We are still a short on people to make the scheduled 8-hour nearshore pelagic for Sunday, January 17 a "go".
In past years, we have had good success with alcids in the area we expect to cover, but on those trips, we simply ran through this zone on our way farther offshore. We found multiple Common Murres all 3 years, Thick-billed Murre in 2 years, and Black Guillemot once. Other reasonable possibilities in this area at this time of year include Razorbill, Northern Gannet, Iceland, Glaucous, and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Black-legged Kittiwake, possibly Little or Black-headed Gull if we find good numbers of Bonaparte's, and winter waterfowl such as loons, grebes, and sea ducks. We will be chumming as we go to bring in the gulls. I have even seen Razorbills respond to the chumming and come in for a landing behind the boat. Details: Date: Sun, January 17 Time: 8:00-4:00 Cost: $130 Boat: Capt. Lou VII, Freeport, NY This is a big, comfortable boat with a heated cabin, separate men's and women's heads, a full walk-around below, a large birdable upper deck, and a galley with hot food. Directions can be found on our web site at www.paulagics.com. If you sign up and wish to take the train to Freeport, let us know and we'll arrange a ride for you from the train station to (and from) the boat. Hope to see you aboard. -- Paul A. Guris See Life Paulagics PO Box 161 Green Lane, PA 18054 215-234-6805 i...@paulagics.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --