI7-JC_hDQPLp5yTR4gd3JtTAAPeMnSexHuO-krtnUo22X2s/s320/230822_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_1491.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Audubon's are <i>Sargassum</i> specialists so we often find them associated with this floating, brown algae offshore which is home to a number of species that are food not only for them but also many different fishes living below the surface.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Non-avian species were quite obliging as well and we had some incredible encounters with the Goosebeak Whales (<i>Ziphius cavirostris</i>) who live offshore up here on three of the trips. Our Hatteras trips more regularly encounter the smaller Gervais' Beaked Whales (<i>Mesoplodon europaeus</i>), who are also deep divers, but little is known about them while the Goosebeaks, also known as Cuvier's Beaked Whales, are quite well studied in a number of places globally. My work in the summer months is focused on these deepest diving mammals east of Oregon Inlet and my coworker Danielle Waples at <a href="https://sites.nicholas.duke.edu/read/projects/" target="_blank">Duke Marine Lab</a> in Beaufort already matched one of the whales we saw with one photographed four years ago! (Kate Sutherland) Yes, this female swam right up to and under the <i>Stormy Petrel II</i>!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49LV8pHbCpKOE-6OBYk6STfVK5-cd9PEpon4PWz-j8rJf6MLKuQ8pTSi0vTGUSSLWYdBD5s8zMZhKZi2xa1JfyKna6gnPrPELu29TSLyyJcTC_99pnm5MHUO-f4Q8EdhJDeOyqul7w9H9rjquN6v6iSQqZ6ccX7MpR61pTMg7-MhOfR3JBjHTai_OyRm8/s2880/230827_Goosebeak_K.Sutherland_4742.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49LV8pHbCpKOE-6OBYk6STfVK5-cd9PEpon4PWz-j8rJf6MLKuQ8pTSi0vTGUSSLWYdBD5s8zMZhKZi2xa1JfyKna6gnPrPELu29TSLyyJcTC_99pnm5MHUO-f4Q8EdhJDeOyqul7w9H9rjquN6v6iSQqZ6ccX7MpR61pTMg7-MhOfR3JBjHTai_OyRm8/s320/230827_Goosebeak_K.Sutherland_4742.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstaaGMVLcGdHopUEf2zLtohbnmYjlAvJDjCNeHGoXHJnF2HvHRBlwmI2vWMV2XFJ5l58PKAKQjtjGv29KRLOiXuFZJ1LUR1xCfH9BfymxA_hrnSDdtXXRLBuVW9bT9gdqeKg4yzloRjM-DM8CWQixIHovpBPQLlKCeKeFC9vHeeO5M0fnuKF3bArvtJZb/s2880/230827_Goosebeak_K.Sutherland_4749.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstaaGMVLcGdHopUEf2zLtohbnmYjlAvJDjCNeHGoXHJnF2HvHRBlwmI2vWMV2XFJ5l58PKAKQjtjGv29KRLOiXuFZJ1LUR1xCfH9BfymxA_hrnSDdtXXRLBuVW9bT9gdqeKg4yzloRjM-DM8CWQixIHovpBPQLlKCeKeFC9vHeeO5M0fnuKF3bArvtJZb/s320/230827_Goosebeak_K.Sutherland_4749.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The catalog is extensive for the population up here so not only did we get to see some cool creatures, our photos and observations will contribute to sightings in this area. In addition we saw some Pilot Whales (presumably Short-finned), Atlantic Spotted and Bottlenose Dolphins (both coastal and offshore types). Leatherback Turtles were seen on all but one of the six trips, and we even saw a handful of Loggerhead Turtles.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I would be remiss if I didn't add a note about how nice it was to have Daniel Irons with us for all of these trips. He has been working on the <i>Stormy Petrel II</i> this summer and is a skilled fisherman, so each time we could hook a fish around a gorgeous piece of bamboo, float, or <i>Sargassum</i> he effortlessly caught as many as we wanted, teaching anyone willing how to bail Mahi mahi (aka Dolphin or Dolphinfish). On our August 24 trip a Sailfish came in to the "tropicbird teaser" (a squid chain we had out without a hook) and he was able to slip it a bait and hook it! (Kirk Zufelt) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOMYdlW9LOuuNqB90ZClHU5gD90uZoJRwenNueb1dBcgsstv5fSWJitbo3vpDRzKPim6_wQ387CJ8iqdXLslDbzFnhdH83qzku5olmJVyHFtX8FY3mk3DnY9CA4GxkK2IpCgoXUqFdAvuJDge-n_LRFFrCubQFDry_sgyY7vjMmsAnYZ5PI2fiP-dJZuV/s2880/SFHatteras23Aug-2-4065r-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2880" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOMYdlW9LOuuNqB90ZClHU5gD90uZoJRwenNueb1dBcgsstv5fSWJitbo3vpDRzKPim6_wQ387CJ8iqdXLslDbzFnhdH83qzku5olmJVyHFtX8FY3mk3DnY9CA4GxkK2IpCgoXUqFdAvuJDge-n_LRFFrCubQFDry_sgyY7vjMmsAnYZ5PI2fiP-dJZuV/s320/SFHatteras23Aug-2-4065r-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Once it got to the boat we released it as is the protocol here with billfish. But we did kill a few fish to take home and to share with our leaders and participants, the easiest and cleanest fishing ever in the history of our pelagic trips 💙</div><div style="text-align: left;">Overall a really great set that we hope to offer on an annual basis moving forward. Thank you so much to everyone who took a chance and trusted us that these would be worth joining, even without (gasp!!!) eBird lists to look over! And thank you to our tireless crew on the boat - Captain Brian Patteson and Daniel Irons - and our volunteer leaders - Chris Sloan, Lev Frid, Sage Church, Jeff Effinger, and Amanda Guercio - we couldn't have done it without you!! Thank you to Chris, Daniel, Amanda, and Kirk Zufelt also for sharing some of their images here.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Since it is a lot to type out and still make sense of I put the lists into a spreadsheet which can be viewed below.</div><div style="text-align: left;">~Kate Sutherland</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhY8KZJqiOCD8mX5HqTAXXUW8Ah1xoOlJJgM3ulakpwSjna8wP9CM7Irr9ju-z072ONnX8gujwHgAPs-e7Bcm8s8Pn4y6AkWHy6ga-pnocp5NMAGR9m7lvM176HubJQeyoaI_TJdNRNCwYlmUXL9VDTW3sSeuvF1iYqKem57YCggitOoKfrjfVSWUZrPsSS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="644" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhY8KZJqiOCD8mX5HqTAXXUW8Ah1xoOlJJgM3ulakpwSjna8wP9CM7Irr9ju-z072ONnX8gujwHgAPs-e7Bcm8s8Pn4y6AkWHy6ga-pnocp5NMAGR9m7lvM176HubJQeyoaI_TJdNRNCwYlmUXL9VDTW3sSeuvF1iYqKem57YCggitOoKfrjfVSWUZrPsSS=w486-h640" width="486" /></a></div><br />A couple more images of the Fea's Petrel from 22 August by Chris Sloan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFc9dgoo56q_Y-UQoYFXQxVtfeIXn2AI4ZEOhhkmcOFfn-Dja1fl7-hbgB8SsBvz_lOMdVp5dlC5wEXsXqK3XCueQ-kSOQhFZs6AETuafIA6o8d1JVmTg1yN9Wgj30Ya5M3R1lcyrUlsa0aCx3Lfk3Kh4ZoAZFXft1QG8bwePjWVws74vldR4DwbQCtqOF/s2048/Fea's%20Petrel%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-22-2023)-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFc9dgoo56q_Y-UQoYFXQxVtfeIXn2AI4ZEOhhkmcOFfn-Dja1fl7-hbgB8SsBvz_lOMdVp5dlC5wEXsXqK3XCueQ-kSOQhFZs6AETuafIA6o8d1JVmTg1yN9Wgj30Ya5M3R1lcyrUlsa0aCx3Lfk3Kh4ZoAZFXft1QG8bwePjWVws74vldR4DwbQCtqOF/s320/Fea's%20Petrel%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-22-2023)-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRmeMtdFo6kjaw1iIgVkaXOWcbAppdhFSLBqCk-m_RXv21qhZDa-ZM7Liqdwx2-MvJAwp_ztXN6N6ed_OLJ3X5Ec-4z2bOAndqXg2QgGdJ6ntrAQr6KLyIbpEyWK4DA7eWrZVF2SWDIKmOko6lJKn-SRzW2YvdHLKsMiQlHIaXLXH7EHtvcIaRcQUVNS7/s2048/Fea's%20Petrel%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-22-2023).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRmeMtdFo6kjaw1iIgVkaXOWcbAppdhFSLBqCk-m_RXv21qhZDa-ZM7Liqdwx2-MvJAwp_ztXN6N6ed_OLJ3X5Ec-4z2bOAndqXg2QgGdJ6ntrAQr6KLyIbpEyWK4DA7eWrZVF2SWDIKmOko6lJKn-SRzW2YvdHLKsMiQlHIaXLXH7EHtvcIaRcQUVNS7/s320/Fea's%20Petrel%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-22-2023).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>24 August we had up to six Trindade Petrels, three light morph and three dark morph. Bird #1 was a dark individual that came in well to the slick (top K. Sutherland, bottom C. Sloan):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUtHLjNAYqZKq41hI7corJU0e5_kvMMYeKlrUEPwPI1bNiMm-3L4niQT5F5WbGd9aGfbeEqJz0ynrd7_JIVRZJpdlK0V3avPXNDbxMiDerRn-1DmZ1J-8TxlfS_TNa7ShN6xVqlMSaAT1u6GQAVh8UicHYoj109VpZvlaTqJ5X_AKvmjv_D8mqtOWFgwK/s2880/230824_TrindadePetrel%231_K.Sutherland_2176.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUtHLjNAYqZKq41hI7corJU0e5_kvMMYeKlrUEPwPI1bNiMm-3L4niQT5F5WbGd9aGfbeEqJz0ynrd7_JIVRZJpdlK0V3avPXNDbxMiDerRn-1DmZ1J-8TxlfS_TNa7ShN6xVqlMSaAT1u6GQAVh8UicHYoj109VpZvlaTqJ5X_AKvmjv_D8mqtOWFgwK/s320/230824_TrindadePetrel%231_K.Sutherland_2176.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaItvqMI9ZZnmB3FWCmJH83iBmBm0Mu9Vx05-TWutp8h1dayHU7KarTWNbsI75AGDxMh-8-hkIK3MshQnAxhTtZgO64kaZLVFoMBq7Dxa2I8bLxbnBJxRz8o1OB8Cop5Y4ZZWr472gq0DfPd-3hs4iBcOpYZ7sSnMYyuuvk4KpjFiBEyWdclYi3LsmrYa/s2048/Trindade%20Petrel%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-24-2023).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2048" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaItvqMI9ZZnmB3FWCmJH83iBmBm0Mu9Vx05-TWutp8h1dayHU7KarTWNbsI75AGDxMh-8-hkIK3MshQnAxhTtZgO64kaZLVFoMBq7Dxa2I8bLxbnBJxRz8o1OB8Cop5Y4ZZWr472gq0DfPd-3hs4iBcOpYZ7sSnMYyuuvk4KpjFiBEyWdclYi3LsmrYa/s320/Trindade%20Petrel%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-24-2023).jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Bird #2 was a light morph that came in for a few circuits around the slick then peeled out. I only had some marginal shots since I was busy with the chum for this one (K. Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxNGQMIi9_LykTilIcH5qhpoMzYgWWpxBKMWYB-7zTZTyNjwa18o1BwjEXm681bkNgYfuNd14yLna_RKCgmg84KTUbN7euByf0SDJp94dUUlDmrd_lsQbcKK0P2XXStJIeQpn1xFtA-Cw6zg-Pbxv35QZ8XCjR3du4JX4qvnFDplx2S_em5MQ2FZaC-En/s2880/230824_TrindadePetrel%232_K.Sutherland_2264.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxNGQMIi9_LykTilIcH5qhpoMzYgWWpxBKMWYB-7zTZTyNjwa18o1BwjEXm681bkNgYfuNd14yLna_RKCgmg84KTUbN7euByf0SDJp94dUUlDmrd_lsQbcKK0P2XXStJIeQpn1xFtA-Cw6zg-Pbxv35QZ8XCjR3du4JX4qvnFDplx2S_em5MQ2FZaC-En/s320/230824_TrindadePetrel%232_K.Sutherland_2264.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Bird #3 was a more distant dark morph - photos looked like it was a different individual than #1 but it was not super close so it was tough to see some of the finer details (K. Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6rm5fgoV2Ic6mVBrGhivKwHlUDZ--JR-8lKvidUWuJ9rCfZ1D5p6lQpwyhmWfQogxdsAOobtFdY2zuR4MkuJsV0mSAir7fdGU4P8iQCA9UKnEwXAHs_BVVSC593FSMqLPcYnqm9OvBYGfTVwsWam2AMp-x44FK8_GlnaSJil2pybm8fXS9tpbKps6vj7/s2880/230824_TrindadePetrel%233_K.Sutherland_2345.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6rm5fgoV2Ic6mVBrGhivKwHlUDZ--JR-8lKvidUWuJ9rCfZ1D5p6lQpwyhmWfQogxdsAOobtFdY2zuR4MkuJsV0mSAir7fdGU4P8iQCA9UKnEwXAHs_BVVSC593FSMqLPcYnqm9OvBYGfTVwsWam2AMp-x44FK8_GlnaSJil2pybm8fXS9tpbKps6vj7/s320/230824_TrindadePetrel%233_K.Sutherland_2345.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Bird #4, another light morph, is pictured above in the text and showing primary molt. #5 is a bird that I didn't see, but was seen by a couple of our leaders - another dark morph in the slick with bird #5; this bird coming to the slick would have been different from #3 that flew away from us, due to the direction. Bird #6 was another light morph with a really cool facial pattern and obviously different from #4! Three images of this one (K. 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It was nice to find flocks sitting around on the water and our Fea's Petrel on the 28th flew in to sit on the water with a nice flock of Black-caps! We saw both light and dark forms in varying stages of molt as would be expected. </div><div>Light form individual above, dark ones below (K. 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What a treat to find this adult bird in with our shearwater flock. It was funny how difficult it was for people to see at first because we were just so overwhelmed with seabirds! (K. 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We had really incredible views of both Atlantic Cory's and Scopoli's Shearwaters on every trip and here you can see both in one frame, Atlantic Cory's front and Scopoli's back right! (K. Sutherland)</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHb3DGkPIdUIedItOWJUWCPNnPLL7Hkmd_uBsTTLPDz4X_Uyo-AMMoBVewo658zkLUnHNa3ZalAMTloPTuBx5sDpy6_WeU2pwBiKzlQvdV_sz_bjLbHS_OMCY4A0QqO5QowTsPMM4uB9nlDf-VQfZis3VL-I_4z7y4dP63II4KbrcczoHQqc-Ot_xEgINQ/s2880/230826_Cory'sandScopoli's_K.Sutherland_3726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHb3DGkPIdUIedItOWJUWCPNnPLL7Hkmd_uBsTTLPDz4X_Uyo-AMMoBVewo658zkLUnHNa3ZalAMTloPTuBx5sDpy6_WeU2pwBiKzlQvdV_sz_bjLbHS_OMCY4A0QqO5QowTsPMM4uB9nlDf-VQfZis3VL-I_4z7y4dP63II4KbrcczoHQqc-Ot_xEgINQ/s320/230826_Cory'sandScopoli's_K.Sutherland_3726.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Chris Sloan captured this awesome dive image of Cory's/Scopoli's<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYw4AV3gVPPvdRPN66SroEv39EJHRdWpFAqWqwaDzZyQQnYqkwHyPRRGAEDlFllHb25HpPk7xTfUMmVH7wivumHK5NlxcHKUM3rVwelRtxmCUtOQpfM-7AIWel8BQ_-NEkhOTa29saC7egdrEIJKqxii5EZt58uGC5nw-xP5LDhhcVLuYP3Zf5_edxji0L/s2048/Cory's%20Shearwater%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-26-2023).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYw4AV3gVPPvdRPN66SroEv39EJHRdWpFAqWqwaDzZyQQnYqkwHyPRRGAEDlFllHb25HpPk7xTfUMmVH7wivumHK5NlxcHKUM3rVwelRtxmCUtOQpfM-7AIWel8BQ_-NEkhOTa29saC7egdrEIJKqxii5EZt58uGC5nw-xP5LDhhcVLuYP3Zf5_edxji0L/s320/Cory's%20Shearwater%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-26-2023).jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And for those of you not up to speed on this identification Atlantic Cory's are large, hefty looking birds with large bills that do not have any white in their under primaries (while studies have shown some with a little white in those feathers, we typically will use none as our criteria unless a bird shows the larger structure of a Cory's!). Interestingly here offshore from North Carolina the Atlantic Cory's we see tend to be slighter than those seen offshore from New England! Perhaps different populations head to different areas along the East Coast. (K. 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At this time we use the amount of white in the underside of p10 to determine this species, but that is just because our knowledge is still sparse about the possible variation. It is likely there are Scopoli's we see with no white in their under primaries, they exist in the Mediterranean, but until we have more information for at sea separation, we will stick to these basic criteria. There are other hints for Scopoli's - bill is more slender and head more rounded, they have less dark markings in the underwing coverts, the upper tail can be lighter - maybe now that I am finished with university I can take the time to pour over thousands of images of these birds and figure it out! 🙂 (K. 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Everyone had a chance to at least get comfortable with the Cory's type / Great identification at sea. Greats are smaller than Atlantic Cory's but can be similar in size to or larger than Scopoli's. They are super attractive with a dark cap and dark bill plus some dark feathering in the underwing and a nice dark patch on the belly - all quite different from the Cory's types!<div>(K. Sutherland)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtoNByZv7nLOG8K9IgPmjc7lSBzvxKWvzy5KlLxaUasl8UHFlCyK-GZyuCEU16QaYQ1Ej2izwoz6l3xhosJl077nYDhyAAyzB_EB5K5Nl6V69XK83QKo-P5x9-rgDk6WyRHF1lltQi5j_bw89D_cAjyaA9PxrP22oKBDhJVj-tFlKdjlwmLKWzdQIzX1R/s2880/230824_GreatShearwater_K.Sutherland_1904.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtoNByZv7nLOG8K9IgPmjc7lSBzvxKWvzy5KlLxaUasl8UHFlCyK-GZyuCEU16QaYQ1Ej2izwoz6l3xhosJl077nYDhyAAyzB_EB5K5Nl6V69XK83QKo-P5x9-rgDk6WyRHF1lltQi5j_bw89D_cAjyaA9PxrP22oKBDhJVj-tFlKdjlwmLKWzdQIzX1R/s320/230824_GreatShearwater_K.Sutherland_1904.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxST4jLJ-PoxhrYj2p3p5gPEhvQmTFw0rF1Nx3m44kS5FB27pA0gZ9SQ6Vw48wfiy4lAmHnSb2LeBC59s2_K2KWlltNJq4nW2yJCH6MIzA3qC0y7HR_RsCstcs-HNwr7q9LVF79tC4gMlxZHYJGOwqtBNIARcf969mUS32wnUFM_1kRFPwYpK2aME4aWQJ/s2880/230827_GreatShearwater_K.Sutherland_5445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxST4jLJ-PoxhrYj2p3p5gPEhvQmTFw0rF1Nx3m44kS5FB27pA0gZ9SQ6Vw48wfiy4lAmHnSb2LeBC59s2_K2KWlltNJq4nW2yJCH6MIzA3qC0y7HR_RsCstcs-HNwr7q9LVF79tC4gMlxZHYJGOwqtBNIARcf969mUS32wnUFM_1kRFPwYpK2aME4aWQJ/s320/230827_GreatShearwater_K.Sutherland_5445.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Audubon's Shearwaters were quite a challenge on this set. I'm not sure if it is because we are farther north up here and most are hanging south of Cape Hatteras or if they are just not around as much this summer. We did on most days find a lot of <i>Sargassum</i> with a lot of life which usually would be the perfect place to encounter these small black and white shearwaters since they often feed on creatures that live associated with this floating, brown algae, as mentioned above! (top image C. Sloan, bottom with Planehead Filefish K. Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEcLyRKD6BOoNcTDzsmRKmDtQriBIu1qeemIpIn-oD4Dkr7qsuKuSfLlF2pC9-y3xrfF61lu4dXZxMnkVwjHFUJabhbNtzU4rd7OiUL3MBnG9RjcPNPgZxm6dCTxTEwPWyO7TPaaHM340N535ebSmxojXvA2c06k9F7U3_2CpUWnenWdHCpfbLbLXe9sd1/s2048/Audubon's%20Shearwater%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-26-2023).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2048" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEcLyRKD6BOoNcTDzsmRKmDtQriBIu1qeemIpIn-oD4Dkr7qsuKuSfLlF2pC9-y3xrfF61lu4dXZxMnkVwjHFUJabhbNtzU4rd7OiUL3MBnG9RjcPNPgZxm6dCTxTEwPWyO7TPaaHM340N535ebSmxojXvA2c06k9F7U3_2CpUWnenWdHCpfbLbLXe9sd1/s320/Audubon's%20Shearwater%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-26-2023).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0SAw3rBJaAR0kxCZsCdxmwWujImka5txrUD2HlOI7Y_2qjV0CbZidlQRYKnxNcLcLE-vsvN1884Lo74zO5bMLo8AyThMNF1FOpM9Hq1-LKx1BI8lF3RQZTmycONFjK6SMVK8MYzBDlLhi3M0ufRS7pMbSJzb2NgR-pHJyNDGK26cC4ocdgQ0HSNVTKej/s2880/230827_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_5285.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0SAw3rBJaAR0kxCZsCdxmwWujImka5txrUD2HlOI7Y_2qjV0CbZidlQRYKnxNcLcLE-vsvN1884Lo74zO5bMLo8AyThMNF1FOpM9Hq1-LKx1BI8lF3RQZTmycONFjK6SMVK8MYzBDlLhi3M0ufRS7pMbSJzb2NgR-pHJyNDGK26cC4ocdgQ0HSNVTKej/s320/230827_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_5285.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Wilson's Storm-Petrels as I mentioned were around in low and fairly high numbers depending on the conditions! Most of the trips had excellent views of them in the slick as they fed on chum and fish oil. Their long legs that can be seen dropping down to the surface as they forage over the sea are good to help identify them. These long legs with their short, paddle-shaped wings and small bills make them pretty easy to ID as they flutter around the boat. (K. Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3C6n8bSQVmI1oTx2EuVo1X8c6Br2bpz67z2Up7N9VoB-mr0OVlcq1aDsZowqQtBgvXJivl3YrR3LUbHnbZmtBoYuBWp1fVP6tUmXD_dn_lbMQ5nF4FQ5NlaFBE2TK3NMH8EhTG3ohOOBwLF9bp1DMqSZLwNEjVUm51WRjZ9JzfJFhuH-iz2b-dpVZsvw/s2880/230828_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_5837.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3C6n8bSQVmI1oTx2EuVo1X8c6Br2bpz67z2Up7N9VoB-mr0OVlcq1aDsZowqQtBgvXJivl3YrR3LUbHnbZmtBoYuBWp1fVP6tUmXD_dn_lbMQ5nF4FQ5NlaFBE2TK3NMH8EhTG3ohOOBwLF9bp1DMqSZLwNEjVUm51WRjZ9JzfJFhuH-iz2b-dpVZsvw/s320/230828_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_5837.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRpbxSs0rwT7cditDPpMdw5t0-Y4QGJ7YadJXO_UPD4ElNGj9bKkL58dvxWbBzr5IIVHgsx22WhMaXABDuPQStxtnoy-9DIxh9iVpuLcWXbsws6g6cNWkK_cQDLVaEg3z5p34v1TP8cCECzz4UedKwpQoWsxciRH5PiCoF-1tI3QF4a0t3Pq9WC_oNTKw/s2880/230828_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_6158.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRpbxSs0rwT7cditDPpMdw5t0-Y4QGJ7YadJXO_UPD4ElNGj9bKkL58dvxWbBzr5IIVHgsx22WhMaXABDuPQStxtnoy-9DIxh9iVpuLcWXbsws6g6cNWkK_cQDLVaEg3z5p34v1TP8cCECzz4UedKwpQoWsxciRH5PiCoF-1tI3QF4a0t3Pq9WC_oNTKw/s320/230828_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_6158.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7SnNHBlv0Rt4SM0Gj2x0VWDpZVvULjnV4TpamrVY4zZkvdiz2pVY8m-Jf0i2TPJv-dJIPa5xLx0w61skTY0Ce7RM9akhv-pMMLQAMEPXDpk_L2P3Qorh8PdM2XTPwODDm45LJTLR6z5RHbGSEDge5aDqcZ6X_dS4Y7yoU7YBAadqk2nYkmyB9t0wWy28/s2880/230828_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_6173.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7SnNHBlv0Rt4SM0Gj2x0VWDpZVvULjnV4TpamrVY4zZkvdiz2pVY8m-Jf0i2TPJv-dJIPa5xLx0w61skTY0Ce7RM9akhv-pMMLQAMEPXDpk_L2P3Qorh8PdM2XTPwODDm45LJTLR6z5RHbGSEDge5aDqcZ6X_dS4Y7yoU7YBAadqk2nYkmyB9t0wWy28/s320/230828_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_6173.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Band-rumpeds were a bit scarce, but we expect that as we move into late August. Chris Sloan captured this nice image of one that came by and I was able to get a shot of some on the water with a Wilson's! See if you can figure out who is who!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22_Dfb1YAIyr-Ct2AUptgm6IgyL2T1jNF2GFYgUsMOfkjGDvLviREZX73q8pKkQSjTp6j57xG9lw2xxK8P1-iihEDHAMs1a7YgWz71rG7OccjMmHmstzR0sSsRhQCvaAZo11yatqrIgx3gTYSaziTyCDeF1b3k7Jhzge_izeUXSkpsUImCKNrNfocnHZt/s2048/Band-rumped%20Storm-Petrel%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-26-2023).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22_Dfb1YAIyr-Ct2AUptgm6IgyL2T1jNF2GFYgUsMOfkjGDvLviREZX73q8pKkQSjTp6j57xG9lw2xxK8P1-iihEDHAMs1a7YgWz71rG7OccjMmHmstzR0sSsRhQCvaAZo11yatqrIgx3gTYSaziTyCDeF1b3k7Jhzge_izeUXSkpsUImCKNrNfocnHZt/s320/Band-rumped%20Storm-Petrel%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-26-2023).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIPu5fV61B8-A_lrCpma9ZSUoOoqJelNqNs3RXNLsveEjQNKLzj9u5w717avs55gg-_hli7bboaPUXS8ZN7ro6XXVVpdNEZ1i7pAGlwlQXVE4XRWdn5i29IpBiBqYKCt_KTg4O4Q7yPpi9LTIPc7D3EhTziPlwScUVjWqaW6UeJG7FKy_prkVijxR7Jjz/s2880/230825_Band-rumped_Wilson's_K.Sutherland_3380.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIPu5fV61B8-A_lrCpma9ZSUoOoqJelNqNs3RXNLsveEjQNKLzj9u5w717avs55gg-_hli7bboaPUXS8ZN7ro6XXVVpdNEZ1i7pAGlwlQXVE4XRWdn5i29IpBiBqYKCt_KTg4O4Q7yPpi9LTIPc7D3EhTziPlwScUVjWqaW6UeJG7FKy_prkVijxR7Jjz/s320/230825_Band-rumped_Wilson's_K.Sutherland_3380.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Finally I wanted to share a couple of Long-tailed Jaeger images from the trips! We had some really cooperative individuals on 24 August! (top C. Sloan, bottom K. Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr5v8FN_fRYWhi0fo9QrNDZvmQiyxo8DVsTEoj6crrKblAEM-M24aNAHXr-7VfG39eb0F0pO-iVqOdWWG46L-BK9SzkcdPZ7rXzkP5EGOGdkD1-502u7pR4ZgwbaiUEopRL1w7MTS5YH9Oc9b9zEHT_5MUjrkKKUP6NoXYo_OqUesRhpZ_sejHYKnsIx6Q/s2048/Long-tailed%20Jaeger%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-22-2023)-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr5v8FN_fRYWhi0fo9QrNDZvmQiyxo8DVsTEoj6crrKblAEM-M24aNAHXr-7VfG39eb0F0pO-iVqOdWWG46L-BK9SzkcdPZ7rXzkP5EGOGdkD1-502u7pR4ZgwbaiUEopRL1w7MTS5YH9Oc9b9zEHT_5MUjrkKKUP6NoXYo_OqUesRhpZ_sejHYKnsIx6Q/s320/Long-tailed%20Jaeger%20at%20Gulf%20Stream%20Pelagic%20out%20of%20Oregon%20Inlet,%20Dare%20County,%20NC%20(08-22-2023)-4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcTJzYQgXBxbLCrda7q_VplPxyj4s0Wa_II6Cc9KQHx4EcXLJNOpMPEZe0jObwt3Bn_ricbeMkFDIcLnImreGB8FHhXAY2SQ9ZoRRFM_0f33HxEmNEYDZ8X-nHfMQQjPtaFbIQ5yngHAlo0of6Dyy0KJcl8rQXeZnlr5NWRjTyG76RNFnphtNTtCFVG3z/s2880/230824_Long-tailedJaeger_K.Sutherland_2642.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcTJzYQgXBxbLCrda7q_VplPxyj4s0Wa_II6Cc9KQHx4EcXLJNOpMPEZe0jObwt3Bn_ricbeMkFDIcLnImreGB8FHhXAY2SQ9ZoRRFM_0f33HxEmNEYDZ8X-nHfMQQjPtaFbIQ5yngHAlo0of6Dyy0KJcl8rQXeZnlr5NWRjTyG76RNFnphtNTtCFVG3z/s320/230824_Long-tailedJaeger_K.Sutherland_2642.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I know it is a lot to go through, but we had some spectacular trips and it was six of them! Here are a few more images of the Goosebeaks, or Cuvier's Beaked Whales, we saw. Hopefully we will have some updates on more matches over the next few months. If you are interested in possibly seeing these super cool and fascinating whales think about booking with us from Oregon Inlet next year, if you are interested in the possibility of seeing Gervais' Beaked Whales think about booking a trip from Hatteras Inlet! Never a guarantee, but this is one of the best places to have a chance to see these denizens of the deep!<div>In this image you can see the pale scars that show well on these whales. The males have teeth that erupt from the lower jaw that they use when competing with one another to wound the other. These scar patterns along with dorsal fin shape and other patterning can help us identify individuals. (B. Patteson)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUa2HRX6nKtbZeDthHmNhvd3CBOTUtborZKN5qp4dqgRHMGZQBzOtX9ACXYDxbMF7zNYC8DBjamAmM4HI06zvbq5onpyNXtCtwWruze2Ei9z-FAVVxtqO_tou_yUs9FfdyOtbcosPx68t3dxUYaASLQkZKAQMmVloMCz-5dAdfBvECOP9lJZB4x6cUYd-9/s3804/Goosebeak_D8B_6537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2536" data-original-width="3804" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUa2HRX6nKtbZeDthHmNhvd3CBOTUtborZKN5qp4dqgRHMGZQBzOtX9ACXYDxbMF7zNYC8DBjamAmM4HI06zvbq5onpyNXtCtwWruze2Ei9z-FAVVxtqO_tou_yUs9FfdyOtbcosPx68t3dxUYaASLQkZKAQMmVloMCz-5dAdfBvECOP9lJZB4x6cUYd-9/s320/Goosebeak_D8B_6537.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Females and younger whales do not typically show much scaring so they can be a bit more difficult to get a unique ID on, but some, like the one pictured in the blog text above, have unique wounds on or shapes to their dorsal fins that help! Coloration can also be unique in these animals. This image below looked like a mother / young pair or at least an adult with a younger individual to the left! (K. Sutherland)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmDleVYkXWF5uTBM2BSuMvCr7BaCOg_mm9Awpwk8zK36fwFZjGsI5gB4yVnSY_utum1JdWutwf25QJXoQvcQdsyOkwsM68RBvWiid7SbRPRx9vXaYnkvae629gT76gKnjlLgWVdg6vhtiOHM9vFFNMn6_UbjXR13muKWcb1GYltZYLETrDiZs78y9ZQTt/s2880/230827_Goosebeak_K.Sutherland_4473.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmDleVYkXWF5uTBM2BSuMvCr7BaCOg_mm9Awpwk8zK36fwFZjGsI5gB4yVnSY_utum1JdWutwf25QJXoQvcQdsyOkwsM68RBvWiid7SbRPRx9vXaYnkvae629gT76gKnjlLgWVdg6vhtiOHM9vFFNMn6_UbjXR13muKWcb1GYltZYLETrDiZs78y9ZQTt/s320/230827_Goosebeak_K.Sutherland_4473.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This Goosebeak not only has some unique scaring on the dorsal fin but also looks like it had some other interaction that caused a cut on the base of the tail (peduncle). We saw at least one other animal with a similar wound in the groups we encountered on these trips. (K. Sutherland)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdnMnL3vH88mz_DAd7gL4yc7QFZgqA7INtvRcIi-V4LombocubJrQkt7vErnuhm3XSUbROJzMFA5Y0dbRDsT7CfwI5tjayIWktwxLtvV3C1gDWp0gcwG4kDJ6pdDXhAp6R2MEvO2iNQ52vok37PtyRtMfS6tGUbcH_rDdCJ4VgUZAybkSaibogMlEFjDCD/s2880/230828_Goosebeak_K.Sutherland_5782.