Just wrapped up a three-day weekend of pelagics with Brian Patteson and Kate Sutherland out of Hatteras, NC (AKA Pterodroma Alley). We had a really fun three days at sea, starting somewhat slowly on Friday followed by a great Saturday and Sunday. It was windy on all three days, which is generally great for seabirds but poor for spotting cetaceans; this held true for us.
Seabird list:
TRINDADE PETREL (dark morph)
Black-capped Petrel (dark-faced and white-faced types)
Cory's Shearwater (including several "Scopoli's" Shearwaters)
Great Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (molting and non-molting individuals)
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Bridled Tern
Arctic Tern
Cetaceans were represented only by Offshore Bottlenose Dolphins.
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Trindade Petrel (dark morph) |
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Trindade Petrel (dark morph) |
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Trindade Petrel (dark morph) |
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Black-capped Petrel |
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Black-capped Petrel |
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Black-capped Petrel |
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Black-capped Petrel |
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Black-capped Petrel |
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Black-capped Petrel |
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"Scopoli's" Cory's Shearwater |
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"Scopoli's" Cory's Shearwater |
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Audubon's Shearwater |
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Wilson's Storm-Petrel |
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Leach's Storm-Petrel |
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Band-rumped Storm-Petrel |
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Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (non-molting adult) |
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Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (molting) |
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Pomarine Jaeger |
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Arctic Tern |
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Arctic Tern |
- NB
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