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdnMnL3vH88mz_DAd7gL4yc7QFZgqA7INtvRcIi-V4LombocubJrQkt7vErnuhm3XSUbROJzMFA5Y0dbRDsT7CfwI5tjayIWktwxLtvV3C1gDWp0gcwG4kDJ6pdDXhAp6R2MEvO2iNQ52vok37PtyRtMfS6tGUbcH_rDdCJ4VgUZAybkSaibogMlEFjDCD/s320/230828_Goosebeak_K.Sutherland_5782.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Pilot Whales (presumably Short-finned) were a highlight on half of the trips! They can typically be found in good numbers up here east of Oregon Inlet in the summertime. Here is a great capture by Daniel Irons!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHyQ4oloJGOr-DiR1c404f8cW5P6_-cQ_Swy-yr7rDBBnuXLTzW7PcEf_S-WonRmeqox20PXAsFeUd1bJLIYVOOiTkW3rWV8Fz5yeyl-LCkgdbOPEkKMnTGnubQ8X1bOq7Nx6NIGWipGD8pqeNva2HuOM_l7LqfVn3fnt479e-rmZb3GvnxjtfugFs5O-n/s2000/_DSC7276.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHyQ4oloJGOr-DiR1c404f8cW5P6_-cQ_Swy-yr7rDBBnuXLTzW7PcEf_S-WonRmeqox20PXAsFeUd1bJLIYVOOiTkW3rWV8Fz5yeyl-LCkgdbOPEkKMnTGnubQ8X1bOq7Nx6NIGWipGD8pqeNva2HuOM_l7LqfVn3fnt479e-rmZb3GvnxjtfugFs5O-n/s320/_DSC7276.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And one showing the broad based dorsal fin characteristic of Pilot Whales (K. Sutherland)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSydSwtEeSDRqeP6r48H08rmOJRfGNDpwxnRyAqN_gbk2uRb7GzKO6D2nPwLLwmpPC_3TS0FBbFR7oHEFDT4gu6ArPnOHVq7IVTJIPKsZ3f3EVbwuRyLIM4L0S1yF90yU1_VdLsM3gs78P36KDFKk05fh16mmWhymCA2ZoYdu-gfrFW1CEqz2-UwGQzCGi/s2880/230828_PilotWhale_K.Sutherland_6207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSydSwtEeSDRqeP6r48H08rmOJRfGNDpwxnRyAqN_gbk2uRb7GzKO6D2nPwLLwmpPC_3TS0FBbFR7oHEFDT4gu6ArPnOHVq7IVTJIPKsZ3f3EVbwuRyLIM4L0S1yF90yU1_VdLsM3gs78P36KDFKk05fh16mmWhymCA2ZoYdu-gfrFW1CEqz2-UwGQzCGi/s320/230828_PilotWhale_K.Sutherland_6207.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Offshore Bottlenose Dolphins were also super cooperative on a few of the trips! (K. Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj09gBZwuo6SZ1qzGaJpIX_X-n2Vr3U2JVXchccG8ys9vtmWXIrPwG7f8DIpNP1qJn20vt-4onZUiZyDWP6o5sebId8VtNjoL_khsjeG8rJFIxPPY9yWvYTHqmWMKVNa2m3W2C8Oh45l6xovlkx2w75GJg9va2fbWHVWwaDaPcLOZriy429KxQy1-EsPBVb/s2880/230824_BottlenoseDolphin_K.Sutherland_2720.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj09gBZwuo6SZ1qzGaJpIX_X-n2Vr3U2JVXchccG8ys9vtmWXIrPwG7f8DIpNP1qJn20vt-4onZUiZyDWP6o5sebId8VtNjoL_khsjeG8rJFIxPPY9yWvYTHqmWMKVNa2m3W2C8Oh45l6xovlkx2w75GJg9va2fbWHVWwaDaPcLOZriy429KxQy1-EsPBVb/s320/230824_BottlenoseDolphin_K.Sutherland_2720.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It was really cool to find some bamboo out there with some fish hanging underneath and Gooseneck Barnacles attached (<i>Lepas </i>sp.)! (K. Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfeiEyaiwiiRxgi4kiDcAasZFr-JztKqrJYasQ0bbRvl60xJvRfKSzxyIoJsMy8nd2LRQJTAUiVRjVOU2ruwhYnuxrRo0T0TNf8ai5RP4OJiCgPnsxkxBMORNT6Q_sRP5ZKzc0y0Hf4QZX1meKpcuDlF2hCJrcKg-hfealsEqzqAMElQ_INuswRIZY0zW/s2880/230828_Goosenecks_K.Sutherland_6125.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfeiEyaiwiiRxgi4kiDcAasZFr-JztKqrJYasQ0bbRvl60xJvRfKSzxyIoJsMy8nd2LRQJTAUiVRjVOU2ruwhYnuxrRo0T0TNf8ai5RP4OJiCgPnsxkxBMORNT6Q_sRP5ZKzc0y0Hf4QZX1meKpcuDlF2hCJrcKg-hfealsEqzqAMElQ_INuswRIZY0zW/s320/230828_Goosenecks_K.Sutherland_6125.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PEgoh99aheP3MWbyf_BRYgsnP0w5rVj9xUdzPt4szhpWinyQNlXb4l2MyqXeTS80TqpMEaFI4gIaV4DsrYyCQMmHuo0atp8VmDB1lXroCEVjw0bgtViv8PONAWEgGrdEgGSfY7SF8JLHe3zzVa8fXdNTboz6E_z-nOjm3ugoW2vp1XUF2mNSevy8gRfa/s2880/230828_Goosenecks_K.Sutherland_6133.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PEgoh99aheP3MWbyf_BRYgsnP0w5rVj9xUdzPt4szhpWinyQNlXb4l2MyqXeTS80TqpMEaFI4gIaV4DsrYyCQMmHuo0atp8VmDB1lXroCEVjw0bgtViv8PONAWEgGrdEgGSfY7SF8JLHe3zzVa8fXdNTboz6E_z-nOjm3ugoW2vp1XUF2mNSevy8gRfa/s320/230828_Goosenecks_K.Sutherland_6133.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Of course we saw a number of flyingfishes as well, more of the black-winged species than we find offshore from Hatteras, though I didn't capture any images of those! Instead here is one of our bog standard Atlantic Patchwings! (K. Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6b9RZL6zT5kvFRmDA-wfFMAKfdC3vl2sFhKHzHHXj-CntFseFoPl9PeYOquXNjXqy5a-y9kJ4bz1rgRLLdG3H3HxCN34_jeK8cLRaUcBvG7XD_rr0xiU6i0i2YlHhJ73l3yUG8-agPbDI8S97xe1QXWJvmF9rHNZKEZ42KXYuZ8iPL0ykrFdnObqnW2g/s2880/230827_Flyingfish_K.Sutherland_5510.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6b9RZL6zT5kvFRmDA-wfFMAKfdC3vl2sFhKHzHHXj-CntFseFoPl9PeYOquXNjXqy5a-y9kJ4bz1rgRLLdG3H3HxCN34_jeK8cLRaUcBvG7XD_rr0xiU6i0i2YlHhJ73l3yUG8-agPbDI8S97xe1QXWJvmF9rHNZKEZ42KXYuZ8iPL0ykrFdnObqnW2g/s320/230827_Flyingfish_K.Sutherland_5510.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-62778200134108337742023-08-20T13:33:00.004-04:002023-08-20T15:58:28.660-04:0019 August 2023 by Kate Sutherland<div style="text-align: left;">Our trip Friday 18 August had to be cancelled due to high seas and winds forecast offshore, so we were excited to finally get back out there on the 19th after a couple of weeks! (Sunrise with happy seabirders by Kate Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVq-YQ9zjxoKuTMOEixrtwgbnqx09-ANFbwSjDMga7UQt89-WCUEfDN_pR89XUIQZJpqQBcpo95osrPbaLrDBxfvShodFPkACmF4xCNL-mM5VbXuHbLwIVRME9WhDtLysh6PwmvJMylMYLn3_mw4f3NF4Os17Y2zMuklkBtd9-i3Fu9OLORxkuEmYnjTz-/s3913/IMG_0284.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2934" data-original-width="3913" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVq-YQ9zjxoKuTMOEixrtwgbnqx09-ANFbwSjDMga7UQt89-WCUEfDN_pR89XUIQZJpqQBcpo95osrPbaLrDBxfvShodFPkACmF4xCNL-mM5VbXuHbLwIVRME9WhDtLysh6PwmvJMylMYLn3_mw4f3NF4Os17Y2zMuklkBtd9-i3Fu9OLORxkuEmYnjTz-/s320/IMG_0284.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Seas were calm, with just a bit of swell from the south, and winds were light from the west as we headed offshore in the morning. Reports from other boats that had made it offshore earlier than us indicated there was not much Gulf Stream current, just over a knot, and there was a lot of life on the shelf and just offshore a bit north of where we typically go. Usually strong Gulf Stream current will dictate that we head to the south just so we don't get too far north as we move slowly offshore, over the shelf break and into the deep. This flexibility allowed us to pick up some nice feeding activity on the shelf with some small tuna chasing flying fish attended by some Sooty (top) and Black Terns (bottom, Kate Sutherland)!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhALJ3iW6JmNCDM4mkx5FS1R-UxIW2Q3dFm7BNHflvYZA5Cow9F7IneoT6ARdn_8eZoCUpF9xJMSg_ANqgWqA1WKnXOLu5H4WN3Ul1qBdXawSHuzZBL7D-5tbcGI5I07cfaQWXo9a7vN9P4p9r6YpzsgIfqUFBy7yhvU-MGatosad5nJgZ0v63JNn6tP-P/s2880/230819_SootyTern_K.Sutherland_0643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhALJ3iW6JmNCDM4mkx5FS1R-UxIW2Q3dFm7BNHflvYZA5Cow9F7IneoT6ARdn_8eZoCUpF9xJMSg_ANqgWqA1WKnXOLu5H4WN3Ul1qBdXawSHuzZBL7D-5tbcGI5I07cfaQWXo9a7vN9P4p9r6YpzsgIfqUFBy7yhvU-MGatosad5nJgZ0v63JNn6tP-P/s320/230819_SootyTern_K.Sutherland_0643.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlTAoTid3KArFiasZMKOgYyA3O_AfEERRkmCTxRIj78Ma6yWKXLlM2PTA19_fcrkWau_BIWQnqhBPFJqZAD4T3y6K-r_W2msQo7DtWA7h1ynxfXR55bP4AR_yjzaeFKpkhdanED78fiZgGV9f7bISeYz62cX6vB6AOplkIxAZf9nKPvdGRsa9guyOdvKa/s2880/230819_BlackTern_K.Sutherland_0710.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlTAoTid3KArFiasZMKOgYyA3O_AfEERRkmCTxRIj78Ma6yWKXLlM2PTA19_fcrkWau_BIWQnqhBPFJqZAD4T3y6K-r_W2msQo7DtWA7h1ynxfXR55bP4AR_yjzaeFKpkhdanED78fiZgGV9f7bISeYz62cX6vB6AOplkIxAZf9nKPvdGRsa9guyOdvKa/s320/230819_BlackTern_K.Sutherland_0710.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> We also had a super cooperative small pod of young Atlantic Spotted Dolphins on the shelf in the morning.</div><div style="text-align: left;">As we moved over the shelf break and into deeper water we began to find groups of shearwaters, mostly Cory's / Scopoli's, feeding on flyingfishes pushed to the surface by small Blackfin and Skipjack Tuna! (Kate Sutherland) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm79XKB2bOXM_-A6EGpPfYKoE9Ql1nPo1sisz2J1P8FlzRyRC_kOVMavZqu_EhkgaX7zVzFVSsFiOCYsckLm_Pmybr0Zt2Q6Jlg2OIOyfRuJx3cMkK5oC_AhtX9uBUCREAOZwoTUxJ6M8lJmCyAAvW_qaIbxfbmutWDIGefZWHEv6DBz8SzxLpE969gdNR/s2880/230819_Cory'sShearwater_Tuna_K.Sutherland_0724.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm79XKB2bOXM_-A6EGpPfYKoE9Ql1nPo1sisz2J1P8FlzRyRC_kOVMavZqu_EhkgaX7zVzFVSsFiOCYsckLm_Pmybr0Zt2Q6Jlg2OIOyfRuJx3cMkK5oC_AhtX9uBUCREAOZwoTUxJ6M8lJmCyAAvW_qaIbxfbmutWDIGefZWHEv6DBz8SzxLpE969gdNR/s320/230819_Cory'sShearwater_Tuna_K.Sutherland_0724.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>These feeding flocks were attended by tropical terns and in the first hour we had both Sooty and Bridled Terns in view plus a number of the smaller Black Terns. Juvenile Sooty Terns are striking with mostly dark brown plumage (pictured in photo gallery below) and seeing them circling and calling with their parents was a treat! Later in the morning we found a juvenile Bridled Tern as well. A large pod of offshore Bottlenose Dolphins came to check us out in that first hour as well, these were the first we've seen so far this summer.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ooeyyrz3p2VQ31x-5BwNnY6semGjiojSxR8RPAJEjkSqeAFR6G7cXhGePMeEBAFu2XKgcYQzU_oE6ATohWt5-Zsb65tJAGfvj9aQmEs632aJHKzSJn32viD4JhyFykR4VUy9Xef_IXsZY9MVtO2WP-y31asUqjYDnM_6bRpYdUFocdkbfokaxxN2FFe3/s2880/230819_BottlenoseDolphin_K.Sutherland_0816.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ooeyyrz3p2VQ31x-5BwNnY6semGjiojSxR8RPAJEjkSqeAFR6G7cXhGePMeEBAFu2XKgcYQzU_oE6ATohWt5-Zsb65tJAGfvj9aQmEs632aJHKzSJn32viD4JhyFykR4VUy9Xef_IXsZY9MVtO2WP-y31asUqjYDnM_6bRpYdUFocdkbfokaxxN2FFe3/s320/230819_BottlenoseDolphin_K.Sutherland_0816.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Moving offshore we left a lot of the activity closer to the shelf but wanted to see if we could find more Black-capped Petrels and Band-rumpeds. We did see some Black-cappeds but they were not very interested in the slick, most moving by at a distance, and luck was with us that we found at least one Band-rumped Storm-Petrel! It flew by on the starboard side by itself giving everyone a brief, but satisfactory view. We had the same bird or another follow in the slick for a short period of time but our attempts to get one to come close and feed on the chum were unsuccessful. The westerly wind overnight had pushed a lot of shorebirds offshore and in addition to those we saw one young Brown-headed Cowbird, a Great Blue Heron, and even an American Bittern was spotted by leader Daniel Irons from the top deck! The latter two were way offshore where the water was over 7,500 feet deep. </div><div style="text-align: left;">We did have great views of both Cory's and Scopoli's Shearwaters and Wilson's Storm-Petrels also were cooperative (Kate Sutherland), <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdq9ZCOq1JEG5YgdXNFnjDF7bUDx0ByMCVye2F3VB3HZ-f9j9QrBmAZ8EAa9UZj0s-bay2CA0DpUN9FFm6MccElLdhoO6sq1MwLp5AZsrOgZK-cP8EcpxTSG-a32RVYs6e0pL2pBNYNaNzEc3QrrjEE3brNGHF3WsgU8CrswzpxpeD2D1LoT2RL4jWbTr/s2880/230819_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_0867.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdq9ZCOq1JEG5YgdXNFnjDF7bUDx0ByMCVye2F3VB3HZ-f9j9QrBmAZ8EAa9UZj0s-bay2CA0DpUN9FFm6MccElLdhoO6sq1MwLp5AZsrOgZK-cP8EcpxTSG-a32RVYs6e0pL2pBNYNaNzEc3QrrjEE3brNGHF3WsgU8CrswzpxpeD2D1LoT2RL4jWbTr/s320/230819_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_0867.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Great Shearwaters were out there but we certainly didn't turn up as many as we saw a couple weeks ago and we didn't find any Audubon's Shearwaters at all. Audubon's are typically associated with the floating brown algae in the genus <i>Sargassum</i> which was also absent, so that likely explains our inability to turn one up!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Numerous flyingfishes were seen as well (Kate Sutherland), <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWXhnKNs5rkIdEiQbesZOA7neNQErMFBwpok3aPOEfsOV7hNOxRxitsa-FBSAnbd5-XmmGl6QsOeTMCeGbJcnaLD3WxNdC5SFuLHxz5LmlcEcpnIaLd6eBDTySUoTeGZrXDrKE9gPgZJXUQLKgi1XOOSz9und21iXknRqcDUstQiJ416luX5DE0VEhW32/s2880/230819_Flyingfishsp_K.Sutherland_0803.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWXhnKNs5rkIdEiQbesZOA7neNQErMFBwpok3aPOEfsOV7hNOxRxitsa-FBSAnbd5-XmmGl6QsOeTMCeGbJcnaLD3WxNdC5SFuLHxz5LmlcEcpnIaLd6eBDTySUoTeGZrXDrKE9gPgZJXUQLKgi1XOOSz9und21iXknRqcDUstQiJ416luX5DE0VEhW32/s320/230819_Flyingfishsp_K.Sutherland_0803.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>and we even had one Sailfish leap clear out of the water a few times right next to the boat! So while diversity may have been on the low side, we certainly had excellent numbers of birds and got to experience a lot of life out there in the Deep Blue!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks so much to everyone who joined us out there and thank you also to Ed Corey and Daniel Irons for helping Brian and me lead the trip. We are taking the boat up to Wanchese now to begin our set of trips from Oregon Inlet! Looking forward to seeing a lot of you up there and also really excited to explore the waters up there on dedicated seabirding trips in the summer for the first time in about ten years! I won't have time to do proper blog posts each day since it is a bit of a drive, but we'll keep you posted on our FaceBook page and with some eBird trip reports. ~Kate Sutherland</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Species List for 19 August 2023</div><div><div>Black-capped Petrel - 22</div><div>Scopoli's Shearwater - 8</div><div>Atlantic Cory's Shearwater - 15</div><div>Cory's / Scopoli's - 305 to 310</div><div>Great Shearwater - 12 to 15</div><div>Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 34</div><div>Band-rumped Storm-Petrel - 1 to 2</div><div>Sooty Tern - 66 to 71 including 7 or 8 juveniles</div><div>Bridled Tern - 9 including 1 juvenile</div><div>Sooty / Bridled Tern - 2</div><div>Black Tern - 30</div><div>Common Tern - 18</div><div>Royal Tern - 10</div><div>Tern species - 1</div><div>Sanderling - 1</div><div>Least Sandpiper - 1</div><div>peep sp - 5</div><div>large shorebird sp - 6 to 7</div><div>small shorebird sp - 25</div><div>Great Blue Heron - 1</div><div>American Bittern - 1</div><div>Brown-headed Cowbird - 1</div><div><br /></div><div>Atlantic Spotted Dolphin - 5</div><div>Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin - 40 to 50</div><div>Sailfish - 1 seen</div></div><div><br /></div><div>We did have some Scopoli's Shearwaters on the water a couple of times which was super helpful in showing them to participants! Here is one of those instances (Kate Sutherland)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgacddgtVH1M3HsuwHGI7WQL708NY7dII-6eFYSSO_cqT9_G6GrX0mOMvRTYjfaotmk_RuJX76rC9jJgBniNRWtRSgSSEt_UDOtMOsMs_ps_su3HML0lVJzfhkg3sPuF1tO85nU9Z19naliAPiBDrTvCgKZbyOqcd4ZFzLRc1ih_zd0wK-WuRU_2gtKy1/s2880/230819_Scopoli'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_1071.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgacddgtVH1M3HsuwHGI7WQL708NY7dII-6eFYSSO_cqT9_G6GrX0mOMvRTYjfaotmk_RuJX76rC9jJgBniNRWtRSgSSEt_UDOtMOsMs_ps_su3HML0lVJzfhkg3sPuF1tO85nU9Z19naliAPiBDrTvCgKZbyOqcd4ZFzLRc1ih_zd0wK-WuRU_2gtKy1/s320/230819_Scopoli'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_1071.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXk-cvnotCZXtZxdYdbbCUKPvYVuw-OeFsiNPlioSP8fQdXvelpfBKfYT1cXchv3wDGDIJo3Z4WDhDP6sbP9_4NUJlNpEWmI_3TKu9CaBWWzKkZ-TJWffAGyNgJgh3j9VjZMKvjUzbrEr6q88_5Ey_crfFmuTJybV4vKijbc2T4w0c9s6LkeZDsNTCnW4/s2880/230819_Scopoli'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_1081.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXk-cvnotCZXtZxdYdbbCUKPvYVuw-OeFsiNPlioSP8fQdXvelpfBKfYT1cXchv3wDGDIJo3Z4WDhDP6sbP9_4NUJlNpEWmI_3TKu9CaBWWzKkZ-TJWffAGyNgJgh3j9VjZMKvjUzbrEr6q88_5Ey_crfFmuTJybV4vKijbc2T4w0c9s6LkeZDsNTCnW4/s320/230819_Scopoli'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_1081.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The young Sooty Terns are incredibly striking! (Kate Sutherland)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTKC3y9AQJTgeHbXS8gMSHEWsAiqxfWNfyshlM-pcqvXgLhdOJZUCKPOWHxU5zcSdjkRUJnw3qdTRMYcp-lS7T6hOwGzoqlF_iFB1A9ORtgfTTPz13VZmBK8Nj1LXiRvm3X_FQMRMuBTnbeNjR6RG6daLwWSdbB24szuWmBfcR2xRmXtYmg8cHYfxOAzY/s2880/230819_SootyTern_K.Sutherland_0762.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTKC3y9AQJTgeHbXS8gMSHEWsAiqxfWNfyshlM-pcqvXgLhdOJZUCKPOWHxU5zcSdjkRUJnw3qdTRMYcp-lS7T6hOwGzoqlF_iFB1A9ORtgfTTPz13VZmBK8Nj1LXiRvm3X_FQMRMuBTnbeNjR6RG6daLwWSdbB24szuWmBfcR2xRmXtYmg8cHYfxOAzY/s320/230819_SootyTern_K.Sutherland_0762.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And they are easy to tell apart from the young Bridled Terns! (Kate Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwKAayQ73BMymr4OPKHRRdxEGGogBF5DJlRiSVXRvprLM7flh-J59gTBNg54TAWguoF3WTprYWDSYrfiG0wvv7Xvz8k14Z6Meq-WzbyOFMkveD7IVW6Gz2QSQrPS_H4Nvesb_EkaTzZ2gfDahanqzy_XYXKrWu9lZDHA8gZTc3L-yVdOLZJSIKZLVMOru/s2880/230819_BridledTern_K.Sutherland_0993.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwKAayQ73BMymr4OPKHRRdxEGGogBF5DJlRiSVXRvprLM7flh-J59gTBNg54TAWguoF3WTprYWDSYrfiG0wvv7Xvz8k14Z6Meq-WzbyOFMkveD7IVW6Gz2QSQrPS_H4Nvesb_EkaTzZ2gfDahanqzy_XYXKrWu9lZDHA8gZTc3L-yVdOLZJSIKZLVMOru/s320/230819_BridledTern_K.Sutherland_0993.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSF6NM49oQj8CkfC4iuVKM9QYtJ-HF1AjVa87tHF8WwI64Ub2ZaXNLC1awsjVCMr2nA5B6MSe8bUpfTbmEE6pFOeGzOwdyN2saFeOkmYrOlZNMFYFE5MoSfgD9MobnHmVE2nS1EkCNWNpKpm3Xc3Wt5mEWO6u_OR8Kc3MpTpdlojBZETZSDm3vK-Hc5E4/s2880/230819_BridledTern_K.Sutherland_0972.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSF6NM49oQj8CkfC4iuVKM9QYtJ-HF1AjVa87tHF8WwI64Ub2ZaXNLC1awsjVCMr2nA5B6MSe8bUpfTbmEE6pFOeGzOwdyN2saFeOkmYrOlZNMFYFE5MoSfgD9MobnHmVE2nS1EkCNWNpKpm3Xc3Wt5mEWO6u_OR8Kc3MpTpdlojBZETZSDm3vK-Hc5E4/s320/230819_BridledTern_K.Sutherland_0972.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This Bridled Tern found some type of katydid out there in the deep! Already learning to take advantage of any opportunity... (Kate Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjylJyYTSVqX7QCDlvUetieeZDIziD1qddg1fUBgeC9GD_rpMo6gTQFPwLJfe4DhMcvKoVLIz34oag7GNz7Yigm7xm-8-mrYEbQWqmY2seJq1JItQ7qYwt146YiSqDu3exk5x31Ep_0Y_TfM3G5JSbbX728HjlwjwkolZokmyL3h69dtcWdEtNKQDG3VXak/s2880/230819_BridledTern_K.Sutherland_1008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjylJyYTSVqX7QCDlvUetieeZDIziD1qddg1fUBgeC9GD_rpMo6gTQFPwLJfe4DhMcvKoVLIz34oag7GNz7Yigm7xm-8-mrYEbQWqmY2seJq1JItQ7qYwt146YiSqDu3exk5x31Ep_0Y_TfM3G5JSbbX728HjlwjwkolZokmyL3h69dtcWdEtNKQDG3VXak/s320/230819_BridledTern_K.Sutherland_1008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>You can compare this Bridled Tern pictured below to the Sooty Tern in the text above - note the whiter head and grayer back in addition to the whiter under primary feathers in the Bridled Tern (Kate Sutherland)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodw1qwnVhiHGuMP05h3Vl6dMpsEg-R74dv4dLcfzx1sZQGfeUmBEFSAhtsVK_5bzohci-SllbI6qaf8FRL4nWNxSk3EZoOD9xQdXaX1mCAtzb2gk6YeaGoTfXAGgRayy9WPko_ydGArf6DLkhbESgQx5OJqJzgNstyMuxCo73QkwPbi9cHRzhP3qwTJqt/s2880/230819_BridledTern_K.Sutherland_0683.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodw1qwnVhiHGuMP05h3Vl6dMpsEg-R74dv4dLcfzx1sZQGfeUmBEFSAhtsVK_5bzohci-SllbI6qaf8FRL4nWNxSk3EZoOD9xQdXaX1mCAtzb2gk6YeaGoTfXAGgRayy9WPko_ydGArf6DLkhbESgQx5OJqJzgNstyMuxCo73QkwPbi9cHRzhP3qwTJqt/s320/230819_BridledTern_K.Sutherland_0683.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It was really cool to see the big, offshore Bottlenose Dolphins! Some of them have really diagnostic dorsal fins like this one that could be used to identify it as an individual. Cetacean researchers regularly use images like this to build catalogs of different animals that they see. (Kate Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXS9_3ydo1uD9JTiobE4Mqf8uWp90OIjyzbbp5Bz0nzJ3OU-E9iDTNwEH4kxInBahtlfquYnjBIOwqBC9XA5dblK3KP4YjCcEuSwoANKNN9hqyrjg4W33wo-OBtemuJMG3ujOkWFaJYWIiPA0tygloJbH3KGuIBOFwXobySKylkw32QCm9wBYqx-w7ycRU/s2880/230819_BottlenoseDolphin_K.Sutherland_0832.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXS9_3ydo1uD9JTiobE4Mqf8uWp90OIjyzbbp5Bz0nzJ3OU-E9iDTNwEH4kxInBahtlfquYnjBIOwqBC9XA5dblK3KP4YjCcEuSwoANKNN9hqyrjg4W33wo-OBtemuJMG3ujOkWFaJYWIiPA0tygloJbH3KGuIBOFwXobySKylkw32QCm9wBYqx-w7ycRU/s320/230819_BottlenoseDolphin_K.Sutherland_0832.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>This wouldn't be complete without a couple more flyingfish images! In the lower one you can see how they use their caudal fin, or tail, to hit the water and give them lift! (Kate Sutherland)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrPeBsVaRJedbz05BHG6c3sObYN-sSP1mWLZ7jcMUgvQ8mZLQBkIvk2N9S84T6hwRh9aNT2cARS9qSSVMT0Zy9hdtmWu-Fho0CxcqmZeWGsmsYa_7s-CStamoKcvbFeb5XNG_CyJPleKWNNuyYuX_WvoRIZuvZcvUz783ZBcmSv_dzrol0_YUtMCnS5Sg/s2880/230819_Flyingfishsp_K.Sutherland_1130.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrPeBsVaRJedbz05BHG6c3sObYN-sSP1mWLZ7jcMUgvQ8mZLQBkIvk2N9S84T6hwRh9aNT2cARS9qSSVMT0Zy9hdtmWu-Fho0CxcqmZeWGsmsYa_7s-CStamoKcvbFeb5XNG_CyJPleKWNNuyYuX_WvoRIZuvZcvUz783ZBcmSv_dzrol0_YUtMCnS5Sg/s320/230819_Flyingfishsp_K.Sutherland_1130.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDA74TkUIL6Dr8fbYHcQNx-j8QVAfaGnQEhgl3NtQqofrSJ6-6r5XKCnByTAn06oGyNnOQmZEJLUHhrgoVu8wdI_R_srXS5DUnUOrqjBC_YuPGEwCcsYqoGa-WtewKoPnCZ6NpSYDttjQqSF0wnXqV1B7wSLcaLJ6oJxcLoEbh9WOpcU-oEaOclaUWfYuB/s2880/230819_Flyingfishsp_K.Sutherland_1150.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDA74TkUIL6Dr8fbYHcQNx-j8QVAfaGnQEhgl3NtQqofrSJ6-6r5XKCnByTAn06oGyNnOQmZEJLUHhrgoVu8wdI_R_srXS5DUnUOrqjBC_YuPGEwCcsYqoGa-WtewKoPnCZ6NpSYDttjQqSF0wnXqV1B7wSLcaLJ6oJxcLoEbh9WOpcU-oEaOclaUWfYuB/s320/230819_Flyingfishsp_K.Sutherland_1150.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>On our way back in we saw this interesting looking vessel. It is a supply ship for offshore tugboats or other work vessels, it left Key West, FL on 7 August. It was originally used by the U.S. Navy as you might imagine from the gray hull with white numbering. (Kate Sutherland)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDurZTvF7isQ0iezafxKYSZMZdAWYr3Xr1Ze8ovtfgJTEuMdM32rkV67LHleyhVzyt1cYEK8EaucCnqSZevKHfir3osU-c2VUZmaVb85lBAK1E36d1MAO1x9dIhrqNxJ0ZwaXsBTNXdhrZQHlH2tHTk-9nNUgA3x5JnSN5iqtidniHSMh4VNRhNJSw2yqe/s2880/230819_Ship_K.Sutherland_1193.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDurZTvF7isQ0iezafxKYSZMZdAWYr3Xr1Ze8ovtfgJTEuMdM32rkV67LHleyhVzyt1cYEK8EaucCnqSZevKHfir3osU-c2VUZmaVb85lBAK1E36d1MAO1x9dIhrqNxJ0ZwaXsBTNXdhrZQHlH2tHTk-9nNUgA3x5JnSN5iqtidniHSMh4VNRhNJSw2yqe/s320/230819_Ship_K.Sutherland_1193.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-81022260236584957972023-08-08T22:10:00.002-04:002023-08-09T07:51:53.281-04:00Seabird Spectacle 4 & 5 August 2023 by Kate SutherlandAugust 4 and 5th mark the beginning of our summer schedule which only has four departures from Hatteras Inlet. Fortunately the weather was cooperative and we got out there both days to find that this summer things are looking good for seabirds here in Hatteras! On the shelf Friday as we headed offshore we picked up Pomarine Jaeger, Cory's / Scopoli's, Great, and Audubon's Shearwaters in addition to catching a King Mackerel and a Wahoo. Black-capped Petrels and Band-rumped Storm-Petrels were just over the shelf break in the deeper water offshore. During the 09:00 period Brian spotted a Masked Booby in the distance, but there was no luck getting closer for a better look. Then things really started to happen! A light morph Trindade Petrel flew in to investigate the slick and just after that Brian spotted a White-faced Storm-Petrel ahead of the boat, close on the bow! (Daniel Irons) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVSoGtXNOHJjmdqkPK4Y_Fyn5tCul5d635L8c7QQ-tGXG2sxXvW5Gk60Ek8Bn2Y3D0pCAquNJNJMIEB-bJZoQWo7vQMYw0Ioqj1gIjVTY1cBo7cy2Es3hy9lziU6ry63QVtoHp3LNkFakYJ8S1bVndW_jMQKzRzFxHkDksyNRuw8rZgg_rbKQ67YeGUIe/s2000/600976811.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVSoGtXNOHJjmdqkPK4Y_Fyn5tCul5d635L8c7QQ-tGXG2sxXvW5Gk60Ek8Bn2Y3D0pCAquNJNJMIEB-bJZoQWo7vQMYw0Ioqj1gIjVTY1cBo7cy2Es3hy9lziU6ry63QVtoHp3LNkFakYJ8S1bVndW_jMQKzRzFxHkDksyNRuw8rZgg_rbKQ67YeGUIe/s320/600976811.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It turns out this same individual stayed with the boat, following back in the slick for almost three hours, thank goodness for photos! In addition to these excellent sightings there are finally good numbers of Audubon's Shearwaters beginning to show up here offshore. (Daniel Irons) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtG6e9XwKA9lRP6Fk66-0KMEKb5Kuodb-hnBYSDAmjTXZHyFPFgYK2XHfH8sRBcoDDmR-shkDP2t-1W4SrSRPuzwf3oSXkjjVpwPPvszIo9eqtohx8qspvWh9T-rhpviv0wTDBTY8iia0xrjlRNBOeqKJ7tU61MpqcWk5LOyBS7P_E8emCPx4a3vNkA3Ht/s2000/600978491.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtG6e9XwKA9lRP6Fk66-0KMEKb5Kuodb-hnBYSDAmjTXZHyFPFgYK2XHfH8sRBcoDDmR-shkDP2t-1W4SrSRPuzwf3oSXkjjVpwPPvszIo9eqtohx8qspvWh9T-rhpviv0wTDBTY8iia0xrjlRNBOeqKJ7tU61MpqcWk5LOyBS7P_E8emCPx4a3vNkA3Ht/s320/600978491.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A nice mixture of birds of the year and adults are around! Just after noontime another Trindade Petrel was spotted, this one a dark morph, and a couple of Pomarine Jaegers visited the boat. How could this day ever be topped?<div><br /><div>Well, Saturday we didn't have much on the shelf but there were flocks upon flocks of shearwaters just over the break as we moved into the deeper water offshore. (Kate Sutherland) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSv9RZ2vQ2Yp6SV6uWA_qVjV1afwR3sJan9-9aB6I1Ei--euM78GZj9Jkh_zYkd4fGbnKecMDvYZ0gYiAWdh90Q_gSFaOHqiT4RhW6eqKqqQsWvv7-kY5AF4EqHGimjAn2Fs77pfBm0IKYSzdHlZLvGDQKmY0459JZdnfy-64St0NREbqCD1eHnvMtD2PT/s2880/230805_Shearwaters_K.Sutherland_9380.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSv9RZ2vQ2Yp6SV6uWA_qVjV1afwR3sJan9-9aB6I1Ei--euM78GZj9Jkh_zYkd4fGbnKecMDvYZ0gYiAWdh90Q_gSFaOHqiT4RhW6eqKqqQsWvv7-kY5AF4EqHGimjAn2Fs77pfBm0IKYSzdHlZLvGDQKmY0459JZdnfy-64St0NREbqCD1eHnvMtD2PT/s320/230805_Shearwaters_K.Sutherland_9380.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>We didn't even start really chumming until after 10:00 because we were just moving from flock to flock that would appear as Blackfin Tuna and other species pushed baitfish to the surface! One flock had mostly Scopoli's Shearwaters, including one that was super bleached (Kate Sutherland), <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDGd3eSX34321vJE11Gv_7Fi8MWPmwP5f2HM23BCIp64CCmNQWm65llvgOcUPHnc8NFhpSbL42fLsdaD0eyP7Fn5EfSRoRGhBoeYThBvTY49VBIVGA2ck3xKH8KGZ7T5Yxo0hFYoUM3zLeJDrKwLWmx4RJYovw1ggqxd-LG2kY-b9w--Af9MjS1iZ3f-C/s2880/230805_Cory's-Scopoli'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_9465.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDGd3eSX34321vJE11Gv_7Fi8MWPmwP5f2HM23BCIp64CCmNQWm65llvgOcUPHnc8NFhpSbL42fLsdaD0eyP7Fn5EfSRoRGhBoeYThBvTY49VBIVGA2ck3xKH8KGZ7T5Yxo0hFYoUM3zLeJDrKwLWmx4RJYovw1ggqxd-LG2kY-b9w--Af9MjS1iZ3f-C/s320/230805_Cory's-Scopoli'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_9465.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8z2eUO6kr1t7nMB9CcMw0sUfo-h5XD76fLzWLaOXsxvanuutpZrtQa-tMGIgisuLCCfYatmGUBWuhGWqebvJbAAkFkYpvrOhO9K1GBpJ_4K4R8MVv1ufgcqoHKYTTRfk9biur4APypCGgHQxigLJX0CTOuVzv4kHauBGdGDu1BBtrJ05N2Srljp4FgDz/s2880/230805_Cory's-Scopoli'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_9431.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8z2eUO6kr1t7nMB9CcMw0sUfo-h5XD76fLzWLaOXsxvanuutpZrtQa-tMGIgisuLCCfYatmGUBWuhGWqebvJbAAkFkYpvrOhO9K1GBpJ_4K4R8MVv1ufgcqoHKYTTRfk9biur4APypCGgHQxigLJX0CTOuVzv4kHauBGdGDu1BBtrJ05N2Srljp4FgDz/s320/230805_Cory's-Scopoli'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_9431.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>another a lot of Atlantic Cory's, while another had about equal numbers of Great and Cory's type shearwaters. All had small numbers of Audubon's associated with them which were likely undercounted as they zip around so close to the water and can really blend in! Sooty Terns were associated with a few of these flocks, it's nice to see them finally showing well here offshore. (Brian Patteson) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0E5hlIGubtVjWPhEC5DQmk95kMiqvmXGHRV6kGnmWllEbYTE58hawvYooDUymXILDIeo_ivQROcbja3YyVsBCpcrVFsEKhlj1XB9eceBw3Tqtbq7VPvHDHeW4e64FR4ObbKVS0mfBXD_OkSU7FHW7rm_lXdf-0OVRwuAQniJGI2LEZ0yMPNWuhXlR7Ea/s5900/SOTE_D8B_5895.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3933" data-original-width="5900" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0E5hlIGubtVjWPhEC5DQmk95kMiqvmXGHRV6kGnmWllEbYTE58hawvYooDUymXILDIeo_ivQROcbja3YyVsBCpcrVFsEKhlj1XB9eceBw3Tqtbq7VPvHDHeW4e64FR4ObbKVS0mfBXD_OkSU7FHW7rm_lXdf-0OVRwuAQniJGI2LEZ0yMPNWuhXlR7Ea/s320/SOTE_D8B_5895.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>There were not many storm-petrels or Black-cappeds associated with these feeding groups, however, and we decided to keep moving offshore to the deep. Out there we finally found some nice blue, Gulf Stream water with a few more Black-capped Petrels, but it was a bit slow - only a few Wilson's in the slick and just the occasional shearwater moving by. Just after we began our inshore tack I spotted a blow in the distance behind us with a small beehive (feeding flock) that looked like a Sperm Whale! We don't see them very often, so always a treat, but it was far...Brian circled back and we headed that way just as we saw one dive and show its tail flukes - a deep dive. But then another was blowing right there! So we made it in time to observe one on the surface, showing us that left angled, bushy blow that is diagnostic of the species, before it dove! (Kate Sutherland) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewRk4ewBIYnTgpckkspfyzOqlTvdC3vzAuY2VTBQQDDCatMANeit7W97Yp_nY7396Sq8lb292-L9KGWc3lYG6w4mGC7TcMKOsF63EYhHCwCwkA7IWcJRPjuEtPmH8CWEX_29A04-Vl17dLcReDgkrJlIIsQ_N6ROm-iA_38R88iQho5gRKLHO5jmXBU79/s2880/230805_SpermWhale_K.Sutherland_9780.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewRk4ewBIYnTgpckkspfyzOqlTvdC3vzAuY2VTBQQDDCatMANeit7W97Yp_nY7396Sq8lb292-L9KGWc3lYG6w4mGC7TcMKOsF63EYhHCwCwkA7IWcJRPjuEtPmH8CWEX_29A04-Vl17dLcReDgkrJlIIsQ_N6ROm-iA_38R88iQho5gRKLHO5jmXBU79/s320/230805_SpermWhale_K.Sutherland_9780.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It seems this little back track put us in the right place at the right time because just a little over 30 minutes later Daniel Irons shouted from the top deck "White-faced Storm-Petrel in front of the boat!!!!" Wow! Two days in a row we were treated to these little pogo-stick stormies! This one was a different individual from Friday's and stayed with us for some incredible views, everyone who had not been on Friday's trip (myself included!) was hoping we would find one on Saturday, and what a reward. (Kate Sutherland) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwFdfsWXKL--531GnRSjrf9AJPmV_3bnCiihAQqg3smqT1Owpm-1Z_0NZsA-McqwZr1wSAAe6tfFwEsTNH552nwxv9rxQaRC176fiDn3El3C8aDqJ3jXXK8JsW8Hs5msldaXJbk7jJnoyzByz_olkJGMElsj6zbmkuerRwZLbE8Liw32we39_OSWv0mr2/s2880/230805_White-facedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_0170.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwFdfsWXKL--531GnRSjrf9AJPmV_3bnCiihAQqg3smqT1Owpm-1Z_0NZsA-McqwZr1wSAAe6tfFwEsTNH552nwxv9rxQaRC176fiDn3El3C8aDqJ3jXXK8JsW8Hs5msldaXJbk7jJnoyzByz_olkJGMElsj6zbmkuerRwZLbE8Liw32we39_OSWv0mr2/s320/230805_White-facedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_0170.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>When this little beauty showed up it was like a switch was flipped! All of the sudden we had Band-rumpeds and Wilson's right there as well, with shearwaters and Black-caps coming in also to feed in the slick. As we moved back onto the shelf a South Polar Skua was spotted in a flock of shearwaters - yes!! (Daniel Irons) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs15h1zMrj8G4iC5da8gSAveTNQaR0v3GCpEeT58V8CzdN5xbN1o5zdz0PHCcl_AmofabppdPDSJpf19SNGx-lKW57qzc719t_DKqED_HPOeJWY2PynQ4F2k4vJbXJ34thFjetCf_zxRpT_dsSilnWuWdbygVyIV-QS4-O31gUjuMMHBsI--tyEZ0CozCa/s2000/_DSC7049.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs15h1zMrj8G4iC5da8gSAveTNQaR0v3GCpEeT58V8CzdN5xbN1o5zdz0PHCcl_AmofabppdPDSJpf19SNGx-lKW57qzc719t_DKqED_HPOeJWY2PynQ4F2k4vJbXJ34thFjetCf_zxRpT_dsSilnWuWdbygVyIV-QS4-O31gUjuMMHBsI--tyEZ0CozCa/s320/_DSC7049.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Overall a very very successful first set of the summer!</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you so much to everyone who joined us out there, making these trips a go, and huge thanks to Daniel Irons and Jeffrey Effinger for helping as leaders for both! Brian also did a great job without me on Friday (I was offshore on a research cruise), and I was super excited to make it back in time to contribute on Saturday! </div><div><br /></div><div>Next trips are from Hatteras on the 18 & 19 of August - there is space on the 18th but the19th is FULL. After that we take the boat up to Wanchese, NC to run ten trips from Oregon Inlet! Space is still available on all of these.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Species List for 4 / 5 August 2023</div><div><b>Trindade Petrel - 2 (light & dark morph) / 0</b></div><div><div>Black-capped Petrel - 47 / 19</div><div>Scopoli's Shearwater - 6 / 309</div><div>Atlantic Cory's Shearwater - 4 / 371</div><div>Cory's / Scopoli's - 92 / 496</div><div>Great Shearwater - 16 / 605</div><div>Audubon's Shearwater - 27 / 133</div><div>Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 40 / 44</div><div>Band-rumped Storm-Petrel - 23 / 10</div><div>Leach's / Band-rumped - 0 / 1</div><div><b>White-faced Storm-Petrel - 1 / 1</b></div><div>Sooty Tern - 2 / 23</div><div>Bridled Tern - 0 / 2</div><div>Masked Booby - 1 / 0</div><div>Pomarine Jaeger - 3 / 1</div><div>South Polar Skua - 0 / 1</div><div>White tern species - 0 / 2</div><div>Sanderling - 0 / 5</div><div><br /></div><div>Sperm Whale - 0 / 2</div><div>Scalloped / Carolina Hammerhead - 1 / 0</div><div>Wahoo - 2 / 1 caught</div><div>King Mackerel - 1 / 0 caught</div><div><br /></div></div></div><div>A few more images from the set! </div><div>White-faced Stormie anyone?? What a treat to have them on back to back trips! (Daniel Irons top, two below Kate Sutherland)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihD-Kvqni-X6e_pDy7YNsWDHfdMqcf0TmK4jf4wp9axwSpJcHkOtWcxn9QjKFapRVkt0VXVnrJgjyAt8sJRzzP8o0kLc5saFAtVPFkr5mx6EyOpWSX8IdoLlEfgSrlkEyGGGyjFmrcptj_Oy8xpz_xBFzpe6uNHI7ukKqqLcDWFht4oFXM_pah6aQ_6uXQ/s2000/_DSC6902.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihD-Kvqni-X6e_pDy7YNsWDHfdMqcf0TmK4jf4wp9axwSpJcHkOtWcxn9QjKFapRVkt0VXVnrJgjyAt8sJRzzP8o0kLc5saFAtVPFkr5mx6EyOpWSX8IdoLlEfgSrlkEyGGGyjFmrcptj_Oy8xpz_xBFzpe6uNHI7ukKqqLcDWFht4oFXM_pah6aQ_6uXQ/s320/_DSC6902.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-eK4THF1EsJI68VX8cLBfghcW2_0pheWvMZVH4Wm32kD7hiVUSCvkU8XcSH0bVt2-ZL3uhbCkYanODtZdWDQqPt6_lRAjo462mIUncrRKRjNKWrDPgJwE_VSTgb6d8nclYoTm8S-uwig7nJA9ul64yr3TQSwR96kRpDi_kVgPg183MJTNtNkxawRR9GEQ/s2880/230805_White-facedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_9964.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-eK4THF1EsJI68VX8cLBfghcW2_0pheWvMZVH4Wm32kD7hiVUSCvkU8XcSH0bVt2-ZL3uhbCkYanODtZdWDQqPt6_lRAjo462mIUncrRKRjNKWrDPgJwE_VSTgb6d8nclYoTm8S-uwig7nJA9ul64yr3TQSwR96kRpDi_kVgPg183MJTNtNkxawRR9GEQ/s320/230805_White-facedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_9964.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhNkRi5SJunF_46XcS3SszudK_OIlyLRIqZta4RliXoaqszhMyP2BuzZjycv-miwJHWWbmB0OZZ4xGk7cm63t7dFskiOdf2PBcD04MxlRE8PoErQhNhaKMow8uzmWZw0U5mijR-go3xWzsMUI7Ii3hMVGfhDi8edtKBfiDVXRAXpRqlifEiw23kcfNQGW/s2880/230805_White-facedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_9988.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhNkRi5SJunF_46XcS3SszudK_OIlyLRIqZta4RliXoaqszhMyP2BuzZjycv-miwJHWWbmB0OZZ4xGk7cm63t7dFskiOdf2PBcD04MxlRE8PoErQhNhaKMow8uzmWZw0U5mijR-go3xWzsMUI7Ii3hMVGfhDi8edtKBfiDVXRAXpRqlifEiw23kcfNQGW/s320/230805_White-facedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_9988.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Black-capped Petrels were around and we had both light and dark faced birds, here is a light form above and a more intermediate looking individual below. (Kate Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbTniNzGV-xlZCI7Yzf7aLXbeD76rHz8KGrzghOnQYMhfNyNfqPOaNmSCPlY91wXOwcfvzaGaEk-Jsm-qXMFYrGPcQVEa23Ot8tnhcCFxkj8Juphwy7eneev8hgHCfWZuEc6uwyV5whhtoe27z0FckKKrwCJDMiESfbeaeyU9F50vSVGKgfLCS5zSp2py/s2880/230805_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_9558.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbTniNzGV-xlZCI7Yzf7aLXbeD76rHz8KGrzghOnQYMhfNyNfqPOaNmSCPlY91wXOwcfvzaGaEk-Jsm-qXMFYrGPcQVEa23Ot8tnhcCFxkj8Juphwy7eneev8hgHCfWZuEc6uwyV5whhtoe27z0FckKKrwCJDMiESfbeaeyU9F50vSVGKgfLCS5zSp2py/s320/230805_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_9558.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNCdWD-rXU1w9-PL7FH_6k1lqB7kK8RJdAGEanHOWjYHCiVD9kG6yMxB5lvVVoiUNkMPHcSiz7JHRAAX2c_1FD-E-xTopnyofmvwG--SiLvcQtmelpBBTPz_vNhHetZujYD77xjy1dV-XvYh_GdqHIDXCXHC33ln_6LxoaPLrAJ2gb3SIQ_YLmrfmTRX1/s2880/230805_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_9635.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNCdWD-rXU1w9-PL7FH_6k1lqB7kK8RJdAGEanHOWjYHCiVD9kG6yMxB5lvVVoiUNkMPHcSiz7JHRAAX2c_1FD-E-xTopnyofmvwG--SiLvcQtmelpBBTPz_vNhHetZujYD77xjy1dV-XvYh_GdqHIDXCXHC33ln_6LxoaPLrAJ2gb3SIQ_YLmrfmTRX1/s320/230805_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_9635.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Audubon's were also pretty cooperative! (Kate Sutherland)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUzR6uaCCqgbIrGgqatEaTJTqiRwa9Us5tDMIkEbYsPYjAKIa1gJo3PqIYBd3I9cT06pgVjGUxKYhp11ujVyZhuQnaYlRzHWXvgeTMlfr67d6hs2PFBun9f3aY0RilGjKFOTGitGsJCEzBsbkwAQpy80kCUJJoKQ0WG3-HjG_t0AvUabteFHTTCpNzPvZQ/s2880/230805_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_9303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUzR6uaCCqgbIrGgqatEaTJTqiRwa9Us5tDMIkEbYsPYjAKIa1gJo3PqIYBd3I9cT06pgVjGUxKYhp11ujVyZhuQnaYlRzHWXvgeTMlfr67d6hs2PFBun9f3aY0RilGjKFOTGitGsJCEzBsbkwAQpy80kCUJJoKQ0WG3-HjG_t0AvUabteFHTTCpNzPvZQ/s320/230805_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_9303.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAdxyO3FMEKxFC1kNA0fpEGnqzmJMksVhjwpLb3MU86gieZiTuhi3HV5saPeIoye0_bl8_ScuDsxL08gvKG6YaM5ibjU2qjFcAtzfQwZaYaoX2CcjaJU9UaaWY19I7f_zQlPMKzJSWKlBqzc9lifIL9BVhgW31T0EvolEtrC84gmMXJnICItvuB4mOY1-/s2880/230805_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_9598.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAdxyO3FMEKxFC1kNA0fpEGnqzmJMksVhjwpLb3MU86gieZiTuhi3HV5saPeIoye0_bl8_ScuDsxL08gvKG6YaM5ibjU2qjFcAtzfQwZaYaoX2CcjaJU9UaaWY19I7f_zQlPMKzJSWKlBqzc9lifIL9BVhgW31T0EvolEtrC84gmMXJnICItvuB4mOY1-/s320/230805_Audubon'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_9598.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And Great Shearwaters were as well! 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The dorsal surface and also markings on the animal can help identify an individual for people studying them! 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We're very lucky to have two ports of departure we can use to get out to deeper waters offshore from Hatteras Island! While our trips in late summer from Hatteras are productive, the water gets really warm, and we have been itching to get back to the north where there is a nice interaction of the Gulf Stream with a cooler water current coming down from the north. The interaction of the cooler waters of the Labrador or Virginia Current meet the warm, sometimes hot, waters of the Gulf Stream and this causes nutrients carried in that cooler water to fall out creating what is called a deposition zone - and areas of high productivity. While the shelf break is a bit farther for us to the north, these temperature breaks coupled with the upwelling from the canyon areas can be a really interesting place in the late summer. In the image below you can see the inlets labelled and also the proximity to the shelf break which is the closest on the east coast!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8ZpFowX9fWpCrWu4gxBoxYzOLDHQd5QCvpvS0ZW1TwQBC4OorCZfkDiWVEi8c8nobhBzcPvXpBe5WQvOixDT4VxWzaGsMe44H9PxxaFpCEqZPlIfYGpUbY6alL57jHMNg-G0t9m_LeXVmhR7WQ6UHUhbnnX4IKpry91JMvGMGy0HLCtwPP0YzXofakSL/s2484/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%207.02.17%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="2484" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8ZpFowX9fWpCrWu4gxBoxYzOLDHQd5QCvpvS0ZW1TwQBC4OorCZfkDiWVEi8c8nobhBzcPvXpBe5WQvOixDT4VxWzaGsMe44H9PxxaFpCEqZPlIfYGpUbY6alL57jHMNg-G0t9m_LeXVmhR7WQ6UHUhbnnX4IKpry91JMvGMGy0HLCtwPP0YzXofakSL/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%207.02.17%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>This image from NASA shows how this warm water current travels along the southeastern US before being deflected to the northeast by the cooler current flowing from the north. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlZlLtqh0m6CL7JZj-SCghnUEE7rkPCO1XDyzvOtanU2wrlokLdqODt_HhwsOxfHlevvXnDMy5_rcVndIbF60ryGDR2YHALdEeIpoXwSF_FcQRT4_dIruwVwEblnNoPW6mH5j1nQqALt3Hus1jRBj46DiCXqPcmYiytL4-VpMIGrX1mqoMAquhaRs6mzP/s2034/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%207.15.17%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1664" data-original-width="2034" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlZlLtqh0m6CL7JZj-SCghnUEE7rkPCO1XDyzvOtanU2wrlokLdqODt_HhwsOxfHlevvXnDMy5_rcVndIbF60ryGDR2YHALdEeIpoXwSF_FcQRT4_dIruwVwEblnNoPW6mH5j1nQqALt3Hus1jRBj46DiCXqPcmYiytL4-VpMIGrX1mqoMAquhaRs6mzP/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%207.15.17%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><div>The ecosystem created by the interaction of these water masses is incredibly dynamic and one of the reasons we run these seabirding trips from Hatteras.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Last year I began working with Duke Marine Lab doing research offshore from Oregon Inlet, covering some of these canyon areas and The Point to the east of Hatteras Island. I was pleasantly surprised how much life was up there compared to what we had been seeing south of Cape Hatteras over the past few years when the Gulf Stream comes up onto the shelf. Of note from 2022 were good numbers of both Leach's and Band-rumped Storm-Petrels plus excellent numbers of Black-capped Petrels and even a few Fea's / Deserta's Petrels and White-tailed Tropicbirds! Years ago we also ran our White-faced Storm-Petrel search trips up here, it is the best place for us to look for these charismatic little kangaroo birds. These images below are ones I captured on a trip from Hatteras in 2019, the second shows it with a Band-rumped Storm-Petrel.</div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyL6g6hafsH8eIaBZIhDc4xdzTz4IeF5lyyOVjoc4hAbuMZQymj0TkU6R59EbiuiYHnuFf9A2pd0--7myCZOLMd-IL4gURM7BAgAfoFOeUFSyCzQs7e_LaUsb4eld2p3XztpZvsn1JzmuALKpyKDYknxjFowDi44Qr1tP82crWHuQJlwgPc8XgrbewUVfB/s780/0B6A4735.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="780" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyL6g6hafsH8eIaBZIhDc4xdzTz4IeF5lyyOVjoc4hAbuMZQymj0TkU6R59EbiuiYHnuFf9A2pd0--7myCZOLMd-IL4gURM7BAgAfoFOeUFSyCzQs7e_LaUsb4eld2p3XztpZvsn1JzmuALKpyKDYknxjFowDi44Qr1tP82crWHuQJlwgPc8XgrbewUVfB/s320/0B6A4735.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwZQT53fsbArnKUFVhlPVo-276HmaYGh04U-7JUiQ7UFNJjyMInBlDI5XLhQaiFcV_cJJgTvwVpV2P_Dtt60sWHEo-s3ddFEf2FYSIOrT98v2p0ixVsBQaykit3WpCUFW-ZrHKXKGOBkRBuq0FyhJgjRPJmeHIKkg2zgQBBM6-VfMDVWjBauJ9mhmY44j/s780/0B6A4725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="780" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwZQT53fsbArnKUFVhlPVo-276HmaYGh04U-7JUiQ7UFNJjyMInBlDI5XLhQaiFcV_cJJgTvwVpV2P_Dtt60sWHEo-s3ddFEf2FYSIOrT98v2p0ixVsBQaykit3WpCUFW-ZrHKXKGOBkRBuq0FyhJgjRPJmeHIKkg2zgQBBM6-VfMDVWjBauJ9mhmY44j/s320/0B6A4725.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>East of Oregon Inlet can be a good place to see Black-capped Petrels, of course, and trips up here have also found Bermuda Petrels, Fea's / Deserta's Petrels, and Trindade Petrels. Our usual expectations for the summer should also be found here with good numbers of Cory's, Scopoli's, Great, and Audubon's Shearwaters plus some tropical terns! I just saw at least one Sooty Tern last week up there. Masked Booby is another possibility and hopefully we can turn up some jaegers and skuas as well. Tropicbirds are definitely in this area in the summer so there is the possibility to see White-tailed Tropicbirds and you never know...a Red-billed could show up as well. </div><div><br /></div><div>Non-avian highlights in this area include the deep diving Cuvier's Beaked Whales, or Goosebeaks as we like to call them. The males of this species have a diagnostic whitish coloration to their heads making them easy to spot at a distance and sometimes they can put on quite a show pushing out of the water before diving deeply to feed in the canyons just offshore of the shelf for over an hour! Here are a few images I captured in 2018, you can see the heavy scaring on the back which is different from the Gervais' Beaked Whales we see more often south of Hatteras (they scar dark!). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_2neDlhX6T8Vt3aqt0dx2sad6g6mS7KRF9CxqjJAx0CzBPAwQn9QEdEYvvc_etjJVWFcgnp_fERZ4ed2bAQ-nVx0_i6DEsWQiM5PlG2d7vey_b_U246T_1-NkzFnEjR5b2FYZ77G6tPeJlJdTtJpJAyq48x8JywKAmN_SCUiHMXPof5ax4GBkiywTozL/s2048/IMG_6898.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="2048" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_2neDlhX6T8Vt3aqt0dx2sad6g6mS7KRF9CxqjJAx0CzBPAwQn9QEdEYvvc_etjJVWFcgnp_fERZ4ed2bAQ-nVx0_i6DEsWQiM5PlG2d7vey_b_U246T_1-NkzFnEjR5b2FYZ77G6tPeJlJdTtJpJAyq48x8JywKAmN_SCUiHMXPof5ax4GBkiywTozL/s320/IMG_6898.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwA-DkWNXb1ceJoO_EepYaqBoU_czXFBvppdAChlQpeC5PFI0CffvMoE9tdRx4HsJ1XtTQlrlyy925u47pkw298PiHDDgEdiOJCC4mfiwph_ZsW3Bq_SpvwrRzw9ST970uUvDCzrWc_DQJ3Cqx2_vJoSBtGNqHuTAKbP6iyRu4UDzbfVyuy5UOoLTWvgu/s2048/IMG_6899.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwA-DkWNXb1ceJoO_EepYaqBoU_czXFBvppdAChlQpeC5PFI0CffvMoE9tdRx4HsJ1XtTQlrlyy925u47pkw298PiHDDgEdiOJCC4mfiwph_ZsW3Bq_SpvwrRzw9ST970uUvDCzrWc_DQJ3Cqx2_vJoSBtGNqHuTAKbP6iyRu4UDzbfVyuy5UOoLTWvgu/s320/IMG_6899.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>It is always exciting to encounter them. We also could see Short-finned Pilot Whales, Offshore Bottlenose, Atlantic Spotted, and Risso's Dolphins. The temperature breaks can be good places to see Giant Manta Rays...you just never know what you'll find offshore! This is true where ever you choose to take a trip to the deep, but we hope you'll join us this summer to see what we can discover east of Oregon Inlet and Hatteras Island!</div><div><br /></div><div>This summer we have ten departures from Oregon Inlet (August 22 to 31 daily) in addition to our regular summer trips from Hatteras (August 4, 5, 18, 19). Pricing is the same for all trips - $210 for one space with a discount offered if you join multiple trips and pay by check or money order! More information about the trips can be found on our website: <a href="https://patteson.com/">https://patteson.com/</a> under Gulf Stream Trips and you can register for a trip by using the form on the Sign Up page. If you have questions of want to check availability please email me, Kate Sutherland, at cahow1101@gmail.com. I hope to see some of you aboard next month!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-30442787183618985122023-06-10T20:42:00.004-04:002023-06-10T20:42:38.658-04:00Risso's Dolphins in the Blue Desert 10 June 2023<div style="text-align: left;">Another day with high pressure and a high ceiling! Always tough conditions for seabirding in the Gulf Stream here offshore from Hatteras. We had light winds most of the day and sunny skies. Birds were slow to come to the slick but we finally recruited some Wilson's Storm-Petrels plus we had some Black-capped Petrels come check us out too. Band-rumpeds were not as cooperative as yesterday but we did have at least three individuals make some close passes. One highlight was participant Doug Hanna finding a small pod of Risso's Dolphins out in the deep! This is the first time we have seen them this spring and they were super cooperative giving us some great views. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The trip report can be found here: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ebird.org/tripreport/138139">https://ebird.org/tripreport/138139</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And a big thank you to Ed Corey and Mario Balitbit for helping us lead the trip today! ~Kate Sutherland</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A few images of the Risso's Dolphins I took today. Older individuals are paler than younger ones, and this species has tall, falcate dorsal fins. We had some young and old today! As they age they also have more scaring from other individuals and also from prey species like squid.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEPF3LaHoMu9DkO0T56n2tW6Ckz3Nuq_9bKavdILjEFN0eL4A8oZq5VALtuZeljmfvv7ETP_dPy8mqStVTY3RMx9kYUnXClWe1nS3N6KJ42ZXruaYCFnE7WLg2V6_eDokMCtKDdWO898eVdZMuWSbd8sIEjhyOTDsW24o66TRT372vOmzGdp6kpYTiA/s2880/230610_Risso'sDolphin_K.Sutherland_0647.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEPF3LaHoMu9DkO0T56n2tW6Ckz3Nuq_9bKavdILjEFN0eL4A8oZq5VALtuZeljmfvv7ETP_dPy8mqStVTY3RMx9kYUnXClWe1nS3N6KJ42ZXruaYCFnE7WLg2V6_eDokMCtKDdWO898eVdZMuWSbd8sIEjhyOTDsW24o66TRT372vOmzGdp6kpYTiA/s320/230610_Risso'sDolphin_K.Sutherland_0647.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXhte4pI5scVoYF8c2EXgNEU6HSuKaoVcbQRzMRvcV5aMRqs449s1xrWTpdVsUAcPSlRDQyXARWqWklcOu0HIPTy2AYP2gSIu5wh8Z1pbE8ZJi2YLE_nbvKTDm8u4itCg4iawYIJE2E919UUBYnWcNJZOdG7N86h5n7RQUKoLN1jpUXkJltiLuV0qOsA/s2880/230610_Risso'sDolphin_K.Sutherland_0577.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXhte4pI5scVoYF8c2EXgNEU6HSuKaoVcbQRzMRvcV5aMRqs449s1xrWTpdVsUAcPSlRDQyXARWqWklcOu0HIPTy2AYP2gSIu5wh8Z1pbE8ZJi2YLE_nbvKTDm8u4itCg4iawYIJE2E919UUBYnWcNJZOdG7N86h5n7RQUKoLN1jpUXkJltiLuV0qOsA/s320/230610_Risso'sDolphin_K.Sutherland_0577.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMgHVLsEEDA3tbH2EhtV_Y2unwv0h0Dwp34qkRjEXr06MP_m0OOchif2RZ7_r73LmTjiI2cf0a4C1wC_IyG96aATFQw-fAtTJodbYwibr4MvT2mmgASr-_9VPDoeMQb2Eq4Wh8kd2sH0v7YU8LE5h54xCLKPcTPLbrOohSwrb94TSGTZNGjVWltqKaA/s2880/230610_Risso'sDolphin_K.Sutherland_0600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMgHVLsEEDA3tbH2EhtV_Y2unwv0h0Dwp34qkRjEXr06MP_m0OOchif2RZ7_r73LmTjiI2cf0a4C1wC_IyG96aATFQw-fAtTJodbYwibr4MvT2mmgASr-_9VPDoeMQb2Eq4Wh8kd2sH0v7YU8LE5h54xCLKPcTPLbrOohSwrb94TSGTZNGjVWltqKaA/s320/230610_Risso'sDolphin_K.Sutherland_0600.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This image is actually several moments later than the one above! Interesting to see how some of these younger animals stayed close together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VnxBofs8739YZjmBfnPBfX8ln1Q0T5guLxcK9bDSl2y8zbg8yJUkWHOQiwz3f6W4ekj_N8LOM_lin87lgMTQJHnSmXWMqXJxVQ3LDAKGU0Spmq2pstt6cLqyfPqGRNwqpTpa8oU5qTY4fdhfs3coJ_kn9y9SUTSFkEd-LL5dSr37r2PFm4dD5PCEZg/s2880/230610_Risso'sDolphin_K.Sutherland_0669.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VnxBofs8739YZjmBfnPBfX8ln1Q0T5guLxcK9bDSl2y8zbg8yJUkWHOQiwz3f6W4ekj_N8LOM_lin87lgMTQJHnSmXWMqXJxVQ3LDAKGU0Spmq2pstt6cLqyfPqGRNwqpTpa8oU5qTY4fdhfs3coJ_kn9y9SUTSFkEd-LL5dSr37r2PFm4dD5PCEZg/s320/230610_Risso'sDolphin_K.Sutherland_0669.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8s2AEkNBrUAtFANujV6H9iRq69Nk-bDxQ8t5vafZB9sxWNtHG6Ppj44Ze7VodnPwGL8YUCevPKJy-PyJp1yFAn1iJd6V1F8HmQY5pUp1K5_x6KJm4Zn1a1cwkUX3pbRjWWNqd_S1j8kJhIhmBodo9GeJZc0hZXK4Ul7_aU_1uKWZhQYbaNMtO_oowqg/s2880/230610_Risso'sDolphin_K.Sutherland_0784.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8s2AEkNBrUAtFANujV6H9iRq69Nk-bDxQ8t5vafZB9sxWNtHG6Ppj44Ze7VodnPwGL8YUCevPKJy-PyJp1yFAn1iJd6V1F8HmQY5pUp1K5_x6KJm4Zn1a1cwkUX3pbRjWWNqd_S1j8kJhIhmBodo9GeJZc0hZXK4Ul7_aU_1uKWZhQYbaNMtO_oowqg/s320/230610_Risso'sDolphin_K.Sutherland_0784.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It was also a good day for flyingfish...!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMBtAm3xKX7w7T8vroEDwpGEpx620VeZnJ9QFDk9MolGTtn0LPXOZqb4xmDelTPosbNvWiRctpQp2SYfKNnaxcYc8kH_HF55oIrvLtMTzSu7qv4qDzWNj3MhqvyI53l_H1Ue_choAGGkJjZTvjD-svlAl8HiawXPHsIqr9Qc84-fLZb2JmsamyZxMxw/s2880/230610_Flyingfish_K.Sutherland_0213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMBtAm3xKX7w7T8vroEDwpGEpx620VeZnJ9QFDk9MolGTtn0LPXOZqb4xmDelTPosbNvWiRctpQp2SYfKNnaxcYc8kH_HF55oIrvLtMTzSu7qv4qDzWNj3MhqvyI53l_H1Ue_choAGGkJjZTvjD-svlAl8HiawXPHsIqr9Qc84-fLZb2JmsamyZxMxw/s320/230610_Flyingfish_K.Sutherland_0213.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPLKItRin_me5gBZ4oK-gM_4IAAOoLy9mpZ7d_MEaJTp_N8fdond2EtMRwaBksW193jlR46Nmeq1AlyaGcmtQuqySzv4ZQN9JzJqsQAHYIrfTTpIx46QzUH8umtk13ZYSyS3HczP_CByFd-DmFYJEkmeCIEcbkLleAw10o9v99VCnNowh9TPwmwVOPIA/s2880/230610_Flyingfish_K.Sutherland_0494.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPLKItRin_me5gBZ4oK-gM_4IAAOoLy9mpZ7d_MEaJTp_N8fdond2EtMRwaBksW193jlR46Nmeq1AlyaGcmtQuqySzv4ZQN9JzJqsQAHYIrfTTpIx46QzUH8umtk13ZYSyS3HczP_CByFd-DmFYJEkmeCIEcbkLleAw10o9v99VCnNowh9TPwmwVOPIA/s320/230610_Flyingfish_K.Sutherland_0494.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-63981144353949865072023-06-09T20:01:00.004-04:002023-06-09T20:01:33.167-04:00A Day in the Blue Desert - 9 June 2023<div style="text-align: left;">If you have been offshore with us in the past, you have heard me likely explaining the habitat in the Gulf Stream offshore from Hatteras! This water is hot and has just pockets of life with mostly a vast expanse of blue water, blue because it is lacking phytoplankton and other creatures to intercept the light as it moves down into the depths. So it is like a desert - a vast, blue desert. Today we felt that as we searched the horizon for birds as we moved out past the shelf break. Like yesterday we kept searching for some concentrations of birds in the morning and ended up in over 7,800 feet of water!! Our patience and watchful eyes paid off and we ended up with a nice collection of birds and some really incredible views of the usual visitors. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Check out the trip report here:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ebird.org/tripreport/137910">https://ebird.org/tripreport/137910</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">And remember to click on the photos tab to see images from the day!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks to everyone who joined us and thank you as well to Ed Corey and Jesse Anderson, some of our faithful NC leaders, for helping Brian and me lead the trip today!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here are a few images I captured today</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Not every day you can capture a Band-rumped with a diving Great Shearwater!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dQZvJaiyuu-v1EAYAIa9I5gtMQs_RjsEYflVjnSbRwMe6iNh5KsgVMt0iZ-ExcheaAlMYRmOJcmmBRSep4FqWxRzRaDXTHXqZmcmsHPICYs_YypxuLjR4ZAIJH3VMNMsrEa9An_6CyFrdMFBhjrG3Qs8HOSNbJzSgBZ6ZawYbySpQXXmc5LLwiLrow/s2880/230609_Band-rumpedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_0019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dQZvJaiyuu-v1EAYAIa9I5gtMQs_RjsEYflVjnSbRwMe6iNh5KsgVMt0iZ-ExcheaAlMYRmOJcmmBRSep4FqWxRzRaDXTHXqZmcmsHPICYs_YypxuLjR4ZAIJH3VMNMsrEa9An_6CyFrdMFBhjrG3Qs8HOSNbJzSgBZ6ZawYbySpQXXmc5LLwiLrow/s320/230609_Band-rumpedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_0019.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A couple more images of one of the molting Band-rumpeds we had out there near the end of the day.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbUrcokk2lqUf5rW7M6ID7ZarzUYRpbjkGp2lEJKnr7w8GuYwRlOsz5XnwbBCjPhqV8JGI90VLNBgUDS7sd-k_E1I4BzA00UJsWQziMYZ8ApRNiCHur31pLzQ7fLZQgSpMTQVlTpngA2Gf1aibITqaqqRrcglzkt54mEPEAvVxojiVFa6KhUpZOCflHw/s2880/230609_Band-rumpedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_0110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbUrcokk2lqUf5rW7M6ID7ZarzUYRpbjkGp2lEJKnr7w8GuYwRlOsz5XnwbBCjPhqV8JGI90VLNBgUDS7sd-k_E1I4BzA00UJsWQziMYZ8ApRNiCHur31pLzQ7fLZQgSpMTQVlTpngA2Gf1aibITqaqqRrcglzkt54mEPEAvVxojiVFa6KhUpZOCflHw/s320/230609_Band-rumpedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_0110.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_oWkT-HVpRdZEYg5Bep0541OKyLfaZYlOe2rs-idcAuwMiU43LpNay_DsOzLJxhbMfIf4MaQDR2OFhnfVZuWQHnv4_0gjXPI20XJtvz0l50vDS5W8YrMNbohGsJw0lM0-WRnMADzsLqoRWm0pcJGmTjOtQYaMwUkfqfam6PUWuZw3YDfi7aiWSxdpg/s2880/230609_Band-rumpedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_0160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_oWkT-HVpRdZEYg5Bep0541OKyLfaZYlOe2rs-idcAuwMiU43LpNay_DsOzLJxhbMfIf4MaQDR2OFhnfVZuWQHnv4_0gjXPI20XJtvz0l50vDS5W8YrMNbohGsJw0lM0-WRnMADzsLqoRWm0pcJGmTjOtQYaMwUkfqfam6PUWuZw3YDfi7aiWSxdpg/s320/230609_Band-rumpedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_0160.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A Black-capped Petrel, likely a darker individual.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomckW6iNBDXcrGA_Z0DT16Tx5_-FbLb2NnqVdoeZKHgq1QbFmrHKj0Lt6VLUvZnRtU3yakUyIjKkBR01Wcjz8m_lBexgpiqF0RdltJNgzvE2V2PYLI9f8OqQdAtzOdP7ilTYAGPqFZrYZa5FtVdQRqJVEkaqr8BxyuvL_JgCWEHmYPea7-SKqocuvPg/s2880/230609_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_9754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomckW6iNBDXcrGA_Z0DT16Tx5_-FbLb2NnqVdoeZKHgq1QbFmrHKj0Lt6VLUvZnRtU3yakUyIjKkBR01Wcjz8m_lBexgpiqF0RdltJNgzvE2V2PYLI9f8OqQdAtzOdP7ilTYAGPqFZrYZa5FtVdQRqJVEkaqr8BxyuvL_JgCWEHmYPea7-SKqocuvPg/s320/230609_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_9754.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Some of the Atlantic Cory's we're seeing have super worn outer primaries! You can see these look very blunt due to the wear.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uStXn36KcHegGk5SkH4utdGb_TbOy7XxC8BXV15hkLvsGVnQ2yZQtBSBzvXC9JffPoFtoL4cps3eV2ofv8ne4Nt-fiQtQnJ94kuPtaIwiqgYlGLcfh5iFopmKFrgM5-yNr6CScssfUY5wc_p5XCpCJ7QI4kYAnBohf-Qb8e7FNjMnzIWzNoRfm76bg/s2880/230609_Cory'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_0121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uStXn36KcHegGk5SkH4utdGb_TbOy7XxC8BXV15hkLvsGVnQ2yZQtBSBzvXC9JffPoFtoL4cps3eV2ofv8ne4Nt-fiQtQnJ94kuPtaIwiqgYlGLcfh5iFopmKFrgM5-yNr6CScssfUY5wc_p5XCpCJ7QI4kYAnBohf-Qb8e7FNjMnzIWzNoRfm76bg/s320/230609_Cory'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_0121.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Our faithful Wilson's dancing for us as they fed in the slick!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqmbKDG0wuGP8HS6g3DSgtAguyCFjjB0Vmn2sAzkD7qippnq0jtxvRECu_j3CShTxnXVomN8Dju28Xrjg5CpfbogQqHUTeyStS9ulJG4lQ4c0jYW4_8q0efaF8O6yQYo0sB0YYfrqPbV2yaav3ROX-yJDEFOfzBoEDMK8I6YqkYcRdhM6pOCx2r4mkw/s2880/230609_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_9807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqmbKDG0wuGP8HS6g3DSgtAguyCFjjB0Vmn2sAzkD7qippnq0jtxvRECu_j3CShTxnXVomN8Dju28Xrjg5CpfbogQqHUTeyStS9ulJG4lQ4c0jYW4_8q0efaF8O6yQYo0sB0YYfrqPbV2yaav3ROX-yJDEFOfzBoEDMK8I6YqkYcRdhM6pOCx2r4mkw/s320/230609_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_9807.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggL0nT3-buu9dX8qAGBBXAlybQB8KaQNaLVqxYbLy6WlvPja9oWV2wItiMrdD5kqMpUlf8htdZmJgsMTS3nw6Jez8eHRFC46d-CfBh-XTi8nR_6SP1Th1yU7EhNsm7NYTUFPzi89aHInttJ_ga6Mf0cFP98lMmrVsM_hoDA9sx9vw22tXrBEvUV54NHw/s2880/230609_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_9903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggL0nT3-buu9dX8qAGBBXAlybQB8KaQNaLVqxYbLy6WlvPja9oWV2wItiMrdD5kqMpUlf8htdZmJgsMTS3nw6Jez8eHRFC46d-CfBh-XTi8nR_6SP1Th1yU7EhNsm7NYTUFPzi89aHInttJ_ga6Mf0cFP98lMmrVsM_hoDA9sx9vw22tXrBEvUV54NHw/s320/230609_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_9903.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-58077698027711402112023-06-08T20:34:00.003-04:002023-06-08T20:34:50.400-04:00Hungry Birds - 8 June 2023 <div style="text-align: left;">We were lucky that the rain moved through before we had to be at the dock this morning, and that it wasn't waiting just offshore for us...but it did push some birds farther offshore. Luckily we made it out there in some nice conditions, all the way out the 1,300 fathoms (7,800 feet)! And we did pick up some birds once we started chumming. While we didn't find anything unexpected we did have really great views of both forms of Black-capped Petrel, excellent views of both Cory's and Scopoli's Shearwaters, and really cooperative Band-rumped Storm-Petrels both molting (presumed Grant's type) and not molting. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You can find the trip report for the day here: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ebird.org/tripreport/137674">https://ebird.org/tripreport/137674</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">and remember to click on the tab for photos to see images from myself and leader Jesse Anderson!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks so much to everyone who joined us out there today and to Jesse for helping Brian and me lead the trip. ~Kate Sutherland</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was really cool to see some of our usual suspects diving for chum out there today! Here are a couple - Great Shearwater (top two) and Wilson's Storm-Petrel (bottom two), from my images today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKGaIg_DNsh9DuPgDKBZcqeMdoKZFuUuaJdMH9naZwK6BnqLJLqitUViLEDObNiO1Z2St5sCedt6S5nDh6YvE1RtluXMaq2QF0EcKFU-aoRlaky8pd8EuV6CpC0FjDNpO0lOloX-7YLs0JjByWiM6ltv1b5x6vYIUrpsDbnLOcM5zUI1m2dGS3KLuqw/s2880/230608_GreatShearwater_K.Sutherland_8664.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKGaIg_DNsh9DuPgDKBZcqeMdoKZFuUuaJdMH9naZwK6BnqLJLqitUViLEDObNiO1Z2St5sCedt6S5nDh6YvE1RtluXMaq2QF0EcKFU-aoRlaky8pd8EuV6CpC0FjDNpO0lOloX-7YLs0JjByWiM6ltv1b5x6vYIUrpsDbnLOcM5zUI1m2dGS3KLuqw/s320/230608_GreatShearwater_K.Sutherland_8664.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Portuguese Man of War out there today!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_e9ufwCucTYRY3Qt0moJ8w5d1pijUZjNB-ALWjCRqpJHRzTxxrJOyymZd0wR_xd4CZ9HYST0h0gpBqpIO8tnw7Y5_FmfDMO8lVh9lqxqigMZQ-B86KHJHy_oi1qc-3HtTuUhXeaiNSy7hUUJ3EhNmbHGZhzI12N2xQBQWEAt0K1pBe89oVCB7xXzdg/s2880/230608_PortugueseManOfWar_K.Sutherland_9463.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_e9ufwCucTYRY3Qt0moJ8w5d1pijUZjNB-ALWjCRqpJHRzTxxrJOyymZd0wR_xd4CZ9HYST0h0gpBqpIO8tnw7Y5_FmfDMO8lVh9lqxqigMZQ-B86KHJHy_oi1qc-3HtTuUhXeaiNSy7hUUJ3EhNmbHGZhzI12N2xQBQWEAt0K1pBe89oVCB7xXzdg/s320/230608_PortugueseManOfWar_K.Sutherland_9463.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-71395782445657786342023-06-04T15:59:00.005-04:002023-06-04T15:59:43.988-04:00White-tailed Tropicbird and Trindade Petrel!! 3 June 2023<div style="text-align: left;">The final day of our Spring Blitz was another good one! We've been really lucky on the days we've been able to make it offshore, if only the weather had been a bit more cooperative...but we'll take 8 out of 15! More fog and northerly wind, but not quite as much current as previous days so it was actually quite nice out there. We had nicer Gulf Stream water too and the skies cleared up once we were offshore of the shelf. Within an hour we had really nice views of both a White-tailed Tropicbird and a dark morph Trindade Petrel - WOW! Shearwaters are also here so we had great views of Cory's, Scopoli's, Great, Sooty, and Audubon's in the slick. And Band-rumped Storm-Petrels have also begun to show well so everyone on board practiced their identification skills in the stern and hopefully had them down by the end!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The trip report from eBird can be found here - reminder to click the tab for photos to see those taken by us.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ebird.org/tripreport/136333">https://ebird.org/tripreport/136333</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thank you so much to Steve Howell and Liam Waters for contributing photos and for helping Brian and me lead the trip today! - Kate Sutherland</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The White-tailed Tropicbird stayed with us for awhile giving everyone ample opportunity to photograph it with camera or even cell phones!! (K. Sutherland)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5BOUezVCRK7jleTe9tvS-H950b8nAJcyFc3kkDCYl7KHk7MrPOKHmRB4Q5KmQAzSfyZL8Lz7AHBOlpujwD9fiuvOGnzBLvOthKGkacB12H8-23YfL1UDFJlBQDs-oQmUM4ZwcMUJ2svE53P4T2EoQPpbeLI16fs1BBSVncASx0tMtefo5_-N6MIqcA/s2880/230603_White-tailedTropicbird_K.Sutherland_6661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5BOUezVCRK7jleTe9tvS-H950b8nAJcyFc3kkDCYl7KHk7MrPOKHmRB4Q5KmQAzSfyZL8Lz7AHBOlpujwD9fiuvOGnzBLvOthKGkacB12H8-23YfL1UDFJlBQDs-oQmUM4ZwcMUJ2svE53P4T2EoQPpbeLI16fs1BBSVncASx0tMtefo5_-N6MIqcA/s320/230603_White-tailedTropicbird_K.Sutherland_6661.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Liam spotted this Trindade Petrel coming in on the bow while we were on a slick - here is one of the images he captured! (Liam Waters)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlnFV7m6WzDh0HAmPPZPDNjvHi5u8DnkOYt8YXpLLqHdypL2MvLR2QtMpVeK4RC5zlj73-j8TapW4mGtmnBDiru2Ez0aNU9aeFPDiBjPvdBxJkWdM7lYykNXU4D0rkjoAangfO4KkGf1l72VpNwvBMxcz35ru_Pp64YnYR_UgOVuV0dWpANeeDZI3Bw/s1883/IMG_2559.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="1883" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlnFV7m6WzDh0HAmPPZPDNjvHi5u8DnkOYt8YXpLLqHdypL2MvLR2QtMpVeK4RC5zlj73-j8TapW4mGtmnBDiru2Ez0aNU9aeFPDiBjPvdBxJkWdM7lYykNXU4D0rkjoAangfO4KkGf1l72VpNwvBMxcz35ru_Pp64YnYR_UgOVuV0dWpANeeDZI3Bw/s320/IMG_2559.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>He also got a couple of photos of the Scopoli's Shearwater that came in at the same time as the tropicbird - here are ventral and dorsal views - note the extensive white in the under primaries! (Liam Waters)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHrH1_mrMQiae7Cy-VPXTeBokxIeznD_uGvSohV52MWJq5qi3XDqELCsQyyLEbBEYHaxTGRjZPn3jwi-RFnMdgAUpUKN6Gix5kDRzdfiRxQwaR-R95PiTX0k5cKY82CkE9DLCfhUw1ozJtU-zISxBOWvLh5k5CPBzPgHlaovb0k3L3vja9IQXOQ2Hyg/s2554/IMG_2390.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1703" data-original-width="2554" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHrH1_mrMQiae7Cy-VPXTeBokxIeznD_uGvSohV52MWJq5qi3XDqELCsQyyLEbBEYHaxTGRjZPn3jwi-RFnMdgAUpUKN6Gix5kDRzdfiRxQwaR-R95PiTX0k5cKY82CkE9DLCfhUw1ozJtU-zISxBOWvLh5k5CPBzPgHlaovb0k3L3vja9IQXOQ2Hyg/s320/IMG_2390.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmO7Ja0PzjdQVPxFKwQoyi5jXBKA_RfT6MbV_WEO40-Lj3gSsKYPT502-idgTXv98o_B40XToeFJ8_7_stthVBp57Ov2rVvLM2GxXL_S2nJiRHtDfMkIituw2CyAJsPPi2e2PGIzTOM9lAWNX896CtU5QISYE-OJ-X7cmJpdq-6jy_1UZZgeqrpyasw/s1967/IMG_2385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="1967" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmO7Ja0PzjdQVPxFKwQoyi5jXBKA_RfT6MbV_WEO40-Lj3gSsKYPT502-idgTXv98o_B40XToeFJ8_7_stthVBp57Ov2rVvLM2GxXL_S2nJiRHtDfMkIituw2CyAJsPPi2e2PGIzTOM9lAWNX896CtU5QISYE-OJ-X7cmJpdq-6jy_1UZZgeqrpyasw/s320/IMG_2385.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A couple of presumed Grant's type Band-rumped Storm-Petrels (Liam Waters) each with at least a couple of old primaries.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoK1cPngNkFYLkjBw_UKK7tDW4qu71TWFU1CvI9mVpMs0dlrGrC0e2kfvNEfyao5q2k9R9-8XX1yF5h7DVnu9MhbTlEFXUvKtI6-Rai8NoN9TqG64PfSADfhOsrF2IcST98CoNfoZmGgu4QpJWI7TbpfOH0tsLCrkAbZwUmVegK_Y9GsI3tbq26cRHg/s3371/IMG_2522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2247" data-original-width="3371" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoK1cPngNkFYLkjBw_UKK7tDW4qu71TWFU1CvI9mVpMs0dlrGrC0e2kfvNEfyao5q2k9R9-8XX1yF5h7DVnu9MhbTlEFXUvKtI6-Rai8NoN9TqG64PfSADfhOsrF2IcST98CoNfoZmGgu4QpJWI7TbpfOH0tsLCrkAbZwUmVegK_Y9GsI3tbq26cRHg/s320/IMG_2522.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwH5j4IRgkK50iqnf9nfYR-OA4D5oIx7h8AfyXSKpJ-J3n1kME5B_10gQeRszDyy2nFVkZRXJQupeVCjrHlx7mlepOGwVW7qvofgQJ9nX6kOWgE5TJBZAD_t3YzSqLG1F3f_iSvh2hsWWi0LjlKXOyA0rztSSa8FaS9d35pwzs08F4oU5C5ibFA1PJsQ/s1733/IMG_2602.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1733" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwH5j4IRgkK50iqnf9nfYR-OA4D5oIx7h8AfyXSKpJ-J3n1kME5B_10gQeRszDyy2nFVkZRXJQupeVCjrHlx7mlepOGwVW7qvofgQJ9nX6kOWgE5TJBZAD_t3YzSqLG1F3f_iSvh2hsWWi0LjlKXOyA0rztSSa8FaS9d35pwzs08F4oU5C5ibFA1PJsQ/s320/IMG_2602.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-62246679925515760742023-06-02T20:27:00.001-04:002023-06-04T16:12:25.323-04:00Euro and a Red-billed Tropicbird! 2 June 2023<div style="text-align: left;">Another good, spring day out there even if it feels like March! We still have some north wind here...!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Red-billed Tropicbird on the shelf in the morning and then a brief encounter with a European Storm-Petrel in the afternoon - what more could we ask for?? Really awesome looks at Leach's and Band-rumped Storm-Petrels in addition to our Wilson's? And high diversity of flyingfishes?? Yes - all of that too.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Our trip report can be found at this link:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ebird.org/tripreport/135974">https://ebird.org/tripreport/135974</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Remember to hit the photos tab for those! In the meantime, here are a few from today by myself (Kate) and Steve Howell. Thanks to Steve and Liam Waters for helping us lead the trip today!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Red-billed Tropicbird!! (K. Sutherland)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLnWWCuBbvgN0ZOuEh9v89v3HIyTjMdlZK7L-wGZ-OSoE1eDZsNmLGZvQYeV8GfYB0Eu2imXMn3wRuU571_U_lNOQxhHGzuLTlB-948D_PlKVsEtEdl9uxH3vKjN0MQjvZ_p9iho6P5hqk-0deW3Hk_wcPzwWrMoyAeB9hBfPSDLl9wwmqn_5NGOBag/s2880/230602_Red-billedTropicbird_K.Sutherland_5472.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLnWWCuBbvgN0ZOuEh9v89v3HIyTjMdlZK7L-wGZ-OSoE1eDZsNmLGZvQYeV8GfYB0Eu2imXMn3wRuU571_U_lNOQxhHGzuLTlB-948D_PlKVsEtEdl9uxH3vKjN0MQjvZ_p9iho6P5hqk-0deW3Hk_wcPzwWrMoyAeB9hBfPSDLl9wwmqn_5NGOBag/s320/230602_Red-billedTropicbird_K.Sutherland_5472.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbA47hJMXq1kaSxVodsOIsmJCX2LXfomW0WS-agx6BYyAKPvmNZJQeSqSX72MqPDrzIYhyOvMCTr1rKX-RPzrZIPFqvXywvMOVBUK0fhjpDFssHJfRxZEWosWsyJyA1rRXyu3PHusre5kp9y1BKKdi7M5RHDilM2nHo99ftQzh4FPfBHypRi92VGmKVg/s2880/230602_Red-billedTropicbird_K.Sutherland_5476.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbA47hJMXq1kaSxVodsOIsmJCX2LXfomW0WS-agx6BYyAKPvmNZJQeSqSX72MqPDrzIYhyOvMCTr1rKX-RPzrZIPFqvXywvMOVBUK0fhjpDFssHJfRxZEWosWsyJyA1rRXyu3PHusre5kp9y1BKKdi7M5RHDilM2nHo99ftQzh4FPfBHypRi92VGmKVg/s320/230602_Red-billedTropicbird_K.Sutherland_5476.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And the Euro - a record shot since it was not really very cooperative... (K. Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZW85DHv3dzM4OHIPp_8bOadGvrqvExVrtqKNJLAIrQ9izmlvJTjHZRQvP2P0wc4lTTKgKPh4pY2G-Df4slBE-a19hqbPgd5A5T6hYB1nVTmQD-OOcQ1foFHG4f-R12D07GNwCpcHq62G-jwn362LmNJdCwCcnBFePCvDNNdwRB0ShN9DT63RbNLvXQQ/s2880/230602_EuropeanStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_6055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZW85DHv3dzM4OHIPp_8bOadGvrqvExVrtqKNJLAIrQ9izmlvJTjHZRQvP2P0wc4lTTKgKPh4pY2G-Df4slBE-a19hqbPgd5A5T6hYB1nVTmQD-OOcQ1foFHG4f-R12D07GNwCpcHq62G-jwn362LmNJdCwCcnBFePCvDNNdwRB0ShN9DT63RbNLvXQQ/s320/230602_EuropeanStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_6055.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span><span style="background-color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Today a great flyingfish show, with numerous immature stages such as Sargassum Midget, Purple Bandwing, plus lots of larger fish whose field ID remains vexed - Steve Howell</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4RDdDFuMrRaOWOmO-S_D4q3jI6dY2_nW5XZtEEaWW91OCHnka9XokxRQX07T_Yomrrsqnx4W9ADgie4Xv076CC3E-OM48rcR0BdlEaS3QBuZ1b6oTFLWzuR0gGtF-h8R84JHC73ZX-Vu7oyZhiRKoUwhyFHsWmlrHkj2gIeEc9Yzx_Q3U_32AfaYlw/s1200/Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(7%20of%20121).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4RDdDFuMrRaOWOmO-S_D4q3jI6dY2_nW5XZtEEaWW91OCHnka9XokxRQX07T_Yomrrsqnx4W9ADgie4Xv076CC3E-OM48rcR0BdlEaS3QBuZ1b6oTFLWzuR0gGtF-h8R84JHC73ZX-Vu7oyZhiRKoUwhyFHsWmlrHkj2gIeEc9Yzx_Q3U_32AfaYlw/s320/Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(7%20of%20121).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_spAZKikJ1C4FmRTJkBVNspV8rBQtKSYonYKQbhGx9qRHhraW0yPgnFPM8tDwzgyWY6zbEvNQNLc0XrXRaiJwHWiDFV7kHjEmGqabYTcAhswmbqprwdyf_9K-tPIftb6QQ5SIywZnKE8D39ZdaH3CEqk0OISKWA6ndMAmGEnQrU6OWeuH9csodT3N6w/s1200/Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(98%20of%20121).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1200" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_spAZKikJ1C4FmRTJkBVNspV8rBQtKSYonYKQbhGx9qRHhraW0yPgnFPM8tDwzgyWY6zbEvNQNLc0XrXRaiJwHWiDFV7kHjEmGqabYTcAhswmbqprwdyf_9K-tPIftb6QQ5SIywZnKE8D39ZdaH3CEqk0OISKWA6ndMAmGEnQrU6OWeuH9csodT3N6w/s320/Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(98%20of%20121).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAHzAXGrCq6U-A0uuTfb8kYRjyRYVdMfb0fSenhea83rsGSSvH8u4bbbAkZcTlCqXaKRQoi_NlIldadyr52tca4SsmQJxG2Q8f7i7GX6ENU3wF3xeC0rP8a0GRTBGQyGbE_ysgBEy8Y3ol36KjiK2K6uW_Xqqyhk-n9YGI9n15Z5xpfMhQ7GCd-Rw8Q/s1200/Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(100%20of%20121).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1200" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAHzAXGrCq6U-A0uuTfb8kYRjyRYVdMfb0fSenhea83rsGSSvH8u4bbbAkZcTlCqXaKRQoi_NlIldadyr52tca4SsmQJxG2Q8f7i7GX6ENU3wF3xeC0rP8a0GRTBGQyGbE_ysgBEy8Y3ol36KjiK2K6uW_Xqqyhk-n9YGI9n15Z5xpfMhQ7GCd-Rw8Q/s320/Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(100%20of%20121).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvb_adNE9oxeqp_CZD0EJMN2O1MywCwgzHCT-wlaMrW1VNVnnd0QCQe6UKktM7BPezQR5UVsAbUTbDtcCidictp62a98lpJYIPwwu9aFmCQp8tY9PejaSInSEs7vRUy9gSkAr2N5T5P9Rvj-Oklc2YmOMnK27CaXWxb-eNehrOwLZJVCayfLJpzTdJg/s1200/Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(112%20of%20121).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1200" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvb_adNE9oxeqp_CZD0EJMN2O1MywCwgzHCT-wlaMrW1VNVnnd0QCQe6UKktM7BPezQR5UVsAbUTbDtcCidictp62a98lpJYIPwwu9aFmCQp8tY9PejaSInSEs7vRUy9gSkAr2N5T5P9Rvj-Oklc2YmOMnK27CaXWxb-eNehrOwLZJVCayfLJpzTdJg/s320/Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(112%20of%20121).jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And one of the Roseate Terns we saw was even catching some fliers!! Steve captured this awesome image!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wQnjZl5Y_dp4BtiohQVDj0CmD7V5eXrCr4cq87F8VVa37nfwVC--L9sK-NjVY0hxn0XSa4Fesyj12XD9bGQzNDGSP67PCZnd65vfnNsO7fSuQlragdNsCuAsP88XcUpq8idLSi6HfQ04F9EiEphOGnRZTRJjrNXVzXlXCU2KTlUPWsMjbpWRlOr7mg/s1200/Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(84%20of%20121).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wQnjZl5Y_dp4BtiohQVDj0CmD7V5eXrCr4cq87F8VVa37nfwVC--L9sK-NjVY0hxn0XSa4Fesyj12XD9bGQzNDGSP67PCZnd65vfnNsO7fSuQlragdNsCuAsP88XcUpq8idLSi6HfQ04F9EiEphOGnRZTRJjrNXVzXlXCU2KTlUPWsMjbpWRlOr7mg/s320/Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(84%20of%20121).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><div><div style="text-align: left;">A couple of birds diving to feed on our chum - Great Shearwater and Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Kate Sutherland)</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06ISozzGNhzAZMJbOV0bhT4e23ycDev__t1XlqlTspV3BWYZF4P-DCOxCVB8EVjOfEBv2jof424R1nv616oOcgXii4CxQSIxvajU90NG6GX161Q0iG9k8CNWqrphko01w5yDW3vZwtFtNv7pd3BaBB3adV55rxCvHKUxZK213HNnu6IWbFyDMcuwmTw/s2880/230602_GreatShearwater_K.Sutherland_5789.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06ISozzGNhzAZMJbOV0bhT4e23ycDev__t1XlqlTspV3BWYZF4P-DCOxCVB8EVjOfEBv2jof424R1nv616oOcgXii4CxQSIxvajU90NG6GX161Q0iG9k8CNWqrphko01w5yDW3vZwtFtNv7pd3BaBB3adV55rxCvHKUxZK213HNnu6IWbFyDMcuwmTw/s320/230602_GreatShearwater_K.Sutherland_5789.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjryKZAQwTcTtqj8tR3ZOB8Px3UZpthdLHZMnlbOKLyNmKw5Zl9uow5-ErmluM0RfGma4b73qc_7xh3sExcznUwUz95YxDHLakB8ZtlM2q8ONiYWAcGpftTJKcY5c3q4imh7JL2yzABu2F4Vtw7ZiPKD4tsLrG_BKtA5GLakn4KRtGUimkb-sO0dFUag/s2880/230602_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_5871.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjryKZAQwTcTtqj8tR3ZOB8Px3UZpthdLHZMnlbOKLyNmKw5Zl9uow5-ErmluM0RfGma4b73qc_7xh3sExcznUwUz95YxDHLakB8ZtlM2q8ONiYWAcGpftTJKcY5c3q4imh7JL2yzABu2F4Vtw7ZiPKD4tsLrG_BKtA5GLakn4KRtGUimkb-sO0dFUag/s320/230602_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_5871.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-87580580708489803382023-06-01T20:19:00.003-04:002023-06-01T21:09:30.476-04:00Shearwaters are Here! 1 June 2023<div style="text-align: left;">We had some fog and north wind to deal with this morning...not typical of June here in Hatteras! But the Great Shearwaters still showed up here pretty much on time with a nice following flock feeding in the chum for most of the time we were offshore of the shelf break. This is the first trip of the spring we've had a good shearwater flock; with the Greats were some Sooties - Cory's, Scopoli's, Manx, and Audubon's all at least flew by the slick and a few paused to give us some nice views. It was awesome out there! Just after 1130 Bob Flood spotted a dark morph Trindade Petrel by the boat in the glare, everyone had a chance to see it - then keeping up the dark theme we had a South Polar Skua buzz our shearwater flock right at the end of the day! It was definitely one to remember... Thanks to Steve Howell and Liam Waters for helping us lead the trip!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Check out the list below and remember that you can click on the photo tab to see some images from the day.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ebird.org/tripreport/135712">https://ebird.org/tripreport/135712</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And a few images from today (K. Sutherland)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Not the best but got an identifiable image of the Trindade Petrel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFvn_eRFPnFZGmeGTlnMMERvlvpqOF3XNpfv8vivTjCu6eUoJZv6aElxjlploDHM9JP-nF2kQoqku-yo5RY6Wc75PhhhyIXgU2Fz-yAdPAjHzYpG-2WxHVZ0TszwCAqqG_x3s3f3Ok8VR1Tcehqgn9kXWw4TCCKIM1C8aHbQ-jn2Af_KSIJomFb92SA/s2880/230601_TrindadePetrel_K.Sutherland_5171.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFvn_eRFPnFZGmeGTlnMMERvlvpqOF3XNpfv8vivTjCu6eUoJZv6aElxjlploDHM9JP-nF2kQoqku-yo5RY6Wc75PhhhyIXgU2Fz-yAdPAjHzYpG-2WxHVZ0TszwCAqqG_x3s3f3Ok8VR1Tcehqgn9kXWw4TCCKIM1C8aHbQ-jn2Af_KSIJomFb92SA/s320/230601_TrindadePetrel_K.Sutherland_5171.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The other exciting, dark bird - South Polar Skua with Cory's type Shearwater by Steve Howell</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZoSeHPLOMWcc-kvI-vThCZ5hXM43UGYGxHYb__HHCaldjqzfUj8jNgovYJ5aMvJT0tcVlXO2nHIC_bRY8HH9FX7LigYBK_1ac6IfrTIJYY7EqNf-vccIKzedVX2AhDBBbKatPmrTpqvAzr0qr_HdcDrZ05pJRXNGQaJ-VGCEknGbLdG_qvyMxY9V4w/s1200/Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(72%20of%2077).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1200" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZoSeHPLOMWcc-kvI-vThCZ5hXM43UGYGxHYb__HHCaldjqzfUj8jNgovYJ5aMvJT0tcVlXO2nHIC_bRY8HH9FX7LigYBK_1ac6IfrTIJYY7EqNf-vccIKzedVX2AhDBBbKatPmrTpqvAzr0qr_HdcDrZ05pJRXNGQaJ-VGCEknGbLdG_qvyMxY9V4w/s320/Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(72%20of%2077).jpg" width="320" /></a></div>White-faced Black-cap<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuNlDnxp1P7CLdyM03paZsQSsNRXYDcnOQ1TXjnudTaBX2Pda7Yw6VNAQhX985HxTg0ca4r67GD-b3dsf2LSlC2uafnMtGhD867tJHr3E1fJsCIUZDr_qbQPTf4zX1JLQqg8IwlSHnh3WCfGqxWXMS7JXLM65pR2ArBDp0A7Fp4zIZOPYlGKuHT4zDw/s2880/230601_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_5015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuNlDnxp1P7CLdyM03paZsQSsNRXYDcnOQ1TXjnudTaBX2Pda7Yw6VNAQhX985HxTg0ca4r67GD-b3dsf2LSlC2uafnMtGhD867tJHr3E1fJsCIUZDr_qbQPTf4zX1JLQqg8IwlSHnh3WCfGqxWXMS7JXLM65pR2ArBDp0A7Fp4zIZOPYlGKuHT4zDw/s320/230601_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_5015.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Atlantic Cory's with dark under primaries, a big bill, and dark markings in the underwing coverts<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhba97YDuTfR6mKHvrVWAfOMBoxmioxenQqVxns0wPJMNnR5ljQQwGIZbJdDK5mZg5mAQcp_Fp-l41wRaGJekrebL78cUwM3VKiN7mDD3UFoSW25u5Wk_TVjBJT0CJPthl1SGLNVNbXdygKq9ttqtOauOG7Ed0NaeydMEdraTr5KW6Be8el-9gOMwpEcg/s2880/230601_Cory'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_4980.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhba97YDuTfR6mKHvrVWAfOMBoxmioxenQqVxns0wPJMNnR5ljQQwGIZbJdDK5mZg5mAQcp_Fp-l41wRaGJekrebL78cUwM3VKiN7mDD3UFoSW25u5Wk_TVjBJT0CJPthl1SGLNVNbXdygKq9ttqtOauOG7Ed0NaeydMEdraTr5KW6Be8el-9gOMwpEcg/s320/230601_Cory'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_4980.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Record shot of a Scopoli's showing white in the outer under primaries, specifically p10<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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These young birds looked sleek and healthy<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdD63zM0hEG8OE9wRlMWhl42F0clgfM-zQxrmu-WqyxN_BZ7spHW3wg0zI9kzVvXETCsiwpa6ae2a1SSh6Ucpy9GfeBFHN-pO2o7iOiGAWLZG4UjoucNJbinmnRlKjoo1hktllqHnHq3R3vS1NWXWMMdx5xSBItBHZ3z1TlbO_-uXPoUyg4mQ_hQonpg/s2880/230601_SootyShearwater_K.Sutherland_4829.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdD63zM0hEG8OE9wRlMWhl42F0clgfM-zQxrmu-WqyxN_BZ7spHW3wg0zI9kzVvXETCsiwpa6ae2a1SSh6Ucpy9GfeBFHN-pO2o7iOiGAWLZG4UjoucNJbinmnRlKjoo1hktllqHnHq3R3vS1NWXWMMdx5xSBItBHZ3z1TlbO_-uXPoUyg4mQ_hQonpg/s320/230601_SootyShearwater_K.Sutherland_4829.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhws89lTsGSFGRTzwRGROWOVaYQEtRuJDukTgGjz-oa7AaBGmLgR46KLqURkSdoVLWObLRlrs0Z5Cs6WeD__7W38CvaZEctNJ7YQ8IuH_UdiF3bKqb6LDJdFIWoSvjWNcQ9h5ynLYsoJ2EJi0BO493h5hHdKflhVlDp3E-l2Eyyi5WQkbPkO3oKuPOC0A/s2880/230601_SootyShearwater_K.Sutherland_5156.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhws89lTsGSFGRTzwRGROWOVaYQEtRuJDukTgGjz-oa7AaBGmLgR46KLqURkSdoVLWObLRlrs0Z5Cs6WeD__7W38CvaZEctNJ7YQ8IuH_UdiF3bKqb6LDJdFIWoSvjWNcQ9h5ynLYsoJ2EJi0BO493h5hHdKflhVlDp3E-l2Eyyi5WQkbPkO3oKuPOC0A/s320/230601_SootyShearwater_K.Sutherland_5156.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Wilson's Storm-Petrels were around in good numbers today!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCkzvmRC0CU1MgwbE2tZj0HpZg9VrmWAezqQfnduPq2VqIGpC3RBxff9vfzhe6wThCrrNA4AGvpbDfIMF2p0tT-KtMOIOrUia5SO-YkZOOFfGDiP9p_9dt3Yk0d9r3zOJKJjc3S9qwM3rc8-iirOBkf9mNf6E_WFTOqQGFZSgfJSRkjbq4T54JJ-DbA/s2880/230601_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_5062.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCkzvmRC0CU1MgwbE2tZj0HpZg9VrmWAezqQfnduPq2VqIGpC3RBxff9vfzhe6wThCrrNA4AGvpbDfIMF2p0tT-KtMOIOrUia5SO-YkZOOFfGDiP9p_9dt3Yk0d9r3zOJKJjc3S9qwM3rc8-iirOBkf9mNf6E_WFTOqQGFZSgfJSRkjbq4T54JJ-DbA/s320/230601_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_5062.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And we saw this bird too! Maybe they wanted to see what we had following in the slick...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JsdOdZcshpW7Z3KFqjc-v0WhGlhDhpZAa97UZQ_gOjuZ-jCb6JKuk2Rj5n_E0OwvobyEptMFJDJ5otI-7O6_HVUf9TRy9td_sZ_85PWJKN8cRVZmTq3XMsbFBSx4t_K8oKpazj7tWabn-TBVgQJIFgnbYHuBcE4EIjk6eth6OkiyT58YTJGT-V6TRg/s2880/230601_Navy_K.Sutherland_5254.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JsdOdZcshpW7Z3KFqjc-v0WhGlhDhpZAa97UZQ_gOjuZ-jCb6JKuk2Rj5n_E0OwvobyEptMFJDJ5otI-7O6_HVUf9TRy9td_sZ_85PWJKN8cRVZmTq3XMsbFBSx4t_K8oKpazj7tWabn-TBVgQJIFgnbYHuBcE4EIjk6eth6OkiyT58YTJGT-V6TRg/s320/230601_Navy_K.Sutherland_5254.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-9974223785685378442023-05-30T20:56:00.007-04:002023-06-04T16:10:39.949-04:00Usual Suspects 30 May 2023<div style="text-align: left;"> While we didn't turn up anything rare like yesterday - we did have some excellent views of the birds we encountered! Great Shearwaters are just starting to show up and we're starting to see more Scopoli's in with the Atlantic Cory's. But the stars today were a couple of Pomarine Jaegers and the Band-rumped and Leach's Stormies! You can find the trip report with totals linked below - as before remember to click the photos tab at the top to see some images I took today!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ebird.org/tripreport/135179">https://ebird.org/tripreport/135179</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We thank Steve Howell for helping us lead the trip today and for contributing images and captions here below...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Band-</span><span class="m_1772436705505500940SpellE" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">rumped</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Storm-Petrel - Worn first-cycle bird starting molt of head and back; note faded </span><span class="m_1772436705505500940SpellE" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">upperwing</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> coverts, worn tail creating a slight fork. At this season, plumage wear and molt stage indicate a summer-breeding population, most likely Madeiran Storm-Petrel.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNI-GaDaeskEez3yj-L5UDa_s4ISezKn-3YToMnb5q9BaPVw9UwHoSm7Fr9hk4LlzMCxf9GzTRwTckpp9_5vFrgsceCBr76YH4nhVo5q02w8iAEp4lZIq9fmALFMAE9luZgC14Ey4KUo_BHtVfMXQ2UaP-1IBLPgu_EblKdpTB8-GxCh-mJhFqqOYOQ/s1200/BRSP%20first-summer%20presumed%20Madeiran%20Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(39%20of%2056).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNI-GaDaeskEez3yj-L5UDa_s4ISezKn-3YToMnb5q9BaPVw9UwHoSm7Fr9hk4LlzMCxf9GzTRwTckpp9_5vFrgsceCBr76YH4nhVo5q02w8iAEp4lZIq9fmALFMAE9luZgC14Ey4KUo_BHtVfMXQ2UaP-1IBLPgu_EblKdpTB8-GxCh-mJhFqqOYOQ/s320/BRSP%20first-summer%20presumed%20Madeiran%20Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(39%20of%2056).jpg" width="320" /></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;">Same individual - K. Sutherland</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrkyP7RJPuXJnLdQb4jJntFqUmCrwh-i6uWpAmoPnm_nvu7HvTeSqn_YnRc2YhoqhGM66xXip_kwlglUjggc0bd0FMQ45ZG1DmS23RiLXB-5UXgDFk9bg1jHZUKPCxUBUc-0m_acLpTdc4VGcMVPjyS3bBrYxwK-zVHMe6AQ8khZlMIdZqNasFzKpFQ/s2880/230530_Band-rumpedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_4697.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrkyP7RJPuXJnLdQb4jJntFqUmCrwh-i6uWpAmoPnm_nvu7HvTeSqn_YnRc2YhoqhGM66xXip_kwlglUjggc0bd0FMQ45ZG1DmS23RiLXB-5UXgDFk9bg1jHZUKPCxUBUc-0m_acLpTdc4VGcMVPjyS3bBrYxwK-zVHMe6AQ8khZlMIdZqNasFzKpFQ/s320/230530_Band-rumpedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_4697.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Leach’s Storm-Petrel trying to walk on water (note much shorter legs than Wilson’s, which is in a separate family, Southern Storm-Petrels, characterized by long legs, among other things). Worn first-cycle bird; note faded </span><span class="m_1772436705505500940SpellE" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">upperwing</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> coverts and flight feathers, with tail tips worn off to create squared tail tip. </span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZoXAUVfLYrVmdZstgKErvCL9zzB-uW-qKEp2F7EwdULh3lR0WBqcSqdRG-3lpdT3UcPyKBxQJp7_S3-I8i9OZ7ygUrWyU6xRH6YBBJbm86aiNt8tbhLXMLzEPYA6NJcTvRCAbqNZJQKVrXdiZVtRNXasG-OgtTDQXEYINrntV7D_A_2DWhTcq-onVtA/s1200/LHSP%201st-summer%20Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(20%20of%2056).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZoXAUVfLYrVmdZstgKErvCL9zzB-uW-qKEp2F7EwdULh3lR0WBqcSqdRG-3lpdT3UcPyKBxQJp7_S3-I8i9OZ7ygUrWyU6xRH6YBBJbm86aiNt8tbhLXMLzEPYA6NJcTvRCAbqNZJQKVrXdiZVtRNXasG-OgtTDQXEYINrntV7D_A_2DWhTcq-onVtA/s320/LHSP%201st-summer%20Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(20%20of%2056).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #444444;">Wilson’s goes for a walk in the Gulf Stream; a fresh juvenile that fledged only 2 months ago in the Antarctic!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1My1IcZQnTjRf_hRm0MtGI-ISVLBXx5TkqXgbdkeOucY3aiEMYnWErr95IwOAsc2fKnfVvU-kuAaHItXEfOqhBtXq2-_oq0zalHXrzzoJKgs08o-bhoyzwmzZa3xVZDt_wOrFWXp-Dpg6Hy53d6c1Bki71X1EJ6RpThxziIz0uZBfHyEDHr0ZG3dKg/s1200/WISP%20juv%20Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(32%20of%2056).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1My1IcZQnTjRf_hRm0MtGI-ISVLBXx5TkqXgbdkeOucY3aiEMYnWErr95IwOAsc2fKnfVvU-kuAaHItXEfOqhBtXq2-_oq0zalHXrzzoJKgs08o-bhoyzwmzZa3xVZDt_wOrFWXp-Dpg6Hy53d6c1Bki71X1EJ6RpThxziIz0uZBfHyEDHr0ZG3dKg/s320/WISP%20juv%20Hatteras%20pelagic,%20NC%20(32%20of%2056).jpg" width="320" /></a></div>White-faced Black-cap with our two Pomarine Jaegers! (K. Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0cgOQVyPdHcCMOUnxPaBwwTILDMhGtwRFEmyc6IxBvG0L365ZxrGHgVMGP6IYJq-ZJmnzQQGqjiUpU4Y0loaMkGGM2nPmQp4WkSQHrQXUJhXd0o1Ca2bzgTb6Kkk_SHyolnT6MbHcDu2kL0IreN75-N9pCATbP9tnob-hJGrhY3VlH4ZYaYbk0pIXw/s2880/230530_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_4320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0cgOQVyPdHcCMOUnxPaBwwTILDMhGtwRFEmyc6IxBvG0L365ZxrGHgVMGP6IYJq-ZJmnzQQGqjiUpU4Y0loaMkGGM2nPmQp4WkSQHrQXUJhXd0o1Ca2bzgTb6Kkk_SHyolnT6MbHcDu2kL0IreN75-N9pCATbP9tnob-hJGrhY3VlH4ZYaYbk0pIXw/s320/230530_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_4320.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">And a record shot of the Scopoli's Shearwater we had today! (K. Sutherland)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_97quG68sLvRt1gAAsHQuycA0NZiuRfQfxIBEsm8qEY78NfAhKJOIjoW1Nc9eL0ZWcWqxotzFT2AOXrUI59EzXYkAa0IJZpqe7U4hIDKU2OMxW5l-JbEk5QxCJl30738doTeZIc9OvfRDxnT1G85fux6X74kwe1GQP_f7XjXaF03LcE9hpRWKBcUQA/s2880/230530_Scopoli'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_4406.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_97quG68sLvRt1gAAsHQuycA0NZiuRfQfxIBEsm8qEY78NfAhKJOIjoW1Nc9eL0ZWcWqxotzFT2AOXrUI59EzXYkAa0IJZpqe7U4hIDKU2OMxW5l-JbEk5QxCJl30738doTeZIc9OvfRDxnT1G85fux6X74kwe1GQP_f7XjXaF03LcE9hpRWKBcUQA/s320/230530_Scopoli'sShearwater_K.Sutherland_4406.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-60949001769113045052023-05-29T20:07:00.004-04:002023-05-31T14:10:15.608-04:00Gadflies & Tropicbirds! 29 May 2023<div style="text-align: left;"> It was so nice to finally get back offshore after five days on land due to weather! Here is our trip report from today's trip - enjoy!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ebird.org/tripreport/134908">https://ebird.org/tripreport/134908</a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Trindade Petrel came right to the boat just as we slowed down over the shelf, I was getting a chum block ready to go over, but Peter Flood captured this gorgeous image!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mhGSjetrQSyKgj86uQMNB7BbvP3Zoh83jgKEdQvzptG0nPeGlYIgXqiIwsZ9BZnl6FiKvueQ7IqeVjG-Puh0ix2gKxtPVnoloNh94D4m92ja5aEckG8YQFhqn7MUJLYQA1fuXHRza9cej2yzIwq-wgPGbb8wgNEkv9x-HfjnqrkS1XFKGZmK15eTKw/s4632/0R6A9133.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2922" data-original-width="4632" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mhGSjetrQSyKgj86uQMNB7BbvP3Zoh83jgKEdQvzptG0nPeGlYIgXqiIwsZ9BZnl6FiKvueQ7IqeVjG-Puh0ix2gKxtPVnoloNh94D4m92ja5aEckG8YQFhqn7MUJLYQA1fuXHRza9cej2yzIwq-wgPGbb8wgNEkv9x-HfjnqrkS1XFKGZmK15eTKw/s320/0R6A9133.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOqauvN-K74yiZkF5mWroi-AyLnMjA4LkkBHDhwOfiL-z_Hr2gER5z2EYUyRYUycB3QBBg3K65Na8z6mIpko7inK9Vkd0BAtzzPRerWdj0NMnAAtVd3p1Hn7YltADTLdvEvHHC8-jVGyEm8SL6Rb3GCUTX_4CQKxxTnBv2esq3YlD5yuRxLbd4cCySIg/s3964/0R6A9178.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2403" data-original-width="3964" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOqauvN-K74yiZkF5mWroi-AyLnMjA4LkkBHDhwOfiL-z_Hr2gER5z2EYUyRYUycB3QBBg3K65Na8z6mIpko7inK9Vkd0BAtzzPRerWdj0NMnAAtVd3p1Hn7YltADTLdvEvHHC8-jVGyEm8SL6Rb3GCUTX_4CQKxxTnBv2esq3YlD5yuRxLbd4cCySIg/s320/0R6A9178.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Then, just over an hour later I heard a tropicbird overhead and looked up to see two dropping in! We had a spectacular show by these two individuals, calling and flying in synchrony for us for a few minutes. They swooped within just ten feet of our participants on the top deck - what a treat! (Kate Sutherland)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH59IeUwhLbYwGJWUeYEd2yVgqpW2pYZGEjgBi0WS1Vl7RmI8o6L_elPuCSxMW283az9MuedZGNXW8zHq2oNwnlMNX2VjdlIxgYPbaQj8rLGED_R42X7Vd_UFMproLvReyfNbi-Lmf-idcSc2XQXZMdbPKeBNQrv1RlL2sv0QauwstPm9_18xvsjrZXg/s2880/230529_White-tailedTropicbirds_K.Sutherland_3533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH59IeUwhLbYwGJWUeYEd2yVgqpW2pYZGEjgBi0WS1Vl7RmI8o6L_elPuCSxMW283az9MuedZGNXW8zHq2oNwnlMNX2VjdlIxgYPbaQj8rLGED_R42X7Vd_UFMproLvReyfNbi-Lmf-idcSc2XQXZMdbPKeBNQrv1RlL2sv0QauwstPm9_18xvsjrZXg/s320/230529_White-tailedTropicbirds_K.Sutherland_3533.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUIcNZgfme8Wgio7UBkiDDniJuOCZvXCfAE67ZYKHr98kcuRTORAq736Mk8EVgeTSuTtFhz8ac-q2kTv3OHx05E5fHvjVQuC7iFAJRzccY_UPaBEm6gheZO_DN-bTs1Udv9AagNs-Jb8YuMoHTJga_0BkIgmNmr9rFMmOyhHt9s-oGL13HZYZDZ61yg/s2880/230529_White-tailedTropicbirds_K.Sutherland_3721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUIcNZgfme8Wgio7UBkiDDniJuOCZvXCfAE67ZYKHr98kcuRTORAq736Mk8EVgeTSuTtFhz8ac-q2kTv3OHx05E5fHvjVQuC7iFAJRzccY_UPaBEm6gheZO_DN-bTs1Udv9AagNs-Jb8YuMoHTJga_0BkIgmNmr9rFMmOyhHt9s-oGL13HZYZDZ61yg/s320/230529_White-tailedTropicbirds_K.Sutherland_3721.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Just before noon Steve Howell spotted a Fea's Petrel on the starboard side and while it didn't give us a close pass, it did fly by close enough for everyone to have an excellent look! Photo by Peter Flood</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbW2KJEBk93o91i43MMbNFGY-kjxuY_5qGaDj21rIKzOc2sMqDGT-chO8fZAx7OKKDWP0ymgkwVuaYxoiA7rjY14fnWw7ktl-LykConG8SV9Rx9rMziIxMk1l6xq1-rhMHg6qbJ99bospUHhL3pP5S7gFNW_UxhEh8NXTl3C4A9JfJMFAhvhH_2GZAfg/s3142/0R6A9852.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2018" data-original-width="3142" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbW2KJEBk93o91i43MMbNFGY-kjxuY_5qGaDj21rIKzOc2sMqDGT-chO8fZAx7OKKDWP0ymgkwVuaYxoiA7rjY14fnWw7ktl-LykConG8SV9Rx9rMziIxMk1l6xq1-rhMHg6qbJ99bospUHhL3pP5S7gFNW_UxhEh8NXTl3C4A9JfJMFAhvhH_2GZAfg/s320/0R6A9852.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On the shelf in the afternoon we had a nice flock of Cory's with a Great and Sooty Shearwater feeding over some fish - here I captured some with a Mahi mahi. It was a treat to see these birds feeding along a nice color change.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNj0N00yZNJMQHfr3pmk0XISqEMVqHSccp1t_wctw-Dr9uMfgiSpSSfo1_nNbrWFP2YB3YNSoSTo9pqqjJfNrtbAd2-sOpyL_IE9sS9bQ3VuMp-DH_ZA2ikVGjycZdLFW8eq9SB1mNIczjINB-_wYPZIXWTtEdaocIFv4yvZg0_U8TnikNxOzTPODwaw/s2880/230529_Cory'sShearwaters_K.Sutherland_4181.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNj0N00yZNJMQHfr3pmk0XISqEMVqHSccp1t_wctw-Dr9uMfgiSpSSfo1_nNbrWFP2YB3YNSoSTo9pqqjJfNrtbAd2-sOpyL_IE9sS9bQ3VuMp-DH_ZA2ikVGjycZdLFW8eq9SB1mNIczjINB-_wYPZIXWTtEdaocIFv4yvZg0_U8TnikNxOzTPODwaw/s320/230529_Cory'sShearwaters_K.Sutherland_4181.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-49x--v92ojr1YBuiWu-qJQLf7R0K9Zf3xsscG9l56IVlXvEvxZb72Y0dPjbrFoaIpgssvI4alRZbnDfftMIByHIuYL8u9SCtgS1MT1VI0L90zuz3rV9dxLkDM4s_n7KXXiY-wsU8jmecXa2tNI6SeD5J-CipMqNpCCTzV9krhzOTfUEbOFiAbyzlA/s2880/230529_Cory'sShearwaters_K.Sutherland_4193.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-49x--v92ojr1YBuiWu-qJQLf7R0K9Zf3xsscG9l56IVlXvEvxZb72Y0dPjbrFoaIpgssvI4alRZbnDfftMIByHIuYL8u9SCtgS1MT1VI0L90zuz3rV9dxLkDM4s_n7KXXiY-wsU8jmecXa2tNI6SeD5J-CipMqNpCCTzV9krhzOTfUEbOFiAbyzlA/s320/230529_Cory'sShearwaters_K.Sutherland_4193.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We also had some flyingfishes today, but not as many as I would have expected with the hot Gulf Stream water we were in today. Thanks everyone for joining us and thank you to Steve Howell and Peter Flood for helping Brian and me lead the trip!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAXZsnKrV4IR-wYRIBuoKO4CNOOHFcc27xoCUMPLQ_EzrT_Z3Altnrv3Vj83bVs_ctDEimIe2HlHSU1Z6U3s9WnZmBKnlU9v1HSfSnv87dME_iq8Ee4xJ9wm_5te2KwOsE4mJjSiLtZ8JbjriJRiHhfAIw-MSoifMWGUHwH6a5XNSSFhNwfuoDn9FXg/s2880/230529_Flyingfish_K.Sutherland_4166.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAXZsnKrV4IR-wYRIBuoKO4CNOOHFcc27xoCUMPLQ_EzrT_Z3Altnrv3Vj83bVs_ctDEimIe2HlHSU1Z6U3s9WnZmBKnlU9v1HSfSnv87dME_iq8Ee4xJ9wm_5te2KwOsE4mJjSiLtZ8JbjriJRiHhfAIw-MSoifMWGUHwH6a5XNSSFhNwfuoDn9FXg/s320/230529_Flyingfish_K.Sutherland_4166.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-75621214080394843662023-05-24T17:44:00.007-04:002023-05-24T21:15:31.960-04:00Seabirding the High Seas - 23 May 2023<div style="text-align: left;"> Our eBird Trip report can be found here:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ebird.org/tripreport/133350">https://ebird.org/tripreport/133350</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You should be able to click on the "photos" tab at the top to see the collected images from the day. It was an epic day out there with strong Gulf Stream current and strong winds!! Truly a Seabirding Adventure! Here are a few images I captured today, thanks to everyone who joined us out there - you all earned your merit as seaworthy seabirders (yes, even if you were sick!!). ~Kate Sutherland</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Long-tailed Jaeger was new for the spring! We had at least three adult individuals</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPaNhr2Nwo0TabC5SYqJ9AbWGv7kb3GiNzzjCKyp4l_uHKhZHhqPiDLqSlp9QIAI37kOg6vR9ZS13Pk91NUTbW4Z943b0hN3RKWWGpuoFlxnzxe94N65HUZWdryfgpbAaoKYK_XsgPkXf_xRO7172dXPl_olLbFUvdEY88Q_LkrA-dgp-2eW6agn8LIw/s2880/230523_Long-tailedJaeger_K.Sutherland_2586.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPaNhr2Nwo0TabC5SYqJ9AbWGv7kb3GiNzzjCKyp4l_uHKhZHhqPiDLqSlp9QIAI37kOg6vR9ZS13Pk91NUTbW4Z943b0hN3RKWWGpuoFlxnzxe94N65HUZWdryfgpbAaoKYK_XsgPkXf_xRO7172dXPl_olLbFUvdEY88Q_LkrA-dgp-2eW6agn8LIw/s320/230523_Long-tailedJaeger_K.Sutherland_2586.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div>Audubon's were actually super cooperative given the breezy conditions</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxwlCfC9xbtAMWgBahS3gS3c71v1gHWuugvfIBhzxQoVWi6Jq9ByvuhZxUFakJntpMvKe1igl97xi-qeJrxFORn-bifBJr2jyhYK4Rh0WO-_4L9g0Fuo7EpTLURNkOiy_KT7quj2V274CsHrX8m0d41erKqHB7rZQaidVKwk3SUU1erciKaEopfqhgg/s2880/230523_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_2145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxwlCfC9xbtAMWgBahS3gS3c71v1gHWuugvfIBhzxQoVWi6Jq9ByvuhZxUFakJntpMvKe1igl97xi-qeJrxFORn-bifBJr2jyhYK4Rh0WO-_4L9g0Fuo7EpTLURNkOiy_KT7quj2V274CsHrX8m0d41erKqHB7rZQaidVKwk3SUU1erciKaEopfqhgg/s320/230523_Wilson'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_2145.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Leach's also showing off some sea texture....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pXiMs0DJOSOxSKbdKfPUD5yhkOQqqr175kYwHLNyhGJhve64YJdVWdhImk82ErGHF-hajJqEc-3_wvc3tormEy8YFpqkCCSc3fM9MTvwVko2PjCx6K8FkD1tnjg5X2hLhC4vC1sX0URSEvsYQaoKuM8pXBWJllUwo0XA5igv7MWvoAUhE0qoPLkWAg/s2880/230523_Leach'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_2016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8LvX0uTKXAYCZ-ziefHLG2zlR-nPCV6bkna0gpjBgt7ogpfaDRY2usBPD6ivcxhrIv96zTwehzkBBCI5OpUBGts2fiHda2zj1JcX9DOPDuyLlqAhwVheUE6Jhmy80YytIpMX4ibbVfmmBM_lGcvLVTpuHTQMfzeQP6pRhojkcIqOJXG0DuXIGcTZ_A/s320/230523_Leach'sStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_2706.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">And just one more wave shot because I love pictures of waves and water, as you know if you follow this blog regularly!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEsoMoVAKrtUJVAUiDz1_0W0O_hh0us4uI5H_vY0cEjBI_7DunFh9fOotC2ZUDMpvj3rlAu1dcyeUUrvIEHL7Y57tfDU7iSTKgE9TGRgcoVbALjZ_o5m6xP06SWClT5_WDG4DQpceKM8b85YnxD-KRf3QbqedODlg1DgYU1JYsB8L1azcCLhblHKh-Q/s2880/230523_Waves_K.Sutherland_2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEsoMoVAKrtUJVAUiDz1_0W0O_hh0us4uI5H_vY0cEjBI_7DunFh9fOotC2ZUDMpvj3rlAu1dcyeUUrvIEHL7Y57tfDU7iSTKgE9TGRgcoVbALjZ_o5m6xP06SWClT5_WDG4DQpceKM8b85YnxD-KRf3QbqedODlg1DgYU1JYsB8L1azcCLhblHKh-Q/s320/230523_Waves_K.Sutherland_2020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-10352828371693982492023-05-22T21:03:00.005-04:002023-05-22T21:10:06.132-04:00Trindade Petrel & Masked Booby! 22 May 2023<div style="text-align: left;"> Our eBird trip report can be found here:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ebird.org/tripreport/132854">https://ebird.org/tripreport/132854</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Just note that it does not include the Scopoli's Shearwater we saw today or the Cory's / Scopoli's that were noted - there were 9 or 10 of those and a total of about 56 Atlantic Cory's. Big seas and some good wind brought us an awesome day full of seabirds! Here are a few images that I captured today - Kate Sutherland<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">First, our Trindade Petrel! A couple of images from the first pass</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Vnhcd3vNv2_rMPfvlI2rwnF5KB-RNNOE0Bc7GpnuLISW1qjBlsBVq4WDAwJwQAnr7tMQqr-UiArKLNgU2i_JFb_L1GGt0OGv-4s_nELMvpw1xaUxE2kqHstks9-a_bqHcPOk1xmBZMVU0qWnqlkTK42Fe1dt6_Mb95iAHh8fFAj5EWOlObWihzeyNQ/s2880/230522_TrindadePetrel_K.Sutherland_1030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Vnhcd3vNv2_rMPfvlI2rwnF5KB-RNNOE0Bc7GpnuLISW1qjBlsBVq4WDAwJwQAnr7tMQqr-UiArKLNgU2i_JFb_L1GGt0OGv-4s_nELMvpw1xaUxE2kqHstks9-a_bqHcPOk1xmBZMVU0qWnqlkTK42Fe1dt6_Mb95iAHh8fFAj5EWOlObWihzeyNQ/s320/230522_TrindadePetrel_K.Sutherland_1030.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXspEKH_SoPejDVSknR2In1sn0ayHkrXdKgMc9hCLh8FcH1lUizngEs5FE6tBGocfZE3-9F_4x8_z8RiEkxk3O9RTjuwlMaCWgfCvke_2HeU8oE1rVgqwW-5I4CZrwpAoEbzOHeHt_YeejCPUQKVdGshEAdXyH76No_0joCTf4Wwf43SR9ZKgBtgN-Q/s2880/230522_TrindadePetrel_K.Sutherland_1081.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXspEKH_SoPejDVSknR2In1sn0ayHkrXdKgMc9hCLh8FcH1lUizngEs5FE6tBGocfZE3-9F_4x8_z8RiEkxk3O9RTjuwlMaCWgfCvke_2HeU8oE1rVgqwW-5I4CZrwpAoEbzOHeHt_YeejCPUQKVdGshEAdXyH76No_0joCTf4Wwf43SR9ZKgBtgN-Q/s320/230522_TrindadePetrel_K.Sutherland_1081.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLXfQS5BJyfXZfiXVrAkM-9YytXfcseyIEckNCa_VWAd7G3k5hR6M64KHrp7pDacW7ntx7ZndjE0WnDULPhKWU0BbDNZWlYtX-hDOkv9evpQelpY7t8YVzJvXBlaS3v4L1xBXaUKjaWOBVH1aNPur0KSBt4JXo4DVzKCgxnEdVAoKUH9T6ykfWIc5fw/s2880/230522_TrindadePetrel_K.Sutherland_1094.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLXfQS5BJyfXZfiXVrAkM-9YytXfcseyIEckNCa_VWAd7G3k5hR6M64KHrp7pDacW7ntx7ZndjE0WnDULPhKWU0BbDNZWlYtX-hDOkv9evpQelpY7t8YVzJvXBlaS3v4L1xBXaUKjaWOBVH1aNPur0KSBt4JXo4DVzKCgxnEdVAoKUH9T6ykfWIc5fw/s320/230522_TrindadePetrel_K.Sutherland_1094.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>We had some Black-caps in nice light as well...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">And some chasing jaegers - top Pomarine bottom Parasitic</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYJBKCywvnoQAOETMIrkErb7sr0oiFjC0MsDF8kFz88zviJDxTCWPXVe178lSCX75lmnr4RiGC1MREc0eZFHLtZc9KEX4kf3NCuuYnYHNdtXqWxN6kDzZ7S-YHr5duxAmkqAXHC0B5x34pz8q0vq2tRizo5L9LJsOyYFj9NpKcwS2sqfrnwkx1nVWww/s2880/230522_PomarineJaeger_Black-cap_K.Sutherland_1525.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYJBKCywvnoQAOETMIrkErb7sr0oiFjC0MsDF8kFz88zviJDxTCWPXVe178lSCX75lmnr4RiGC1MREc0eZFHLtZc9KEX4kf3NCuuYnYHNdtXqWxN6kDzZ7S-YHr5duxAmkqAXHC0B5x34pz8q0vq2tRizo5L9LJsOyYFj9NpKcwS2sqfrnwkx1nVWww/s320/230522_PomarineJaeger_Black-cap_K.Sutherland_1525.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_3_SUWUqf11KKEiJop5ZSJsld0YpQw6h8SHgBXToepVQPzk4niMQR682cKf9c0CvpThgMR63RUJ99dySNlT-9NGRXpS_U8s8jb_gCf0dEzcvEQo7j4PlXLZpQ656KwBDZB_UGwrSXpPu0an0KFLdzVIDwID4Wg3yhkx12KX89vmcS4ttNEjutFWdjQ/s2880/230522_ParasiticJaeger_Black-cap_K.Sutherland_1671.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFljp1krtVEi50zxBGkdZq1SO2wDTp_LpIoqjSoq5NWOtsISj-nNnZDsxOYyzneYWeCm54nugtBlTX_xeK86BeDfgGeiOrbz68faCJZnkQqy5NMQ6kgyzkmShL1WJRBoEFo7MsGYpBOL13_pXdU1GkvYmhyrsK0B_C_AUK0OudPYEc1JOn64pn9UxamA/s2880/230522_MaskedBooby_K.Sutherland_1868.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFljp1krtVEi50zxBGkdZq1SO2wDTp_LpIoqjSoq5NWOtsISj-nNnZDsxOYyzneYWeCm54nugtBlTX_xeK86BeDfgGeiOrbz68faCJZnkQqy5NMQ6kgyzkmShL1WJRBoEFo7MsGYpBOL13_pXdU1GkvYmhyrsK0B_C_AUK0OudPYEc1JOn64pn9UxamA/s320/230522_MaskedBooby_K.Sutherland_1868.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-41904476956325985472023-05-21T20:18:00.003-04:002023-05-21T20:18:27.744-04:00The Beginning 21 May 2023 <div style="text-align: left;">This spring we're going to just post a link to the trip report from eBird so everyone can see our totals and images then we will post a report after the Blitz is over. It is just taking a bit too much time to do everything in the evenings so this is my solution! Enjoy a few of my pictures below the link! -Kate Sutherland</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ebird.org/tripreport/132445">https://ebird.org/tripreport/132445</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Black-capped Petrels were sitting around in the morning then really flying once the wind picked up! I had never seen anything like this bottom image out there before - pretty dynamic! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG01QVLLuUB_5Eu-EMchD6-v06JaHoDJR4N5Sy6lIA_ZFAdzuWYPr0vq743DEkvXZssj4TJJbgImS9Q1yvQyyOGiU-L6RYQiZEGud1-dRBQAj7IFrYOUZ9nUJmM6Ni4P_VPvM6bJuLxf2w1ZsOfLROK5cBN0Qcnv8FIjbIJlvf_h8jdGxRcw_8uGU_0w/s2880/230521_Black-cappedPetrels_K.Sutherland_9964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG01QVLLuUB_5Eu-EMchD6-v06JaHoDJR4N5Sy6lIA_ZFAdzuWYPr0vq743DEkvXZssj4TJJbgImS9Q1yvQyyOGiU-L6RYQiZEGud1-dRBQAj7IFrYOUZ9nUJmM6Ni4P_VPvM6bJuLxf2w1ZsOfLROK5cBN0Qcnv8FIjbIJlvf_h8jdGxRcw_8uGU_0w/s320/230521_Black-cappedPetrels_K.Sutherland_9964.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0MX8k0s3UHIohqQdI1vypHrogtJ7Mf1HZ31fyfke8v8YzGb46gaOQtLCx_Za29PTLBrTSzJ8JhVTNEOzGVd9AknFPzcXf2kx1GO717_fuh0_sZJyaIM6EFRb4JaZReKPYZqgBlcAcXGZKFm5J93FubtTQVtZfDuDf5rkWp0pLk6KvOmUbbJETbVp3A/s2880/230521_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_0097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0MX8k0s3UHIohqQdI1vypHrogtJ7Mf1HZ31fyfke8v8YzGb46gaOQtLCx_Za29PTLBrTSzJ8JhVTNEOzGVd9AknFPzcXf2kx1GO717_fuh0_sZJyaIM6EFRb4JaZReKPYZqgBlcAcXGZKFm5J93FubtTQVtZfDuDf5rkWp0pLk6KvOmUbbJETbVp3A/s320/230521_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_0097.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMASq06IDmJ1sAtai_oZ5ynSS9dfG1JOXwwNnbTAMkhSqL7djU3r9Rf33D4p-nDp4N0Cg-UGHt5o9XbBBxvaT9CvxQCMILFZiHk9Vj3V_MzmhIveWT9Y_EPu96Ddd7lJl5wOzegoVuksPUZj1goQOOV9hN0iPECipQWtUBlMAiQy4PVAafu05cG5c28g/s2880/230521_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_0323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMASq06IDmJ1sAtai_oZ5ynSS9dfG1JOXwwNnbTAMkhSqL7djU3r9Rf33D4p-nDp4N0Cg-UGHt5o9XbBBxvaT9CvxQCMILFZiHk9Vj3V_MzmhIveWT9Y_EPu96Ddd7lJl5wOzegoVuksPUZj1goQOOV9hN0iPECipQWtUBlMAiQy4PVAafu05cG5c28g/s320/230521_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_0323.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Band-rumped Storm-Petrel with some ocean texture... And showing the narrow rump band plus the square tail and long wings! We only saw three of these today.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYztbkDfd99nK1tifMIiXWjCKMFCHVoUNRNFlnujdOum63BSjbcpctDpGeD_cJJRcW5wMuYu3h_qr1_ke-E_vtDxa3OMi29JON-5ps48Md_g6Slz-gIBvv9ZmgNFkRVckMiBr-CCozpE0QLP-SGonJppfVuwUunJw3TAj7AgwP_AIf-G3SxM53H_xh9Q/s2880/230521_Band-rumpedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_0608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYztbkDfd99nK1tifMIiXWjCKMFCHVoUNRNFlnujdOum63BSjbcpctDpGeD_cJJRcW5wMuYu3h_qr1_ke-E_vtDxa3OMi29JON-5ps48Md_g6Slz-gIBvv9ZmgNFkRVckMiBr-CCozpE0QLP-SGonJppfVuwUunJw3TAj7AgwP_AIf-G3SxM53H_xh9Q/s320/230521_Band-rumpedStorm-Petrel_K.Sutherland_0608.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-35409867101216520682023-05-19T10:27:00.002-04:002023-05-19T13:19:40.542-04:00Shifting Winds - 12, 13, 14 May 2023 by Kate Sutherland<div style="text-align: left;">Weather and the Gulf Stream cooperated to bring us a really awesome set of trips this past weekend! Those who joined us for all three had a nice list by the end and we were treated to something unique each day. Friday winds were from the south and we had nice views of Audubon's with one Manx Shearwater first thing in the morning as we approached the shelf. The first Sooty Shearwater of the season joined us in the slick for a couple of hours and we had a good showing of Wilson's Storm-Petrels and Pomarine Jaegers as well! Black-capped Petrels were around but not in large numbers. One of our participants, Max Epstein, spotted a couple of Gervais' Beaked Whales from the top deck mid-morning as we were heading towards some activity in the distance - these whales had some Black-cappeds and a Sooty milling around them so had likely just surfaced! We had some nice views as they swam by before diving again. Shortly after that we had a gorgeous Roseate Tern fly by!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhd7fPTuIXagLZDawT_q8BvF2xIXZMq5DMdCPEDRSUf0VOA9xc4HF5KB-Prvn32tqplqgOq8EHDPt0z3Nk4Vv8p2pTnYsTjgaIeqqxVN1mv-AwvIx-N1xgaJStXc3U-MVhnUxmZ7zfp8QBm5VEzUAxNqMG3syDx4po4YyaDBsrjVpsiEXU6cY7LH01g/s2880/230512_RoseateTern_K.Sutherland_8334.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhd7fPTuIXagLZDawT_q8BvF2xIXZMq5DMdCPEDRSUf0VOA9xc4HF5KB-Prvn32tqplqgOq8EHDPt0z3Nk4Vv8p2pTnYsTjgaIeqqxVN1mv-AwvIx-N1xgaJStXc3U-MVhnUxmZ7zfp8QBm5VEzUAxNqMG3syDx4po4YyaDBsrjVpsiEXU6cY7LH01g/s320/230512_RoseateTern_K.Sutherland_8334.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Saturday we has winds with a bit more of a westerly component, so south southwest becoming more southwest over the course of the day and increasing. Just past the shelf we had a small group of feeding tubenoses! Black-capped Petrels and Atlantic Cory's Shearwaters were feeding over some small tuna that were pushing flyingfishes to the surface. Watching Black-capped Petrels chasing flyingfish was amazing and not something we will ever forget! Wilson's were very attentive in the slick and we saw more Black-capped Petrels than on Friday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXd6cKUm6SR2QjGaTRd1I0Qfk9YCq6gpUvtgCPBX6o_75KEJvly3BsGLFe3rPhB5eqOQEkalDsifiEXLaRWBGqtJN-B5IEcL-MGI0C4nN-oF5w7QnWCThO6cNpb56UMqfFVPaoLtLB4Wg_LYBjZVVPlGMqlwhN77BuHGuvTEf57c2dyeeHGdVyx-LkDA/s2880/230513_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_8737.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXd6cKUm6SR2QjGaTRd1I0Qfk9YCq6gpUvtgCPBX6o_75KEJvly3BsGLFe3rPhB5eqOQEkalDsifiEXLaRWBGqtJN-B5IEcL-MGI0C4nN-oF5w7QnWCThO6cNpb56UMqfFVPaoLtLB4Wg_LYBjZVVPlGMqlwhN77BuHGuvTEf57c2dyeeHGdVyx-LkDA/s320/230513_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_8737.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Pomarine Jaegers were also attracted to the free meal and we had one dark morph individual with us for over an hour. Midmorning Brian spotted a couple of birds on the water ahead, unfortunately they were in the glare but at least one was an Audubon's. As they flushed we realized the other was a large storm-petrel, incredibly enough it was a Leach's! Initially it flew off but it soon found the slick and gave us some great views for everyone aboard. We didn't have any Band-rumpeds over the three day set, but they should start showing up in good numbers any time. A small pod of presumed Short-finned Pilot Whales (we didn't see their pectoral fins, but these are the most likely species in our area) was also seen well - first of the season!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmb3A6YHw0cyQ0yjq63o9Wzaqx4GDHrvNAmDT9lm21xXzyWHYfsN7QkQFtiSbW1MG4Eq648hI6UmarZ8N0FlgJPbdcFilENZRI30HsXCOZsMNxoSsryn0xl1JEzdqk8djJjEUXcoz9ljgywRYY_PFIGMas0V1D2dXgU31bXmv4cpfcHXBMKhXWn7zPpg/s2880/230513_PilotWhale_K.Sutherland_8690.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmb3A6YHw0cyQ0yjq63o9Wzaqx4GDHrvNAmDT9lm21xXzyWHYfsN7QkQFtiSbW1MG4Eq648hI6UmarZ8N0FlgJPbdcFilENZRI30HsXCOZsMNxoSsryn0xl1JEzdqk8djJjEUXcoz9ljgywRYY_PFIGMas0V1D2dXgU31bXmv4cpfcHXBMKhXWn7zPpg/s320/230513_PilotWhale_K.Sutherland_8690.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sunday skies were overcast, giving us a nice, low ceiling. Winds had been westerly overnight and while we still had some southwesterly swell the wind was blowing from the west. The forecast was for a shift to the north northeast in the afternoon, but checking the stations up the beach we could see it was already coming around as we headed to the shelf break! Black-capped Petrels were on the shelf both in the morning and in the afternoon and we had a solid count of almost 100 by the end of the day. It seemed everywhere you looked there were a couple arcing in the distance. A pod of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins on the shelf had a small flock feeding over them and we found our first Bridled Terns of the season along with some great views of Atlantic Cory's, Sooty, and Audubon's Shearwaters. We don't usually expect to see birds from the south or east on a west or northerly wind so it was awesome to have our first White-tailed Tropicbird of the year drop in less than an hour past the shelf break! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOu36yOvvPCf2kpWxJSodM7p-HKoigfK8eum_e8BtuKnk9LcYPeR0CqLEp_V6Nlb3ar7Vkzbz020co8TU_EQWJlSBhJxHBky6qSDePUfXPNz70t-Hz8sWofwgIFXLtPycYxsIxqcSuBa56eWzRK5LgY337DOKHl5_6uVrPp37xwTEznBesu6_FGcA9Q/s2880/230514_White-tailedTropicbird_K.Sutherland_9103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOu36yOvvPCf2kpWxJSodM7p-HKoigfK8eum_e8BtuKnk9LcYPeR0CqLEp_V6Nlb3ar7Vkzbz020co8TU_EQWJlSBhJxHBky6qSDePUfXPNz70t-Hz8sWofwgIFXLtPycYxsIxqcSuBa56eWzRK5LgY337DOKHl5_6uVrPp37xwTEznBesu6_FGcA9Q/s320/230514_White-tailedTropicbird_K.Sutherland_9103.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">It checked us out a couple of times them moved on. The west wind had deposited a number of shorebirds and even a couple of warblers out there in the deep and as we watched a Yellow Warbler keeping pace with the boat I glanced up to see a South Polar Skua in pursuit! Or maybe it was just chance that it was flying by just above and behind the warbler? Who knows, but it was hungry and we were treated to some incredibly close views!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaw-DD8d2nSADWwM6c-m4BvjcLPe38TzZKuFFYUlhazBCjrZ5x0c8IwKvZjvhBeb6md4D8qVYS7YwruzqXflDWWkBR1mYh26Ww4ZAeHaHpWDeChk_96cRz-gzu7Bw_NFzKIwjPJZKIe7hGWHmtiKvcfXo2gyby049ojNXUCExZVqDOTvYG1RXdNISKw/s2880/230514_SouthPolarSkua_K.Sutherland_9732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaw-DD8d2nSADWwM6c-m4BvjcLPe38TzZKuFFYUlhazBCjrZ5x0c8IwKvZjvhBeb6md4D8qVYS7YwruzqXflDWWkBR1mYh26Ww4ZAeHaHpWDeChk_96cRz-gzu7Bw_NFzKIwjPJZKIe7hGWHmtiKvcfXo2gyby049ojNXUCExZVqDOTvYG1RXdNISKw/s320/230514_SouthPolarSkua_K.Sutherland_9732.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A huge thank you to Doug Gochfeld for making the trip down to help Brian and I lead these trips and thank you to everyone who joined us out there! We couldn't see what's out there without you! (All photos by Kate Sutherland for this post)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Species List 12 / 13 / 14 May 2023</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><br /></div><div><div>South Polar Skua 0 / 0 / 1</div><div>Pomarine Jaeger 9 to 10 / 4 to 6 / 0</div><div>jaeger sp 0 / 1 / 0</div></div><div><div>Laughing Gull 0 / 0 / 1</div><div>Bridled Tern 0 / 0 / 2</div><div>Black Tern 0 / 1 / 0</div><div>Roseate Tern 1 / 0 / 0</div><div>Common Tern 7 / 3 / 21</div><div><i>Sterna</i> sp 0 / 0 / 3</div></div><div>White-tailed Tropicbird 0 / 0 / 1</div><div>Common Loon 2 / 1 / 3</div><div><div>Wilson's Storm-Petrel 95 to 100 / 106 to 111 / 162 to 167</div><div>Leach's Storm-Petrel 0 / 1 / 0</div></div><div>Black-capped Petrel 33 / 49 to 51 / 91 to 92</div><div>Atlantic Cory's Shearwater 8 / 12 / 5</div><div>Sooty Shearwater 1 / 1 to 2 / 2 to 3</div><div>Manx Shearwater 1 / 0 / 0</div><div>Audubon's Shearwater 11 / 3 / 25</div><div><br /></div><div>Ruddy Turnstone 0 / 0 / 13</div><div>Red Knot 0 / 0 / 3</div><div>Greater Yellowlegs 0 / 0 / 6</div><div>shorebird sp 13 / 0 / 6</div><div>Barn Swallow 0 / 0 / 2</div><div>Magnolia Warbler 0 / 0 / 1</div><div>Yellow Warbler 0 / 0 / 1</div><div><br /></div><div>Atlantic Spotted Dolphin 0 / 2 / 12 to 15</div><div>Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin 12 to 15 / 0 / 0 </div><div>Short-finned Pilot Whale (presumed) 0 / 12 to 15 / 0</div><div>Gervais' Beaked Whale 2 to 4 / 0 / 0</div><div>Portuguese Man of War 4 / 0 / 0</div><div><br /></div><div>The Gervais' Beaked Whales were super cooperative!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">The Sooty Shearwaters were also very cooperative, as they tend to be when they're hungry!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Z8ZWG5JmQzaWj1OpBG1TsaJ8rUokrNqX3aiUJI0BToPYHZmFyKuRMHR8qQO9kP6IV0fgz0FEBEp9so5RinhL557Y-9uVoWFk0YXE_--0k1mx53k7WEjW8yx77ag90qchGupO0Eg9A9I4PlS2QtWsHaru1P9P43ErHTlNX5jJcTgBPsZHQMCDph36Dw/s2880/230513_SootyShearwater_K.Sutherland_8820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Z8ZWG5JmQzaWj1OpBG1TsaJ8rUokrNqX3aiUJI0BToPYHZmFyKuRMHR8qQO9kP6IV0fgz0FEBEp9so5RinhL557Y-9uVoWFk0YXE_--0k1mx53k7WEjW8yx77ag90qchGupO0Eg9A9I4PlS2QtWsHaru1P9P43ErHTlNX5jJcTgBPsZHQMCDph36Dw/s320/230513_SootyShearwater_K.Sutherland_8820.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX3jnFzam3aB5JtMEZyqye_3YHq5udD6dRlTosic210Vfs1e6xTua6FXNrL2jMVNNSM0o3Cof7KoBYqRUOM2DQSiHJQMKafEfDvfEs7rcGs66PPV6WHMJqDoI6X1eIjr4EPCBw8AHmBd9YmLI6VgfhynayxURB9WARlxRzGHN1SrfNa6LQQAl0wjP3tQ/s2880/230514_SootyShearwater_K.Sutherland_9803.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX3jnFzam3aB5JtMEZyqye_3YHq5udD6dRlTosic210Vfs1e6xTua6FXNrL2jMVNNSM0o3Cof7KoBYqRUOM2DQSiHJQMKafEfDvfEs7rcGs66PPV6WHMJqDoI6X1eIjr4EPCBw8AHmBd9YmLI6VgfhynayxURB9WARlxRzGHN1SrfNa6LQQAl0wjP3tQ/s320/230514_SootyShearwater_K.Sutherland_9803.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Audubon's Shearwaters have been challenging to see so far this spring, but we did have some chances to see them well on this set!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wZWTC01NCXT-zb63L_NgFcThDdg9MfmmaWOHZoHXPj55612ijz4yXxYhOM78U0fw5qRWebCgNmEHfHtexVxpvhKBUtESHdCdnac17KTHfm7Gk4xlaw1luSW7x4KA96bG8Cs_mjmLgu4M4NKkde-7Qp5sW0TNUpCyyTcGc3HhzreJVpioJ11E7QgnHA/s2880/230512_AudubonsShearwater_K.Sutherland_8383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlMOsDOVvsYrqQup2xPsvF5KGulc8rPTZBhKuRoofxvT_e56JkDSV64LL49c5La1YEeb36obcT6NVgzkTO7De-L3MFyd_cMYebXp_MBZJStjy3zNYBtrjPoZy8GMoNv1KDSJc09ng9Fc88ifhgUll-rxTVB-s6dkJuIvvVPmik3scYZOaH5c8r8bHJA/s320/230514_Wilson'sStormPetrel_K.Sutherland_9534.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This image of the South Polar Skua is barely cropped! It didn't mind us checking it out at all when it was on the water.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5rn4cCqfRIFsSTnhN1SfMABI-vY0khFK61EOro33Wx8xcslvBX2hwl1GS7lNMfA_D-vmEKNzDNopuzwOoLlF-vwiS1GvOGIHjHcNfwBQ8m6dZWbP0cqbFM3wWn66Nytxg5xMLbCGYLXLrwsANbVH8b7bSKOkDitKXJ1kXDZXZuaZy2Z2Jw6YP2Kjdw/s2880/230514_SouthPolarSkua_K.Sutherland_9766.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5rn4cCqfRIFsSTnhN1SfMABI-vY0khFK61EOro33Wx8xcslvBX2hwl1GS7lNMfA_D-vmEKNzDNopuzwOoLlF-vwiS1GvOGIHjHcNfwBQ8m6dZWbP0cqbFM3wWn66Nytxg5xMLbCGYLXLrwsANbVH8b7bSKOkDitKXJ1kXDZXZuaZy2Z2Jw6YP2Kjdw/s320/230514_SouthPolarSkua_K.Sutherland_9766.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This dark morph Pomarine Jaeger stayed with us for over an hour!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiP7RYW-gvRMI03yU2vAWvJyn0FwBRviGAFLRtYhqE4s5tHRriuJyeiBjv_L8OPvPKA3HGzpaK-bH58aldd6QkWHn2fjlRc6Tl61OWyoK5ZoGDvB504Q2iRdlpTxSnu6HqG_p2wQaqBs3MNS3MBlzvKwXCQs1CVrooqkUnbLcuVebychJdXJfwPkUEw/s2880/230513_PomarineJaeger_K.Sutherland_8870.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiP7RYW-gvRMI03yU2vAWvJyn0FwBRviGAFLRtYhqE4s5tHRriuJyeiBjv_L8OPvPKA3HGzpaK-bH58aldd6QkWHn2fjlRc6Tl61OWyoK5ZoGDvB504Q2iRdlpTxSnu6HqG_p2wQaqBs3MNS3MBlzvKwXCQs1CVrooqkUnbLcuVebychJdXJfwPkUEw/s320/230513_PomarineJaeger_K.Sutherland_8870.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This gorgeous Laughing Gull joined us offshore of the shelf break for awhile on Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLH9P1U2rE_miIiVYowa17LPiBmZqe-auwaD7s-7z4hvQ4sY53yRtS9HTboX_J0UU7iugV6xFxAfzqr0sXSaXMwVDUTZYi1nHnH4ADgTSFjj3m1uxdiUyq1eGMQNXClM3BoowB25PowB0OkmuFqjSfQ8U8NrP4WQYw0E64Kb-MJb2QpHcjqbcDYaP1w/s2880/230514_LaughingGull_K.Sutherland_9634.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLH9P1U2rE_miIiVYowa17LPiBmZqe-auwaD7s-7z4hvQ4sY53yRtS9HTboX_J0UU7iugV6xFxAfzqr0sXSaXMwVDUTZYi1nHnH4ADgTSFjj3m1uxdiUyq1eGMQNXClM3BoowB25PowB0OkmuFqjSfQ8U8NrP4WQYw0E64Kb-MJb2QpHcjqbcDYaP1w/s320/230514_LaughingGull_K.Sutherland_9634.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Record shots of our Yellow & Magnolia Warblers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79Zw5AXnUqUXM2FVgrgK3ZOyXird1aH6U5cZbTNiEdSGjmT8hFBhNOi2k81tqx_laXwh16dNrZoay72o7qzIU3pxX48soKXyOguFnDKyBRQOI_yg0avzRcoOfO-4phaPIyJareaEsGJ1aA1tf-4S7Infzh3Fig2w1KoUrgFBqoTYu3NJkkMG85417Pw/s2880/230514_YellowWarbler_K.Sutherland_9706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79Zw5AXnUqUXM2FVgrgK3ZOyXird1aH6U5cZbTNiEdSGjmT8hFBhNOi2k81tqx_laXwh16dNrZoay72o7qzIU3pxX48soKXyOguFnDKyBRQOI_yg0avzRcoOfO-4phaPIyJareaEsGJ1aA1tf-4S7Infzh3Fig2w1KoUrgFBqoTYu3NJkkMG85417Pw/s320/230514_YellowWarbler_K.Sutherland_9706.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIFdkI9uzITeHM6b0qVNXoO5UyrFFNJ4acLbg8ugIKfTlpV9wDL1rB-k0L9tBfMWOpgyq9VxsFfaWaAQ8Kkd0VVOP-FyjCI1l-WYvLScaAETMNIyd0pKZe6DdzTSZXp580h0mNwikSP6Wuw70VbE1lF7oRYhhZ5a4rKVZPxiCAiBt_4mTI8tJT5iQ7w/s2880/230514_MagnoliaWarbler_K.Sutherland_9855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIFdkI9uzITeHM6b0qVNXoO5UyrFFNJ4acLbg8ugIKfTlpV9wDL1rB-k0L9tBfMWOpgyq9VxsFfaWaAQ8Kkd0VVOP-FyjCI1l-WYvLScaAETMNIyd0pKZe6DdzTSZXp580h0mNwikSP6Wuw70VbE1lF7oRYhhZ5a4rKVZPxiCAiBt_4mTI8tJT5iQ7w/s320/230514_MagnoliaWarbler_K.Sutherland_9855.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And an image of the striking and dangerous Portuguese Man of War - such an interesting collection of creatures! These are not jellyfish but a type of siphonophore - and they have colonies of specialized polyps that make up what many assume is just a single animal!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHLkheiyXqSG9pT1RIcD_OQxlWukcJNLRTQlv-zbctAcENzb-fTBls9BpXpivsTF0lqZpXy2tqzP99MNYJ_dJBFbquYRmVj_iChMB4HztV1wrKZblGgk9fKR9N4W23eKvH2arnhQaprIABly7rpNFHgFzPPF9Go3UgRT7xFYynGSk7fv_gz99_WQtqg/s2880/230512_PortugueseManOfWar_K.Sutherland_8441.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHLkheiyXqSG9pT1RIcD_OQxlWukcJNLRTQlv-zbctAcENzb-fTBls9BpXpivsTF0lqZpXy2tqzP99MNYJ_dJBFbquYRmVj_iChMB4HztV1wrKZblGgk9fKR9N4W23eKvH2arnhQaprIABly7rpNFHgFzPPF9Go3UgRT7xFYynGSk7fv_gz99_WQtqg/s320/230512_PortugueseManOfWar_K.Sutherland_8441.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The wave action was pretty awesome as well...!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Dn4vN-teMbLryWK7ktrgauHNWKcdWuHQGXWYsEJR9D4Zb1wAz3O-gt-Elnz55DtXdYoiNzD9eCzqN6k-tRqxQYGUZ8FSUHYlWm3PHi6ezor6HXI5cq3jpvQjU6CiHgzcVznBwmqwkvTf0JydIEWWAN0LhbAGW4BuSmCmgGNIOCc1qSkCXbhocj1h9g/s2880/230512_Waves_K.Sutherland_7846.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Dn4vN-teMbLryWK7ktrgauHNWKcdWuHQGXWYsEJR9D4Zb1wAz3O-gt-Elnz55DtXdYoiNzD9eCzqN6k-tRqxQYGUZ8FSUHYlWm3PHi6ezor6HXI5cq3jpvQjU6CiHgzcVznBwmqwkvTf0JydIEWWAN0LhbAGW4BuSmCmgGNIOCc1qSkCXbhocj1h9g/s320/230512_Waves_K.Sutherland_7846.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-15769159044080707392023-05-18T22:21:00.008-04:002023-05-19T10:27:41.146-04:00Bring on the Spring! May 5, 6, 7 2023 by Kate Sutherland<p>We had an excellent beginning to the spring season on this long weekend. Westerly winds preceding this set may have contributed to one of the highlights of the trips - Black Terns were offshore in huge numbers, with over 80 tallied on Friday's trip (5 May)!! That afternoon a number were feeding on a nice condition with some other terns, including a Roseate! We had some in the morning, then a handful offshore, but most were concentrated on this edge in the afternoon. (Black Tern perched on a dead duck in Sargassum, K. Sutherland)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yAfaDJUZRn6FaRFRaINlD-8SHSOtyFokozbvfUpk-6LXuw-x-v13EyoiAVAURd71gJEMG0h4Ewmm4ht9t3JkBXbtkSsYj5Yfj0ljqH4_mS5ByXrLK97exX2FFJXkSe66ohJ0_f9RtTInE68YZay0zlKpFckX9Vei8UM6SrqrX9yOw7KfyH_Yx-9P7w/s2880/230505_BlackTern_K.Sutherland_6333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yAfaDJUZRn6FaRFRaINlD-8SHSOtyFokozbvfUpk-6LXuw-x-v13EyoiAVAURd71gJEMG0h4Ewmm4ht9t3JkBXbtkSsYj5Yfj0ljqH4_mS5ByXrLK97exX2FFJXkSe66ohJ0_f9RtTInE68YZay0zlKpFckX9Vei8UM6SrqrX9yOw7KfyH_Yx-9P7w/s320/230505_BlackTern_K.Sutherland_6333.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Red and Red-necked Phalaropes were also seen well on both Friday and Saturday, mostly concentrated on current edges and in the Sargassum (Red-necked top, Red bottom K. Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNyfcDJVpFJRCkzrBEIA50rrs8hxjR2O-6nwBO2k3K5iqSLAk1rgNGwzdgoR3b39hGfCawmCJMAKJtP7t0XUawNo3G0zdzq59tPtcccBx3mRsa7fMbREBt6_RRge0Ymr82mKz-XI2jvFBWugsS7G4PG0CYJoDpLWAcSI7N2Pg1xjhmnTnCJRKhs1zZw/s2880/230506_Red-neckedPhalarope_K.Sutherland_6436.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNyfcDJVpFJRCkzrBEIA50rrs8hxjR2O-6nwBO2k3K5iqSLAk1rgNGwzdgoR3b39hGfCawmCJMAKJtP7t0XUawNo3G0zdzq59tPtcccBx3mRsa7fMbREBt6_RRge0Ymr82mKz-XI2jvFBWugsS7G4PG0CYJoDpLWAcSI7N2Pg1xjhmnTnCJRKhs1zZw/s320/230506_Red-neckedPhalarope_K.Sutherland_6436.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4806R2Zt7ZLEIXooL7Gmwbo1awLw57JW0iOYnnTrcXBGRdw4ADbLpNO0yNWfFgYcWK2NdNxHVnCY0PNIBj48oIdHcvKVpvTHvZz7Q51x5Nhf7Od05kVXoSMBxEHNvj3PMBgraoIjZ88NnFbxPJbGfkFwvI2yKRrrQLym8Xoxgr9DM8GJDCaEWanRxg/s2880/230506_RedPhalarope_K.Sutherland_6487.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4806R2Zt7ZLEIXooL7Gmwbo1awLw57JW0iOYnnTrcXBGRdw4ADbLpNO0yNWfFgYcWK2NdNxHVnCY0PNIBj48oIdHcvKVpvTHvZz7Q51x5Nhf7Od05kVXoSMBxEHNvj3PMBgraoIjZ88NnFbxPJbGfkFwvI2yKRrrQLym8Xoxgr9DM8GJDCaEWanRxg/s320/230506_RedPhalarope_K.Sutherland_6487.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Pomarine Jaegers were with us on all three trips and we were lucky to have a quick visit by two Parasitic Jaegers on Sunday! Black-capped Petrels were super cooperative on all three trips especially on our drift Saturday. (K. Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5d_3eg7oAlJyLFWSUIcYvZ-RSD6PlB6pDvX7o5LS-r-KChAXrCkU0D-aOLr_PfB8YJITEsvAsSTItX3gTuUv0HFKtU_NPBvbFyvd5MnmP827TqPeIa5b4BEdCrCewqiFh6XJleLL2sFEzENRj3FUFhymo7e_3c3xp2-4zMJRW3fseb0Lh-JPafx4Jw/s2880/230507_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_7262.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5d_3eg7oAlJyLFWSUIcYvZ-RSD6PlB6pDvX7o5LS-r-KChAXrCkU0D-aOLr_PfB8YJITEsvAsSTItX3gTuUv0HFKtU_NPBvbFyvd5MnmP827TqPeIa5b4BEdCrCewqiFh6XJleLL2sFEzENRj3FUFhymo7e_3c3xp2-4zMJRW3fseb0Lh-JPafx4Jw/s320/230507_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_7262.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Audubon's Shearwaters were tough to come by on the first couple of trips but by Sunday, with some southerly winds, we finally had better views with a few even joining us in the slick. On Saturday we had our first Band-rumped Storm-Petrel of the year, usually we don't start to see them until later in the month, but this non molting individual came in well for us in the slick! (record shot, K. Sutherland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqY9ZgIrXkwin8XoLzK2IN1noJOoShqNy_ZURzKQDqKmuh6mZbiuNkORrsdQ-PAbgSpoLK8NA0p9piUorIW3ZTjN2UZrrZT3BIXmzxBKl-Dne3sv54JWTvFTgk9afKC_MobiHFyAhlFEJR2-l9Qst9ih6upt2Sqed6DpYsdQHsBTgyhPA7WntRB4Cgag/s2880/230506_Band-rumpedStormPetrel_K.Sutherland_7057.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqY9ZgIrXkwin8XoLzK2IN1noJOoShqNy_ZURzKQDqKmuh6mZbiuNkORrsdQ-PAbgSpoLK8NA0p9piUorIW3ZTjN2UZrrZT3BIXmzxBKl-Dne3sv54JWTvFTgk9afKC_MobiHFyAhlFEJR2-l9Qst9ih6upt2Sqed6DpYsdQHsBTgyhPA7WntRB4Cgag/s320/230506_Band-rumpedStormPetrel_K.Sutherland_7057.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Sunday we had two molting individuals, presumed Grant's type Band-rumpeds. The first Cory's type Shearwater also showed up on Sunday, it was likely an Atlantic (borealis) bird but there was a bit of white in the underprimaries. Non-avian highlights were some offshore Bottlenose Dolphins on Friday and Saturday. Saturday we had brief views of a White and Blue Marlin as well! Then we saw our unique Gulf Stream cetacean the Gervais' Beaked Whales on Sunday - the group had a younger individual with it and was not as obliging as usual swimming away from us and spending more time below the surface. Overall a great start to the spring! <div><br /><div>Thank you to Steve Backus for helping Brian and I lead the trips and thank you to everyone who joined us to make these early May explorations possible! All photos by Kate Sutherland.</div><div><br /></div><div>Species List 5 / 6 / 7 May 2023</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Red-necked Phalarope 44 / 11 / 0</div><div>Red Phalarope 2 / 1 / 0</div><div>Red/Red-necked 15 / 15 / 0</div></div><div><div>Pomarine Jaeger 3 / 3 / 1</div><div>Parasitic Jaeger 0 / 0 / 3</div><div>jaeger sp 0 / 1 / 0</div></div><div><div>Laughing Gull 0 / 1 / 0</div><div>Least Tern 3 / 0 / 0</div><div>Black Tern 80 / 3 / 0</div><div>Roseate Tern 1 / 0 / 0</div><div>Common Tern 26 / 11 / 2</div><div><i>Sterna</i> sp 20 to 25 / 2 / 0</div></div><div>Common Loon 18 / 13 / 3</div><div><div>Wilson's Storm-Petrel 49 to 52 / 147 to 157 / 135 to 140</div><div>Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 0 / 1 / 2</div></div><div>Black-capped Petrel 40 to 42 / 56 to 56 / 45 to 50</div><div>Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater 0 / 0 / 1 to 2</div><div>Audubon's Shearwater 5 / 4 / 16</div><div>Manx / Audubon's 0 / 0 / 1</div><div><br /></div><div>Ruddy Turnstone 6 / 0 / 0</div><div>Red Knot 10 / 0 / 0</div><div>Short-billed Dowitcher 0 / 5 / 0</div><div>Short/Long-billed Dowitcher 22 / 29 / 0</div><div>Greater Yellowlegs 0 / 2 / 0</div><div>shorebird sp 0 / 12 / 0</div><div>Barn Swallow 1 / 0 / 1</div><div><br /></div><div>Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin 20 / 13 to 15 / 0</div><div>Gervais' Beaked Whale 0 / 0 / 5</div><div>Loggerhead Turtle 0 / 1 / 0</div><div>Blue Marlin 0 / 1 / 0</div><div>White Marlin 0 / 1 / 0</div><div><br /></div><div>Black-capped Petrels (K. Sutherland) - we had a number of white-faced individuals</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQItWiySvRHHxL8vl9DJy_xXOqIdAlwXiVmDM4SJUdONlHM8yvBTAT3cjBESrgIqqEN7nO6qf7Lb4lr4McrzLUSwgqlgODT9AF52GHi8NICE_zMZKqTHW4d8-ynQCs8b8hW1xOh2sU3gs57JHPIcXiqraxAB_zHyR7qOSmc6xyF-CzVPB6tamzKCw4g/s2880/230505_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_6040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQItWiySvRHHxL8vl9DJy_xXOqIdAlwXiVmDM4SJUdONlHM8yvBTAT3cjBESrgIqqEN7nO6qf7Lb4lr4McrzLUSwgqlgODT9AF52GHi8NICE_zMZKqTHW4d8-ynQCs8b8hW1xOh2sU3gs57JHPIcXiqraxAB_zHyR7qOSmc6xyF-CzVPB6tamzKCw4g/s320/230505_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_6040.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTxegAcjkgK5NcgjgjXUFnxlhcvP0IklUHtnDPbZfg4LjqpHMOPa8Q23qk6CkT1XD1uuPbAtn3co-aa-bgBzqZsw3yNpfFJujiLsszkudKJHvOF41tO4m1ARvM5vF2y3DyL1HM2cjOBXhbOe61ZPRPPC_iPAv4bGHoZIU8lQieiB5GiS4DO9F9-yn3A/s2880/230507_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_7591.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTxegAcjkgK5NcgjgjXUFnxlhcvP0IklUHtnDPbZfg4LjqpHMOPa8Q23qk6CkT1XD1uuPbAtn3co-aa-bgBzqZsw3yNpfFJujiLsszkudKJHvOF41tO4m1ARvM5vF2y3DyL1HM2cjOBXhbOe61ZPRPPC_iPAv4bGHoZIU8lQieiB5GiS4DO9F9-yn3A/s320/230507_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_7591.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>And also some nice dark ones! (K. Sutherland)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvs07UyZ-EZB-4A-rSyW0vW_JmROIJWVCqeAxlNFuMvdn4WdpH22lk9zRQk1LkylgkPd6EqO4Vu1W7re5YtLZY3IyWq0LlRD1zYlyaSAZwkKeWmC5DmSxYeNsZLj3OLEQZcHRsf03wE4PUEjSGl3AmjzLoyDCib1LD4PB8-MrVvt4z1Jr9pFxVjf7nQ/s2880/230506_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_7074.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvs07UyZ-EZB-4A-rSyW0vW_JmROIJWVCqeAxlNFuMvdn4WdpH22lk9zRQk1LkylgkPd6EqO4Vu1W7re5YtLZY3IyWq0LlRD1zYlyaSAZwkKeWmC5DmSxYeNsZLj3OLEQZcHRsf03wE4PUEjSGl3AmjzLoyDCib1LD4PB8-MrVvt4z1Jr9pFxVjf7nQ/s320/230506_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_7074.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8citvuQlTB_CWhMgfUS57quWDt11JhDSj0T-h-80LKnnl3_xFK2NQjIq4E8KoYTkUclV90oKatuOYMgFESRWGA7Op7m47HY_novDLiIsm840-OVrHktfEh5RQ5v56nkYgAgM0cx5-Fi6Pn88E0fNRWLrOuUYuwcX9WWJvvkOCPwl2tJKThdhCIfHvg/s2880/230506_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_6992.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8citvuQlTB_CWhMgfUS57quWDt11JhDSj0T-h-80LKnnl3_xFK2NQjIq4E8KoYTkUclV90oKatuOYMgFESRWGA7Op7m47HY_novDLiIsm840-OVrHktfEh5RQ5v56nkYgAgM0cx5-Fi6Pn88E0fNRWLrOuUYuwcX9WWJvvkOCPwl2tJKThdhCIfHvg/s320/230506_Black-cappedPetrel_K.Sutherland_6992.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As many of you know if you have been following us or joining us offshore for awhile...Black-caps dislike skuas and jaegers and also will buzz dark birds in the slick. Here is one passing closely by one of the Poms we had following us on Sunday's trip!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5z4AL9SHLsm91nGliUWDW-haP7yShgpsBm1Hx5lH3uN21DgKoit20vow4pgU-MC5jV8y2YWxCHGo5EGc_FR4l_nJhXso59S6tQZP3db5GMur4NqJNXHW2h9_8ybb9oWlrMn3TcTDS40E7wb4hLTb8w-vyZhbSfNh3VEYeOsHMPIIFkoo6r32NfGnQmw/s2880/230507_Black-cappedPetrel_PomarineJaeger_K.Sutherland_7485.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5z4AL9SHLsm91nGliUWDW-haP7yShgpsBm1Hx5lH3uN21DgKoit20vow4pgU-MC5jV8y2YWxCHGo5EGc_FR4l_nJhXso59S6tQZP3db5GMur4NqJNXHW2h9_8ybb9oWlrMn3TcTDS40E7wb4hLTb8w-vyZhbSfNh3VEYeOsHMPIIFkoo6r32NfGnQmw/s320/230507_Black-cappedPetrel_PomarineJaeger_K.Sutherland_7485.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-M9yuTVB3rEj_QFOfsW-LQdK81XFjx2U_NycKtvA7heHcyX3pA54NizDhjUYxj0MF2WPb8Gw-fDm6FixRduU5Y-P1C3_w3OGjSBtX9kgnGa0vuLbhG8NGDsb-22nkAlj-gudSh4JN2LC6ZpzZPsuuCwOi2UtKL73U2XhByJt5nZeu69VllL9KGhcyQw/s2880/230507_Black-cappedPetrel_PomarineJaeger_K.Sutherland_7488.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-M9yuTVB3rEj_QFOfsW-LQdK81XFjx2U_NycKtvA7heHcyX3pA54NizDhjUYxj0MF2WPb8Gw-fDm6FixRduU5Y-P1C3_w3OGjSBtX9kgnGa0vuLbhG8NGDsb-22nkAlj-gudSh4JN2LC6ZpzZPsuuCwOi2UtKL73U2XhByJt5nZeu69VllL9KGhcyQw/s320/230507_Black-cappedPetrel_PomarineJaeger_K.Sutherland_7488.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The birds were hungry this weekend and we saw Common Terns foraging in the Sargassum <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFxOe1sziOIjH6Bwy6br_CQRrfuo8V0b1I8og8_4zhg4lSF8eOkIMKlZCGzpwgcQA3Ygs5Dj64YoaeHwB5Pt_l-NJ4tNzGXWPeWY9aF4tbLF37SbPRVHmG6--d4CvAag0R1e6retGkOVNigTIuRHwYyZmP9nVFe22zC5jkdX1IffoCfeHanMuJFb2KA/s2880/230506_CommonTern_K.Sutherland_6453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFxOe1sziOIjH6Bwy6br_CQRrfuo8V0b1I8og8_4zhg4lSF8eOkIMKlZCGzpwgcQA3Ygs5Dj64YoaeHwB5Pt_l-NJ4tNzGXWPeWY9aF4tbLF37SbPRVHmG6--d4CvAag0R1e6retGkOVNigTIuRHwYyZmP9nVFe22zC5jkdX1IffoCfeHanMuJFb2KA/s320/230506_CommonTern_K.Sutherland_6453.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Also Pomarine Jaegers and Wilson's Storm-Petrels dipping into the sea for some fish bits</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">Wilson's came quite close on some of our drifts during this set giving us some great opportunities for photos!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-W62Y12MQH_j0-0nPD3Relk5MYtgnNT2adB65kU8JP7amQlTp4aMaiHPrQ3L748YzXF73zCd-jCcxDQDDMLKJ-Gxwe2Yi6Rs0GNSc9KpdfWu05VvGrYpWblUQQoOnFmVe0ZTHwjmoilXT54vMgv8nxPN6-zFueeKO0zRLd5Hgb7TVKOwmQot4rdmF1g/s2880/230506_Wilson'sStormPetrel_K.Sutherland_6605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-W62Y12MQH_j0-0nPD3Relk5MYtgnNT2adB65kU8JP7amQlTp4aMaiHPrQ3L748YzXF73zCd-jCcxDQDDMLKJ-Gxwe2Yi6Rs0GNSc9KpdfWu05VvGrYpWblUQQoOnFmVe0ZTHwjmoilXT54vMgv8nxPN6-zFueeKO0zRLd5Hgb7TVKOwmQot4rdmF1g/s320/230506_Wilson'sStormPetrel_K.Sutherland_6605.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>One of the Gervais' Beakers came quite close! This female does not show any teeth erupting in the lower jaw, a feature seen just in male individuals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUf5DEQ2gqEQnMN29d2iZgxdpAs33_0GiK4ydivnMBkopR2ezVnrEXNkUn_-41EwVFH0CG2DD8a9atJAE4S2AKo9K0CxQhje2Xe7gvm36Gn8XiNoxWfU1RM1W9JOt1LBrZRJbuvE88sNdekJg72JzKsbqjm4INFOaYs0EIasfUfnEvsh_vicW7niLDRg/s2880/230507_M.europaeus_K.Sutherland_7721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUf5DEQ2gqEQnMN29d2iZgxdpAs33_0GiK4ydivnMBkopR2ezVnrEXNkUn_-41EwVFH0CG2DD8a9atJAE4S2AKo9K0CxQhje2Xe7gvm36Gn8XiNoxWfU1RM1W9JOt1LBrZRJbuvE88sNdekJg72JzKsbqjm4INFOaYs0EIasfUfnEvsh_vicW7niLDRg/s320/230507_M.europaeus_K.Sutherland_7721.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>And to top it off we had some great looks at flyingfishes on all three trips!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhjFc1lVVcFJYTM4If3IS1dc65zDZzgMRwb75R4svfOIXJ-zvZg3Wa_5GhzvGlddwebPoQmZ5P85It0lj2hRSGponkIMnaYBLQSfASq97d_IsKPBub7GBIg9m1dxTGx_ykQtndt0Vw6VgUt0EsR1pARsmBupnpVHNjyhxkibnUAdA9ovISTB16yrSOg/s2880/230507_Flyingfish_K.Sutherland_7197.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhjFc1lVVcFJYTM4If3IS1dc65zDZzgMRwb75R4svfOIXJ-zvZg3Wa_5GhzvGlddwebPoQmZ5P85It0lj2hRSGponkIMnaYBLQSfASq97d_IsKPBub7GBIg9m1dxTGx_ykQtndt0Vw6VgUt0EsR1pARsmBupnpVHNjyhxkibnUAdA9ovISTB16yrSOg/s320/230507_Flyingfish_K.Sutherland_7197.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-33377809559301753802023-03-06T13:49:00.000-05:002023-03-06T13:49:49.405-05:00February 26: Fulmar Finale by Brian Patteson<p>We've had a good winter boating season in February all things considered, and most of the trips haven't even felt like winter trips, but we definitely had more typical conditions for our last trip on February 26th.This trip, like the six others before it, also departed from the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center. Docking here makes for a short run to the ocean and it has saved me quite a bit of driving compared to docking in Wanchese, which we have sometimes done in the past. I'm not sure it's as good for skuas up here as Hatteras, but we definitely see more alcids up here, and we don't have to go far to do it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxd0h-eaasPkdshLcof3Ds7RNjRuKPv4Ml9Uxg4osJKHBJpdqh2_j2ZtlunyH1ycCI0TGBjdjCavfR0X-wzco-i12uGga_8z_m1aJbKJxLRyT8PxgJhhsQ37Ciuu23h7u0Vs1Ft6GCtAIMOKsus-MG8D26jTxExIY2UPYlXvgNlXnvYKJaLlp2Nru/s4016/OIFC_image_50406657.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2234" data-original-width="4016" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxd0h-eaasPkdshLcof3Ds7RNjRuKPv4Ml9Uxg4osJKHBJpdqh2_j2ZtlunyH1ycCI0TGBjdjCavfR0X-wzco-i12uGga_8z_m1aJbKJxLRyT8PxgJhhsQ37Ciuu23h7u0Vs1Ft6GCtAIMOKsus-MG8D26jTxExIY2UPYlXvgNlXnvYKJaLlp2Nru/s320/OIFC_image_50406657.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stormy Petrel II at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHCPW_YTAjdg_boKLub4Pb7aDPsXY8j49UvMuGgO8TwavzZqCJ_ScchdSfZfZUDlCwU9ZnCfaefBjFfvStisniNmmdfIF8HTGtcuV4Ca8eihOVLd4qpwTlaWkyDRAxTtmKehl0m599y6B0rPD6-XU3C-mRqNi_0pzzM1BRftP_6hUJBaL_GmfZ2q-/s4032/SP2OI_image_50399745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2142" data-original-width="4032" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHCPW_YTAjdg_boKLub4Pb7aDPsXY8j49UvMuGgO8TwavzZqCJ_ScchdSfZfZUDlCwU9ZnCfaefBjFfvStisniNmmdfIF8HTGtcuV4Ca8eihOVLd4qpwTlaWkyDRAxTtmKehl0m599y6B0rPD6-XU3C-mRqNi_0pzzM1BRftP_6hUJBaL_GmfZ2q-/s320/SP2OI_image_50399745.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Oregon Inlet generally has one of the most treacherous bars on East Coast, and it is far more difficult to deal with than Hatteras Inlet during the winter because it gets more swell from the north. We had pushed this trip back a day because of weather, and while the swell was much less on Sunday, we still had to deal with breakers on the bar because it was about low tide when we crossed. Fortunately we have a big high bow on the Stormy Petrel II, and we took our time and made it across unscathed, but I think the passengers had a better understanding about it when they saw it firsthand.</p><p>As per usual, we didn't have to go but a few hundred yards to find some Razorbills, and there were also good numbers of gannets, which were eager to partake of our chum after some windy weather and tough feeding conditions. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJCafIUG8GFW1_RLDkRSrqtDDPAuz3udsR-mmHAPrkRI_PVTW4yueJvyiMTMbNM4666cYdXckknlRY0Dieqv9AHMjikYBfhcxlqrEqwCf7OVjwwp1N0mhqrpWBAc90FF7gDMtia-ufbqaTwZ7t9VS0o0GAnG9pKEwYNe7puyYhOLRjBvDJaSGBsAL4/s3765/NOGA_D5A_1503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2510" data-original-width="3765" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJCafIUG8GFW1_RLDkRSrqtDDPAuz3udsR-mmHAPrkRI_PVTW4yueJvyiMTMbNM4666cYdXckknlRY0Dieqv9AHMjikYBfhcxlqrEqwCf7OVjwwp1N0mhqrpWBAc90FF7gDMtia-ufbqaTwZ7t9VS0o0GAnG9pKEwYNe7puyYhOLRjBvDJaSGBsAL4/s320/NOGA_D5A_1503.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Northern Gannet by Brian Patteson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihjr24DmrGmpfkmfa0Iie2ZT1T6r8fthhg0CX5e5dqaI6by-n3I594Sb5fXUVd8soyJm8MGpxBY66ZCUGkBFnO4ithcXyKoJah_qdxaI17_olW2RzAO0lPESB4e5rc_o3mq0zXf2vl2xYl1SPBZgt1a3eAilsfPgN6lJX16tzTba8Qq4rECnGr-4Ao/s4169/226NOGA.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2632" data-original-width="4169" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihjr24DmrGmpfkmfa0Iie2ZT1T6r8fthhg0CX5e5dqaI6by-n3I594Sb5fXUVd8soyJm8MGpxBY66ZCUGkBFnO4ithcXyKoJah_qdxaI17_olW2RzAO0lPESB4e5rc_o3mq0zXf2vl2xYl1SPBZgt1a3eAilsfPgN6lJX16tzTba8Qq4rECnGr-4Ao/s320/226NOGA.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Northern Gannets by Ed Corey</div><p>After last weekend's epic showing of puffins 20 miles offshore, I was eager to get out there and see how many might be left. Sea conditions were not nearly as good on this trip for seeing alcids, but they were good enough, with about 15 knots of wind from the north and a 4 to 6 foot sea. Sure enough, the puffins were still in place and we had good looks at several less than two hours after crossing the bar.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfQh59xl47EqYj0RavCwpV7e0m6hd61okiU3znZ1skl200nLv-u_Mn_70nIpIPtED_opdClc-oxEzQt-NsNhFUi7MQe80btg3X2pMn4vPt1JxzaNsGmXLW78_p783TwtDKcNMWgLa1K8hXDbST6YAf6ZzHSQPXb053AW3kNGK11VNWdQIt495tzy4/s1825/226ATPU-small.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1441" data-original-width="1825" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfQh59xl47EqYj0RavCwpV7e0m6hd61okiU3znZ1skl200nLv-u_Mn_70nIpIPtED_opdClc-oxEzQt-NsNhFUi7MQe80btg3X2pMn4vPt1JxzaNsGmXLW78_p783TwtDKcNMWgLa1K8hXDbST6YAf6ZzHSQPXb053AW3kNGK11VNWdQIt495tzy4/s320/226ATPU-small.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Atlantic Puffin by Ed Corey</div><p>We even managed to see five species of alcids before 9:30, but the Dovekies and murres did not show very well. We had a Thick-billed Murre right off the bow, but it did a good job holding its breath and eventually gave us the slip.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2IxN6FCoeavl0kqeuMMUJ67UYG0p6xJyciZFUVW8UeNCTgVnbD8DdKbgupS5iqDYboUUqy_JLQ_KWsrzLQgkdbXSOgRaEbmH9GpMLGU2_xyMass63DBeovlNpBmKICk5u-sH_38LgffoDUjpesJ4cw-ZgNCqlHLBUY34Hj6OGSOd6kDyoYwmD8bO/s1493/226TBMU-small.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1402" data-original-width="1493" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2IxN6FCoeavl0kqeuMMUJ67UYG0p6xJyciZFUVW8UeNCTgVnbD8DdKbgupS5iqDYboUUqy_JLQ_KWsrzLQgkdbXSOgRaEbmH9GpMLGU2_xyMass63DBeovlNpBmKICk5u-sH_38LgffoDUjpesJ4cw-ZgNCqlHLBUY34Hj6OGSOd6kDyoYwmD8bO/s320/226TBMU-small.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thick-billed Murre by Ed Corey</div><p>While conditions for observing alcids were subpar, we did have nice conditions for fulmars, which made their best showing in several years on this trip. At one point we had over 30 in view at once, and there was a mix of light and dark morph birds.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDmSntsxuP4CRP5FPVR7OYoPh6bpmvFv0KniRzrRpWSHJjAW4FvtN2FWkT9f3sjVXnQUSS_2oeh8oVeYQVlCu-scnprkVohqtwc-Ge-P5Nyal9rQVLmIdzOJeOh4anjKbdN5umCvsFZo10mgDexKk4lZIP7q0R0FJA_RZdH0el8ysCp_SEz6eYgGd/s2060/226NOFU-small_1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2060" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDmSntsxuP4CRP5FPVR7OYoPh6bpmvFv0KniRzrRpWSHJjAW4FvtN2FWkT9f3sjVXnQUSS_2oeh8oVeYQVlCu-scnprkVohqtwc-Ge-P5Nyal9rQVLmIdzOJeOh4anjKbdN5umCvsFZo10mgDexKk4lZIP7q0R0FJA_RZdH0el8ysCp_SEz6eYgGd/s320/226NOFU-small_1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Northern Fulmars by Ed Corey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFkvvsZPKU6ipUjpDXEd6Nc3MUdetybm_3Tgg2KWcrhw9Q0_IeQeuQJcZA_LieM2199vWDoDsrB6AvvfdsVDy6bjHiDw9Vl5jA66K_XIxhtyhxIuzZTvKKlMSSGSOj0knZQO1hCgJBUGnLsUk58SDrybuOwcHK5IhjZi3kiC3j83fpzy5pMLKRCxR/s2095/226NOFU.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2095" data-original-width="1777" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFkvvsZPKU6ipUjpDXEd6Nc3MUdetybm_3Tgg2KWcrhw9Q0_IeQeuQJcZA_LieM2199vWDoDsrB6AvvfdsVDy6bjHiDw9Vl5jA66K_XIxhtyhxIuzZTvKKlMSSGSOj0knZQO1hCgJBUGnLsUk58SDrybuOwcHK5IhjZi3kiC3j83fpzy5pMLKRCxR/s320/226NOFU.JPG" width="271" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Clouds had prevented us from being able to get an up to date satellite photo (the west wall of the Gulf Stream can move in or out several miles overnight) so we just took a chance and headed father out hoping to find some warmer water. As it turned out, the edge had shoved offshore (and out of range) but our trip to the shelf break was not without some excitement when we found whales spouting all over in about 50 fathoms. These turned out to be Humpback Whales, a species we normally see much closer to the beach, I was surprised at first to see them 30 miles offshore, but less so when I looked at the echo sounder. There was obviously and bountiful harvest for them out at the shelf break.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Mt1xT_th-bYh7PRc274rmtvjrwOvtvcylxWwxCkSggtuC6ZgpvA0tv4x-Zo835g1YKgbloGlp_K2VmERck3HxklYX6vO_JOiqZwNThpl1I1ZZpW97ezp1lIWwaTwDIWG97yNsNZLmcZBOdzsW108VsixU1H04v61o3kY61fZ61jV-z0J007I1CNN/s5883/226Humpback-small.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3534" data-original-width="5883" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Mt1xT_th-bYh7PRc274rmtvjrwOvtvcylxWwxCkSggtuC6ZgpvA0tv4x-Zo835g1YKgbloGlp_K2VmERck3HxklYX6vO_JOiqZwNThpl1I1ZZpW97ezp1lIWwaTwDIWG97yNsNZLmcZBOdzsW108VsixU1H04v61o3kY61fZ61jV-z0J007I1CNN/s320/226Humpback-small.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Humpback Whale by Ed Corey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8FqHMPFCFMrgP1se_VLTqU6i50KHu7igG8MsIuiGVAWCSMiremIjyQQxc2D7uHsASjdETepWFUBgK6Z4m6cKvuqgyPoD3ybCosPmE5kjDNFjCljtikg-tRhTY8jl3RKGsr2WOj9GiEKb1PBDjPG02Ql6LSThEpGWiePgHxxvw8A3HxqkupEvKxyj/s2618/Humpback-small_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="2618" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8FqHMPFCFMrgP1se_VLTqU6i50KHu7igG8MsIuiGVAWCSMiremIjyQQxc2D7uHsASjdETepWFUBgK6Z4m6cKvuqgyPoD3ybCosPmE5kjDNFjCljtikg-tRhTY8jl3RKGsr2WOj9GiEKb1PBDjPG02Ql6LSThEpGWiePgHxxvw8A3HxqkupEvKxyj/s320/Humpback-small_2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Headed to the feast by Ed Corey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8iXKXdh6xAkKmlo5MzPH7btQvSVIAVlxQTJ37ed6Q9H_OgCp7K1gJmNDK5OrN4RcQ1HQQIFECAnmbtDx7YhjGYn3ZUINNRENiZKLabVWLoUe6UFd5xJ1-hHBpJmipuJXUu-ENKRveuYOTv7Uxs4EvCvm9t8dSTheBobJZjAlBrih1wp_MeFSUKKAp/s4032/226_image_67219201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8iXKXdh6xAkKmlo5MzPH7btQvSVIAVlxQTJ37ed6Q9H_OgCp7K1gJmNDK5OrN4RcQ1HQQIFECAnmbtDx7YhjGYn3ZUINNRENiZKLabVWLoUe6UFd5xJ1-hHBpJmipuJXUu-ENKRveuYOTv7Uxs4EvCvm9t8dSTheBobJZjAlBrih1wp_MeFSUKKAp/s320/226_image_67219201.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A feast for whales</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Moving farther offshore yet we found quite a few Red Phalaropes, which were jumpy and did not give us many photo ops. Neither did the Little Gull, which we saw with a small flock of Bonaparte's Gulls. We had much better luck with the Pilot Whales, which were logging on the surface in small groups. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP36SKgKVONoXwpbJ2Y9lKHbuFLdPncbcXIqxGvjlA8O5Jp74KgvzkYdeLxlJNyhvkoLYoGgCZRj9ChHWJzE9NmqOaaoP2DKi9AX-ho0Ei2q-xJAvk50YEfBzZHeTdVm0LYkX9V67evt0l3scapCeGNrkeLSqCkTmsJuMVS8CFRepxfcFzYpuvSbCm/s2294/226Pilot%20Whale-small_1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1578" data-original-width="2294" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP36SKgKVONoXwpbJ2Y9lKHbuFLdPncbcXIqxGvjlA8O5Jp74KgvzkYdeLxlJNyhvkoLYoGgCZRj9ChHWJzE9NmqOaaoP2DKi9AX-ho0Ei2q-xJAvk50YEfBzZHeTdVm0LYkX9V67evt0l3scapCeGNrkeLSqCkTmsJuMVS8CFRepxfcFzYpuvSbCm/s320/226Pilot%20Whale-small_1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pilot Whales by Ed Corey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheovhzngy3lPU0HmPJdjDzJyXTOGax2swy-jHV-AnI4cRCvUMwnZnRCPHL4svJjzumYXipxOVKI_Xbl_mxPxZnT5iydW-o2S-rw2Kbr3JIM0DGXPUmGaGKrXoas6_VssVA4d4tia9VIG2ADPf1OPPAlpPvdlXb05ZppTd0qDfMsdcG88Spiv9cYWI2/s3778/Pilot%20Whale-small.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2398" data-original-width="3778" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheovhzngy3lPU0HmPJdjDzJyXTOGax2swy-jHV-AnI4cRCvUMwnZnRCPHL4svJjzumYXipxOVKI_Xbl_mxPxZnT5iydW-o2S-rw2Kbr3JIM0DGXPUmGaGKrXoas6_VssVA4d4tia9VIG2ADPf1OPPAlpPvdlXb05ZppTd0qDfMsdcG88Spiv9cYWI2/s320/Pilot%20Whale-small.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The water never got above the mid 50s and we didn't have time to go much farther, so I turned around about 40 miles offshore in 600 or so fathoms. We saw the Humpbacks again on the inshore tack, and we had a good showing of puffins and fulmars on our way west. Back at the inlet there was a nice concentration of Razorbills, and we picked up on a couple of Manx Shearwaters sailing around just outside the sea buoy. There was still a bit of swell on the bar, breaking as the tide was ebbing, but we had an easy passage across, and we were back at the dock about 10 hours after having departed.</div><p>I would like to thank everyone who came along and made the trip possible. Our last three trips were all fully booked, but we also had some nice trips where we had room for more people. Thanks also to our mate, Captain Brian King, who dispensed the chum like a well oiled machine, and our spotters, Ed Corey. Jason Denesevich, and Larry Chen who worked ceaselessly to ensure we had the best trip possible. We had a good run, with seven trips in five weeks, the most winter trips we've done since 2018. </p><p>February 26, 2023 Bird List</p><div style="text-align: left;">Surf Scoter- 2</div><div style="text-align: left;">scoter sp.- 8</div><div style="text-align: left;">Red Phalarope- 85</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dovekie- 4</div><div style="text-align: left;">Common Murre- 1</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thick-billed Murre- 1</div><div style="text-align: left;">Razorbill- 420</div><div style="text-align: left;">Atlantic Puffin- 34</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bonaparte's Gull- 235</div><div style="text-align: left;">Little Gull-1</div><div style="text-align: left;">Herring Gull- 150</div><div style="text-align: left;">Lesser Black-backed Gull- 9</div><div style="text-align: left;">Great Black-backed Gull- 40</div><div style="text-align: left;">Red-throated Loon- 55</div><div style="text-align: left;">Common Loon- 34</div><div style="text-align: left;">Northern Fulmar- 130</div><div style="text-align: left;">Northern Gannet- 350</div><div style="text-align: left;">Manx Shearwater- 4</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Non Avian</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Atlantic Spotted Dolphin- 11</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bottlenose Dolphin- 7</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dolphin sp- 4</div><div style="text-align: left;">Pilot Whale- 30+ (probably Short-finned)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Humpback Whale- 7 to 12</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ocean Sunfish- 2 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Capt. Brian Pattesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08145365567696412066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381665123936720516.post-55389910397755168192023-02-25T12:03:00.001-05:002023-02-25T12:03:50.420-05:00President's Day Weekend Doubleheader<p>President's Day Weekend started out with a strong blow from the northeast on Saturday, so we pushed the trips to Sunday and Monday, and it worked out quite well. We did lose a couple of weekends entirely to weather this winter, but we've also had more calm days than usual, and Sunday was no exception to that. A beautiful sky greeted us as we pulled out of the Fishing Center and headed toward the Basnight bridge on Day One.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Utzf8J97kI-XjTk1oROART1sx0fCzsFM_m7DI0nZQatQ-zbF-62dYK3RM73S8reTt9tJtvN6jQgjZu-FM_ywX-Rj_FPwn84zb-1Bz1kCMq0PbaLxqHKZfLu2pnd3CGHbqUP7ABEmLnox6xBKdGBA5Tz17L4DgF2NZFidbsNNQ6ITBPgPbrXXRxCf/s2621/PDW_2023sunup.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2621" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Utzf8J97kI-XjTk1oROART1sx0fCzsFM_m7DI0nZQatQ-zbF-62dYK3RM73S8reTt9tJtvN6jQgjZu-FM_ywX-Rj_FPwn84zb-1Bz1kCMq0PbaLxqHKZfLu2pnd3CGHbqUP7ABEmLnox6xBKdGBA5Tz17L4DgF2NZFidbsNNQ6ITBPgPbrXXRxCf/s320/PDW_2023sunup.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo by Brian Patteson</div> <div>We crossed the Oregon Inlet bar around 0650 and within minutes we were seeing scores of Razorbills, and we tallied over 500 of these auks in a little more than an hour. There was also a good showing of hungry gannets and they quickly took advantage of our Butterfish offerings in the wake. Large gulls were scarce compared to previous trips, but that just meant more chum for the gannets.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9KvzD9HXzu5u-Ut5bNewnygGoD4BCqf95d0A3iXY3y33VLE4D8C0aiZ45YNe-j1Q1Y23QhFn8GTj3TIQhXDLmEkh3NLjt_xuP00hzs622lYuNb1e5V78SCl2_3yKJvZy805uhgLkIbi-noUVYLWFbQHothp4G7rEEqCQpS5SZomc0WizKBa74yal/s1767/RAZO-small.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="1767" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9KvzD9HXzu5u-Ut5bNewnygGoD4BCqf95d0A3iXY3y33VLE4D8C0aiZ45YNe-j1Q1Y23QhFn8GTj3TIQhXDLmEkh3NLjt_xuP00hzs622lYuNb1e5V78SCl2_3yKJvZy805uhgLkIbi-noUVYLWFbQHothp4G7rEEqCQpS5SZomc0WizKBa74yal/s320/RAZO-small.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Razorbill by Ed Corey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaq532aKBDMgJhrLM26lK4nHRh--lU3mJdtqlimh9gS7Y66AgU7upaY1qp8bwZeCzkh9NqNqC4kybmzue97EeSvdXyILrpprhJK8wDOH-bAwpyo4_shSuBIFLraF9FyMq2M0dX9rvEE7aKxEw3uyw2Mg2rRX0fvqoh8O3bkTnv1_3jHoyLMHJYLIt/s4028/APDW_NG_D5A_1050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2685" data-original-width="4028" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaq532aKBDMgJhrLM26lK4nHRh--lU3mJdtqlimh9gS7Y66AgU7upaY1qp8bwZeCzkh9NqNqC4kybmzue97EeSvdXyILrpprhJK8wDOH-bAwpyo4_shSuBIFLraF9FyMq2M0dX9rvEE7aKxEw3uyw2Mg2rRX0fvqoh8O3bkTnv1_3jHoyLMHJYLIt/s320/APDW_NG_D5A_1050.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Northern Gannet by Brian Patteson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSKtMYCcrV70ofyO9hZGGvHz4cFksR9BPZ-eplYdBbONcX7sCT4ZOgHv0QQ5rOTblCIxnKx2VW04lpZaTuDEt3fm08CZinaY7Aag89d-S-AIGaKI5h7pw5s13CM-1tERIMRwLUrtDBXRpNGhU2VaLH6YkR1Gysy00EUCP0NTUKUjdK34UdeZ4zZX8/s3329/NOGA-small1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2125" data-original-width="3329" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSKtMYCcrV70ofyO9hZGGvHz4cFksR9BPZ-eplYdBbONcX7sCT4ZOgHv0QQ5rOTblCIxnKx2VW04lpZaTuDEt3fm08CZinaY7Aag89d-S-AIGaKI5h7pw5s13CM-1tERIMRwLUrtDBXRpNGhU2VaLH6YkR1Gysy00EUCP0NTUKUjdK34UdeZ4zZX8/s320/NOGA-small1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Northern Gannet by Ed Corey</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Conditions were ideal for spotting small birds on the water, so I set an eastward course, hoping to see some Dovekies, which had eluded us so far this winter. The plan worked, and by mid morning we were seeing a few of these tiny alcids in about 100 feet of water. They were mostly either flying by or diving frequently, but we eventually managed to be in the right spot when one resurfaced for a longer breath. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hnIfuf2l6FBqx3JnJepmPx8ACU7xzvJN9PbGUSOA_DPfv1PyKJDX7HPmtRN6-7c3xYh4oRMDViX0-PgHjjjvBaOkSwdiKLNqmy4PSLlP72EgqynlOcvFAKsiX170RfoBZE6ny3GkPxrPlaIvWiDVZAy2JuF3lvlSf2bcubh92ICzCD8SVgIswR6_/s1552/DOVE-small1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1265" data-original-width="1552" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hnIfuf2l6FBqx3JnJepmPx8ACU7xzvJN9PbGUSOA_DPfv1PyKJDX7HPmtRN6-7c3xYh4oRMDViX0-PgHjjjvBaOkSwdiKLNqmy4PSLlP72EgqynlOcvFAKsiX170RfoBZE6ny3GkPxrPlaIvWiDVZAy2JuF3lvlSf2bcubh92ICzCD8SVgIswR6_/s320/DOVE-small1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dovekie by Ed Corey</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We also found a Thick-billed Murre in this area, and it too stayed up long enough for some photos. We had already seen several Common Murres inshore, so this got us up to four species of alcids, our best count so far for 2023.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItBw6MDWaEEepek9wpZOKUPu0i8D1LkPbtHjCqlxNwdJ57WgMngkhVFMEbPGsk2QKSb-xoG8Gynfztah2Ua4AQJ4HzJDQ_T9SrNuWLrDYGfkdXkWy7NLF8JEDx_vAxiBzv72YC0VM2uOCo6JeSrIkXa3NRgvdcZ7GX_8IVhp22UMjVrGd5_fi7olp/s1786/PDW_TBMU_D5A_1112.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="1786" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItBw6MDWaEEepek9wpZOKUPu0i8D1LkPbtHjCqlxNwdJ57WgMngkhVFMEbPGsk2QKSb-xoG8Gynfztah2Ua4AQJ4HzJDQ_T9SrNuWLrDYGfkdXkWy7NLF8JEDx_vAxiBzv72YC0VM2uOCo6JeSrIkXa3NRgvdcZ7GX_8IVhp22UMjVrGd5_fi7olp/s320/PDW_TBMU_D5A_1112.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thick-billed Murre by Brian Patteson</div> <p></p><p>It seemed that some puffins were overdue, and knowing they sometimes stay a little farther out to sea, I pressed farther eastward. Within minutes we had our first puffins, and our first five alcid day off the Outer Banks since 2018. By the time we made it 20 miles offshore, we were seeing small flocks of puffins and it was obvious that it was going to be a big day for them.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtEivHS0sujWSJsJceHgtQrhfiksgYsy0DdfXDH8wPNd1oS4ykQs6t4rCceulAnEfmHcaZrasH5irrUi9-5Wtsw_14-hpdVmk1oxo8-OUncGtXF18fcljXLsapvdYTX_fbdO-4UnBOZPng7IkzKaN4LAprUpx2ViL4On_x4A8041zoa1c51OrSH8l/s3524/ATPU-small_1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2437" data-original-width="3524" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtEivHS0sujWSJsJceHgtQrhfiksgYsy0DdfXDH8wPNd1oS4ykQs6t4rCceulAnEfmHcaZrasH5irrUi9-5Wtsw_14-hpdVmk1oxo8-OUncGtXF18fcljXLsapvdYTX_fbdO-4UnBOZPng7IkzKaN4LAprUpx2ViL4On_x4A8041zoa1c51OrSH8l/s320/ATPU-small_1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Atlantic Puffin by Ed Corey</div><p>The satellite photo from Rutgers showed some warmer water a few miles to the east, so we continued on our way and eventually came upon a temperature break from mid 50s to about 60 degree water. It turned out to be a good spot. There were about a dozen Northern Fulmars sailing around this area, as well as a flock of Bonaparte's Gulls and one adult Little Gull. It wasn't an optimal spot for phalaropes, but we did eventually see a pair of Red Phalaropes there, and had a non avian bonus sighting of a Kemp's Ridley! Most of the sea turtles we find offshore in winter are Loggerheads, so it was pretty neat to get the Kemp's, which differs by being plain brown instead of the warmer more orange hue of the Loggerhead. There were also plenty of puffins around the change, including one flock of eight!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISHorS6c6d8dcKBsYFGvl_9kcjbKEAi3w4MGIEUgs55aLZ_cE1szof07b-_33x1cM60n7NjgweMjECwsOA595af4OncZ8cODwVTU-zb6aquSN5Up6VqmTEeJHIwzakbC-ZmbwIz-tcekufE_2i7BhjleFh1YH-BORqtm0tI16q7wGh0dMK2Fx0mg0/s2000/PDW_NF_D8B_1055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISHorS6c6d8dcKBsYFGvl_9kcjbKEAi3w4MGIEUgs55aLZ_cE1szof07b-_33x1cM60n7NjgweMjECwsOA595af4OncZ8cODwVTU-zb6aquSN5Up6VqmTEeJHIwzakbC-ZmbwIz-tcekufE_2i7BhjleFh1YH-BORqtm0tI16q7wGh0dMK2Fx0mg0/s320/PDW_NF_D8B_1055.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Northern Fulmar by Brian Patteson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcPc-ibq-zSf_L35Vdqb6Y2QsDqWva4ywDK-P3W1PK8u_rSvljj9ujeZ82gmoMzt4WeqzBbL1d8EwoP9jo02T2GYX9w2HA5uTpYMjMWmLXf0jGgJpQOyqN6GvCeQBPjzNwelWfMDpG2yw_0INyY5IOGub6Me4TzrkKEKbFWxjNuCwIR5N9E-YBLbM/s3502/PDW_NOFU_Jesse.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2335" data-original-width="3502" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcPc-ibq-zSf_L35Vdqb6Y2QsDqWva4ywDK-P3W1PK8u_rSvljj9ujeZ82gmoMzt4WeqzBbL1d8EwoP9jo02T2GYX9w2HA5uTpYMjMWmLXf0jGgJpQOyqN6GvCeQBPjzNwelWfMDpG2yw_0INyY5IOGub6Me4TzrkKEKbFWxjNuCwIR5N9E-YBLbM/s320/PDW_NOFU_Jesse.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Northern Fulmar by Jesse Anderson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZYT6uudX_P4HGSpVfZl7dsdc76hMsnpFtF4It85MiN1R3JOmKXic9H3RsQZ75AMiB3QR1bWhz6iLmPjET-oypdh5SnK8ysFLmk0oyBMy3h3cNcs1F_T-lhoNqcvFf_FXYz5IbeFO81o8ikYoXA8ZceiP8yWoehSQJQBBdBOzDGCbzChwUK15n56J/s1747/LIGU-small_1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="1747" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZYT6uudX_P4HGSpVfZl7dsdc76hMsnpFtF4It85MiN1R3JOmKXic9H3RsQZ75AMiB3QR1bWhz6iLmPjET-oypdh5SnK8ysFLmk0oyBMy3h3cNcs1F_T-lhoNqcvFf_FXYz5IbeFO81o8ikYoXA8ZceiP8yWoehSQJQBBdBOzDGCbzChwUK15n56J/s320/LIGU-small_1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Little Gull by Ed Corey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3927" data-original-width="5890" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7N_SfU77ENbrBSC7oA5I177tlkMaGYllHGaKMBiYqCZDQl9AYYuzRjCephz4u0FP2WLj3iHJe7Go6MpskmPh32bvMdWBj276kavk2wpeTQf6LvlSxwbu24r6LS1l6fhIYYndDA4t8ooIEFNCFuop4KV9jjxYJsuMLEW4M2JTBuZSXrhGASsBYMIFn/s320/PDW_Kemps_D8B_1115.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kemp's Ridley by Brian Patteson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2p0rq8W4E32YpDHpCjkO4fPEX4A7lUlIhtzGoFtB7k_go3DH_BWOtMo6AGrMl6xAfLSzGKu-OSCf90pkAIIrzzr4fp9x3KOh5ks1ajoH0SgN6xUon926eUflHTDq-fJmYCogWZNTBGu5rJlOa9a32FavZwMpZXD6fRTsc4zQy9yMo6I9xb_Zq50k/s5661/APDW_ATPU_D8B_1086.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3774" data-original-width="5661" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2p0rq8W4E32YpDHpCjkO4fPEX4A7lUlIhtzGoFtB7k_go3DH_BWOtMo6AGrMl6xAfLSzGKu-OSCf90pkAIIrzzr4fp9x3KOh5ks1ajoH0SgN6xUon926eUflHTDq-fJmYCogWZNTBGu5rJlOa9a32FavZwMpZXD6fRTsc4zQy9yMo6I9xb_Zq50k/s320/APDW_ATPU_D8B_1086.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Puffins by Brian Patteson</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Knowing there would be plenty to see on the ride back, I left the break, which was in about 40 fathoms, around noon. We saw over 100 puffins on the inshore tack, along with several Dovekies. We also spotted a Loggerhead Turtle, and we were able to see how the color was different from the Kemp's we had seen about an hour before. We found a lot of life from Platt Shoals to the inlet, and we took our time counting the Common Murres, which were showing better than they had during the morning. On the previous two trips here we had set new record counts for the species and it seemed likely we could break it again. We eventually found another 44 to go with the morning's 22 Common Murres, so we again set the bar higher. A couple more Little Gulls and some close looks at a Humpback Whale were just icing on the cake, and we made it back to the sea buoy by 1600 to find a nice tide line with dozens of Razorbills and the third Thick-billed Murre of the day!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDTJ_R_kVvH08VOg366YAUrO-fhYIGXH1YzdBaWawUBnlFzSMrCiaFwOvSO935ZOxDPud4mD1D0cner83C3vZXuZQXILfWGqyV1fvRDUcbUiCl0qwV0nYWA4_5XereXu18f6qXNWfcLsJh9zX_CmnYn2ov1gK5NsL7LzuBYp3FQtO6xaCd21SK1gJ/s3490/JA_Loggerhead.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2326" data-original-width="3490" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDTJ_R_kVvH08VOg366YAUrO-fhYIGXH1YzdBaWawUBnlFzSMrCiaFwOvSO935ZOxDPud4mD1D0cner83C3vZXuZQXILfWGqyV1fvRDUcbUiCl0qwV0nYWA4_5XereXu18f6qXNWfcLsJh9zX_CmnYn2ov1gK5NsL7LzuBYp3FQtO6xaCd21SK1gJ/s320/JA_Loggerhead.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Loggerhead Turtle by Jesse Anderson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kAsXOHQWDSg_0PNI1Gi9yEtf6aGwwyu4M5fQwJsdVlArh6LmZhR15MGnoB4pNnOeg05Rfia1bwTpZPK67Xxu33XGxrVscupVSC74vQsWU6ySlq3j0GiX-0o0ZlAutCLWppRTiq3ss56QT-i5dgC70DnhiEuPJvcUT8gBDOurTtT129b66XoTgjDf/s2880/COMU-small1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1890" data-original-width="2880" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kAsXOHQWDSg_0PNI1Gi9yEtf6aGwwyu4M5fQwJsdVlArh6LmZhR15MGnoB4pNnOeg05Rfia1bwTpZPK67Xxu33XGxrVscupVSC74vQsWU6ySlq3j0GiX-0o0ZlAutCLWppRTiq3ss56QT-i5dgC70DnhiEuPJvcUT8gBDOurTtT129b66XoTgjDf/s320/COMU-small1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Common Murres by Ed Corey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzj743gTm4bVqze-sq9T7ofjWtpwYA3pWzDYO-GDk2X2Zo4O08y3NAfw6yEOlcUvKMHR9ku3S-43N8KInC42lh1AkGgZqLvFXytB5MBnXWCPXtuQw12L_0JfZGFnZsrPKhjhd459fsVEHwXd-2jEwUDlc1GKLkuhQOEnpShEXIlQ734Mv7ifoKhzeE/s4679/JA_Humpback.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2436" data-original-width="4679" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzj743gTm4bVqze-sq9T7ofjWtpwYA3pWzDYO-GDk2X2Zo4O08y3NAfw6yEOlcUvKMHR9ku3S-43N8KInC42lh1AkGgZqLvFXytB5MBnXWCPXtuQw12L_0JfZGFnZsrPKhjhd459fsVEHwXd-2jEwUDlc1GKLkuhQOEnpShEXIlQ734Mv7ifoKhzeE/s320/JA_Humpback.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Humpback Whale by Jesse Anderson</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Not surprisingly, Day Two had different weather and sea conditions than the first trip, but it was not bad at all. 20 to 30 knots of southerly wind south of Cape Hatteras overnight had changed the attitude of the sea, but a morning lull had tempered the swell. I knew there would be more more wind and sea- also from the south- by afternoon, so I set a course southward and found it to be better than expected and quite tenable with no real discomfort at all. We found a big presence of Bonaparte's Gulls just south of the inlet, feeding along a tideline there, along with dozens of Razorbills and a few Common Murres. Continuing inspection of the Boneys revealed an adult Little Gull in their midst, and we also picked up a couple of Manx Shearwaters in the area, which was quite close to Pea Island. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyw9dr3N64J-hEKlFdHkvK7KA66Pot3EU9Ku3-uGyuBphyFx1Am27CHj3DPxsKHvaoPPH7Z52CitO5NPdQwg2ZUdyQ2VvGKya5udT_aLDJZrBkxaDvUkA6Tk0509CWNopEm8bbilBJ94xQ4LqvG1cpcuwIaiPpaIb5U-MVA2sTxR0LN1vrmXR9JW5/s2880/BOGU-small.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2300" data-original-width="2880" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyw9dr3N64J-hEKlFdHkvK7KA66Pot3EU9Ku3-uGyuBphyFx1Am27CHj3DPxsKHvaoPPH7Z52CitO5NPdQwg2ZUdyQ2VvGKya5udT_aLDJZrBkxaDvUkA6Tk0509CWNopEm8bbilBJ94xQ4LqvG1cpcuwIaiPpaIb5U-MVA2sTxR0LN1vrmXR9JW5/s320/BOGU-small.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Bonaparte's Gull by Ed Corey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdNeJrVyBqmqe03U4XJuoHaqMXnGi5pA34DzmW8PGrLrdpwSgV6qQO6w-zfV_nlS94myTLRuO0xU4OlBjGFaTmqTyUFPcorJVgWDB6upZro4exmt-Wt-Boc9nXwNs1OXXUkdpodQSojcZ7oV8MZO8QDmVtTmqAqzE-Bnb-dCLi-tws0uipOYgQuaA/s2958/RAZO-small1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2007" data-original-width="2958" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdNeJrVyBqmqe03U4XJuoHaqMXnGi5pA34DzmW8PGrLrdpwSgV6qQO6w-zfV_nlS94myTLRuO0xU4OlBjGFaTmqTyUFPcorJVgWDB6upZro4exmt-Wt-Boc9nXwNs1OXXUkdpodQSojcZ7oV8MZO8QDmVtTmqAqzE-Bnb-dCLi-tws0uipOYgQuaA/s320/RAZO-small1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Razorbill by Ed Corey</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SqgT_Eq5CEK-Ax934QP2cxJ2yfmEyL3WH11Q4TiCa6mqWVzH4qOIIF9sFc6qZQs2Z3G-LGtk0mG97Rzm4N_RCuhQdtU4Kx6iSZCm9mZaYYQQzSlMvlLHXUGsEYZArh0OwqRKBX0vap6h1zX5mKgAy8v1u1bD6KK3TANJ8YQnNy-8DDfrBJxV5pQs/s2000/PDW_COMU_D5A_1362.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SqgT_Eq5CEK-Ax934QP2cxJ2yfmEyL3WH11Q4TiCa6mqWVzH4qOIIF9sFc6qZQs2Z3G-LGtk0mG97Rzm4N_RCuhQdtU4Kx6iSZCm9mZaYYQQzSlMvlLHXUGsEYZArh0OwqRKBX0vap6h1zX5mKgAy8v1u1bD6KK3TANJ8YQnNy-8DDfrBJxV5pQs/s320/PDW_COMU_D5A_1362.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Common Murre by Brian Patteson</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">From there I headed down to Wimble Shoals, where we saw a couple of trawlers working. From a distance there did not appear to be many birds there, but when we got close, we found hundreds of gulls and quite a few gannets sitting on the sea awaiting a haul back. The vast majority of the birds here were Herring Gulls, but there were also nearly 200 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. That might seem like a lot of the latter, but we were only about three miles off the beach. There was a surprising paucity of Great Black-backed Gulls, continuing a trend we've seen all winter. Our best find around the trawlers was a first winter Kumlien's Gull, a taxon which we see here in small numbers every winter. This is what American birders in the East count as an Iceland Gull. Presently Kumlien's is lumped together with Thayer's Gull and the nominate Iceland Gull, and treated as a third subspecies in that complex. In reality it probably more of a hybrid population that developed when Thayer's and Iceland Gulls first met eons ago. In my opinion, we lost Thayer's Gull to lumping so that Americans can count Kumlien's as an Iceland Gull. It's akin to lumping Glaucous-winged and Western Gulls, so one could count "Olympic Gull."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ap8jD0_gBM27yFe4GrBv2dyAd5QnyoUJNY0JKwmcYaJu9I5AWQE8lsS-aiVA3ZeOdjeI20In7lwaWQrWa0v9Fm4GpcaKrQ1_8B2U_r8T4uD2cy402zZmUdW44nXJX2Xe7bZmLWF6ie2DCaWcDQsx-PWcLUrhBZo98dqnOlAobvGJRxgCH8xwEmBE/s5875/APDW_HERG_D8B_1415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3917" data-original-width="5875" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ap8jD0_gBM27yFe4GrBv2dyAd5QnyoUJNY0JKwmcYaJu9I5AWQE8lsS-aiVA3ZeOdjeI20In7lwaWQrWa0v9Fm4GpcaKrQ1_8B2U_r8T4uD2cy402zZmUdW44nXJX2Xe7bZmLWF6ie2DCaWcDQsx-PWcLUrhBZo98dqnOlAobvGJRxgCH8xwEmBE/s320/APDW_HERG_D8B_1415.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Herring Gull by Brian Patteson<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIb8edVRPMbj3Pfbj7mpUBHFcN0_wOJ5PqL6xvDxSETzGYumFVKvUHW85oLPOjLbtiZHv0nQvUP-_6st2lE1jPIZa2X4YZMrUELQ6OfRArqIboNy0tX6Ce_CHJ3YwijdM_Y0jC53JMihRRTLpL11vIlf3zzqtEwIbrm0uriP-JB5LVwlcH-Rh1anp/s3812/PDW_LBBG_D5A_1443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2541" data-original-width="3812" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIb8edVRPMbj3Pfbj7mpUBHFcN0_wOJ5PqL6xvDxSETzGYumFVKvUHW85oLPOjLbtiZHv0nQvUP-_6st2lE1jPIZa2X4YZMrUELQ6OfRArqIboNy0tX6Ce_CHJ3YwijdM_Y0jC53JMihRRTLpL11vIlf3zzqtEwIbrm0uriP-JB5LVwlcH-Rh1anp/s320/PDW_LBBG_D5A_1443.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Lesser Black-backed Gull by Brian Patteson<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplmCDezbT9OJvS-w2nR3KRIYqeX1Q0djnO_f2iL6vVhYswXoVCu8qZEEfRZywxi-gzV_OBwdkZVKsslhjeXm7rT37SSPrrZ5aX5189abn4Swjt9e5IXGDt_cbGF0SS6w0U3kLC8EnTyru8YYAXf5Jd7KBSbicEqHSeI7rrDU1xNO3qd4FOwWLJibW/s3385/APDW_GBBG_D5A_1401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2257" data-original-width="3385" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplmCDezbT9OJvS-w2nR3KRIYqeX1Q0djnO_f2iL6vVhYswXoVCu8qZEEfRZywxi-gzV_OBwdkZVKsslhjeXm7rT37SSPrrZ5aX5189abn4Swjt9e5IXGDt_cbGF0SS6w0U3kLC8EnTyru8YYAXf5Jd7KBSbicEqHSeI7rrDU1xNO3qd4FOwWLJibW/s320/APDW_GBBG_D5A_1401.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Great Black-backed Gull by Brian Patteson<span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpw16wvt3_YdJgivObbqiYO70Roq2fY3LhMJYqSQYSXAeYDaNX900IMC2CI4xY7L_iAnTaIYHWYb5VZ1eW3GrakIFp9Xcyvi2M0ipFHuKgvflxsMQzuzsIstLkZxvfLwPohj5tsCZjexg6rm88d2AniLhbGL97CuXYb-ya_ZumvW0m2WhByuNTn55/s2548/KUGU-small.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1929" data-original-width="2548" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpw16wvt3_YdJgivObbqiYO70Roq2fY3LhMJYqSQYSXAeYDaNX900IMC2CI4xY7L_iAnTaIYHWYb5VZ1eW3GrakIFp9Xcyvi2M0ipFHuKgvflxsMQzuzsIstLkZxvfLwPohj5tsCZjexg6rm88d2AniLhbGL97CuXYb-ya_ZumvW0m2WhByuNTn55/s320/KUGU-small.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Kumlien's Gull by Ed Corey</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">We soon left Wimble Shoals, because aside from the fishing boats, there really wasn't much to recommend it. Some of the gulls and gannets took an interest in our recently thawed Butterfish, but most of them stayed where we left them. Heading eastward from Wimble Shoals, it wasn't long before we were in somewhat warmer water, and it was not at all productive. I pointed the boat northward until we found cooler water a few miles up, along with another trawler and a few smaller boats fishing gill nets for Atlantic Cutlassfish, known locally as Ribbonfish. There was another concentration of gulls around these boats, but not as many as we had found closer to the beach. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS44vOXcaw-1aKJzDvQOzu8ZjHsrkQwih32OcZz0AZVk56VrUsVriuzUE2Ou6XnNi3AgoifRM654JUCx5y3R5o52v5FEXTsYWt9mBC3gCDal335K-0btFB1HU8frq8Tzhh7WlPy1YpW1AC5XmPEYpPw-sMP2qV8noUFSN8h-WsNOxgOopPLNlTZQ3m/s7264/APDW_slick_D8B_1440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4108" data-original-width="7264" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS44vOXcaw-1aKJzDvQOzu8ZjHsrkQwih32OcZz0AZVk56VrUsVriuzUE2Ou6XnNi3AgoifRM654JUCx5y3R5o52v5FEXTsYWt9mBC3gCDal335K-0btFB1HU8frq8Tzhh7WlPy1YpW1AC5XmPEYpPw-sMP2qV8noUFSN8h-WsNOxgOopPLNlTZQ3m/s320/APDW_slick_D8B_1440.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo by Brian Patteson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlxlF3ExbFq_88WEBw1CVwZpkFXN9q4d7tfSE1qEYT2bjiV0DD-DLZ3ObXdgoTZVV24Wn-5W55NcGvPBa2Ek803G9J3TuSEN64LSUF4epOjy619DGwJckzLur6Jk5SxUqo1bKEpTHGG1tXPHd1DnKTVxqnCitN19-ZXQMamNfY8MAEUcr6h09qfIc/s3000/APDW_FWgannet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlxlF3ExbFq_88WEBw1CVwZpkFXN9q4d7tfSE1qEYT2bjiV0DD-DLZ3ObXdgoTZVV24Wn-5W55NcGvPBa2Ek803G9J3TuSEN64LSUF4epOjy619DGwJckzLur6Jk5SxUqo1bKEpTHGG1tXPHd1DnKTVxqnCitN19-ZXQMamNfY8MAEUcr6h09qfIc/s320/APDW_FWgannet.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Northern Gannet by Brian Patteson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8tH8NezHmL9PtwhzNDvBoT-md6k-obCJYr8fT6CsRTmkZMwHFEGJy3bsOxdSqiHuMx1CNNZ7_fV3aUaaH04rEiRC7M-YbaVawIuzGpSdoxXnGSqqLPJpoI9gKqvZFKpQ18617FOLgCUBIvTGaeE9c4UoM8ZGI5yPkvQxkmB91EDEAPaZOOyNTOdy/s6024/APDW_NG_D8B_1384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4016" data-original-width="6024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8tH8NezHmL9PtwhzNDvBoT-md6k-obCJYr8fT6CsRTmkZMwHFEGJy3bsOxdSqiHuMx1CNNZ7_fV3aUaaH04rEiRC7M-YbaVawIuzGpSdoxXnGSqqLPJpoI9gKqvZFKpQ18617FOLgCUBIvTGaeE9c4UoM8ZGI5yPkvQxkmB91EDEAPaZOOyNTOdy/s320/APDW_NG_D8B_1384.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Northern Gannet by Brian Patteson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzmnLta7UBzu-sCVou5wGBp1Na2VHGarPfq4UZBa-FiRAEwk6-gNNmEEBMlaKlCgASzjb2VTin3DSTv1uDx7XLtULtjrsir1OdVMm3Ycf2wO07KRcpuhH0OoV2h1YafLVOpLPZreKNYtfTjNoo4QiqI6k5oHeO-9nR1USnOfnAH3wUvYQznQ0U3Wb/s3936/PDW_WGale_D5A_1455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2624" data-original-width="3936" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzmnLta7UBzu-sCVou5wGBp1Na2VHGarPfq4UZBa-FiRAEwk6-gNNmEEBMlaKlCgASzjb2VTin3DSTv1uDx7XLtULtjrsir1OdVMm3Ycf2wO07KRcpuhH0OoV2h1YafLVOpLPZreKNYtfTjNoo4QiqI6k5oHeO-9nR1USnOfnAH3wUvYQznQ0U3Wb/s320/PDW_WGale_D5A_1455.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo by Brian Patteson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaKr1AJqXoMBQAGGT0LtY4UMOdV2HBzfvzTzhzq-_vV8DOB6R4FwEgcQcg4Mf6C3AcaFc2Jyz89GhF35apqIjhM4MJUMCD0kx2bgZZxcMFz6aLWGQHzvX-ARZ4nFKg_Rr4jcA3en7zKDBd7pR5WXjZIMyJMkrAqNUYsY8_-jfJakSl9ST65S39lis/s4091/HERG%20w%20Cutlassfish-small.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2828" data-original-width="4091" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaKr1AJqXoMBQAGGT0LtY4UMOdV2HBzfvzTzhzq-_vV8DOB6R4FwEgcQcg4Mf6C3AcaFc2Jyz89GhF35apqIjhM4MJUMCD0kx2bgZZxcMFz6aLWGQHzvX-ARZ4nFKg_Rr4jcA3en7zKDBd7pR5WXjZIMyJMkrAqNUYsY8_-jfJakSl9ST65S39lis/s320/HERG%20w%20Cutlassfish-small.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Herring Gull with "Ribbonfish" by Ed Corey</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There were also a couple of fulmars cruising around, but otherwise no obvious reason to stay, so we continued along our way, heading farther offshore, hoping for some puffins, which would not be quite as easy to find as the had been in yesterday's smooth seas. Around noon, I heard the word that everyone had been wanting to hear: "SKUA!!!" The Great Skua was our long awaited target bird. Not sure if I have ever been this many trips (six!) into a winter season before seeing one. The skua appeared far back in the wake, and it was showing pretty well, considering the distance, as it terrorized the gulls sending them skyward en masse. I knew from experience that there was a good chance the skua would soon take to the water, and if we could keep eyes on our prize until that moment, we might manage a better look at it. Sure enough, all that went to plan, and over the next few minutes we got closer and everyone had satisfactory life bird views of the brown bomber. Unfortunately Great Skuas do not typically come at the boat as well as South Polar Skuas, and true to form this one soon went on its way, but not without coming into camera range for a brief spell. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguGZhlxEYsdcBgYRj4JuAZ8J1xB1qxrQQU9qxdUnvGffU5Wwa51AUK9moZoLPc40NSeC8ohVyhGf0gxoWx8ZCijrXG8lDYkTwOwPlGeIZ4nnx6apUwieBds0GSKe1luGD0TmWd5ww4ptceh0Dmf9N2KEumNawjjTt2ZRiDqy8gyu7xfSLdPYch11y/s1647/GRSK-small.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1647" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguGZhlxEYsdcBgYRj4JuAZ8J1xB1qxrQQU9qxdUnvGffU5Wwa51AUK9moZoLPc40NSeC8ohVyhGf0gxoWx8ZCijrXG8lDYkTwOwPlGeIZ4nnx6apUwieBds0GSKe1luGD0TmWd5ww4ptceh0Dmf9N2KEumNawjjTt2ZRiDqy8gyu7xfSLdPYch11y/s320/GRSK-small.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Great Skua by Ed Corey</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There weren't nearly as many alcids to the southeast of the inlet as what we had seen just 15 miles to the north the day before, and conditions for spotting small birds on the sea was less than optimal, but we did get good looks at a puffin for folks who were not aboard the boat on Day One. Dovekies eluded us, however, and we ended up with a more typical three alcid day. We did see a Glaucous x Herring Gull hybrid, AKA Nelson's Gull, on the way in. This is a fairly common pairing in the areas where the species overlap, but we don't see many Glaucous Gulls down south, so it's pretty uncommon in our area. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpte9SbwKVjvSyHOtbrlov8jOOoXs1EXg4l4OiGWH-KABRJugLZxoNkzzhHgcce-8QBWLsUGYyshMfXxKBUTodZik5IzgbonMSptXH6hFspGVeuRgrHN42k3XIGIm68X0LkW08mqJxC0XtOGx-_8HLEH0U2ukRBvUkHrOVdEzAb1uhGhKx2STvnSaf/s3673/JA_NEGU.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2449" data-original-width="3673" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpte9SbwKVjvSyHOtbrlov8jOOoXs1EXg4l4OiGWH-KABRJugLZxoNkzzhHgcce-8QBWLsUGYyshMfXxKBUTodZik5IzgbonMSptXH6hFspGVeuRgrHN42k3XIGIm68X0LkW08mqJxC0XtOGx-_8HLEH0U2ukRBvUkHrOVdEzAb1uhGhKx2STvnSaf/s320/JA_NEGU.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Nelson's Gull" by Jesse Anderson</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p>There was a bit of activity near the inlet as we approached the sea buoy, making for a fitting ending to what had been two action packed days from start to finish, I would like to thanks everyone who came out and made these trips possible and also our crew who worked non stop to make sure nothing was missed: Ed Corey, Jeff Effinger, and Jesse Anderson all did a top notch job. </p><p>Species List</p><div style="text-align: left;">Surf Scoter 0/4</div><div style="text-align: left;">Black Scoter 12/0</div><div style="text-align: left;">Red-breasted Merganser 0/5</div><div style="text-align: left;">GREAT SKUA 0/1</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dovekie 34/0</div><div style="text-align: left;">Common Murre 66/11</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thick-billed Murre 3/0</div><div style="text-align: left;">Razorbill 1337/548</div><div style="text-align: left;">Atlantic Puffin 222/6</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bonaparte's Gull 287/1200</div><div style="text-align: left;">Little Gull 4/1</div><div style="text-align: left;">Laughing Gull 0/1</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ring-billed Gull 1/5</div><div style="text-align: left;">Herring Gull 120/850</div><div style="text-align: left;">Herring X Lesser B-b 1/0</div><div style="text-align: left;">Kumlien's Gull 0/1</div><div style="text-align: left;">Lesser B-b Gull 10/170</div><div style="text-align: left;">Glaucous X Herring 0/1</div><div style="text-align: left;">Great B-b Gull 24/120</div><div style="text-align: left;">Red-throated Loon 54/41</div><div style="text-align: left;">Common Loon 139/15</div><div style="text-align: left;">Northern Fulmar 20/5</div><div style="text-align: left;">Manx Shearwater 0/5</div><div style="text-align: left;">Northern Gannet 400/450</div><div style="text-align: left;">Brown Pelican 0/4</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Non Avian</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Bottlenose Dolphin 35/11</div><div style="text-align: left;">Atl. Spotted Dolphin 5/0</div><div style="text-align: left;">Humpback Whale 3 to 5/0</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Kemp's Ridley 1/0</div><div style="text-align: left;">Loggerhead 1/0</div><p><br /></p></div>Capt. Brian Pattesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08145365567696412066noreply@blogger.com0