Spent most of the day out and about (between 8 and 25 miles) South of Montauk / East Hampton. Had several hundred Wilson's Storm-Petrels (not at all unusual for the location and date BTW) plus 8 Great Shearwaters, a Cory's Shearwater and a Manx Shearwater. Not much else of note bird-wise but a fly-by Phalarope sp. (probably Red) provided a moment of excitement.
On the non-bird front, 2, possibly 3 Humpback Whales were actively breaching early on (~20 miles South) and we bumped into a really large group (50+) of (inshore?) Bottlenose Dolphins around noon. Also had a Loggerhead Turtle, a Basking Shark, and a few Skipjack Tuna. Pretty quiet overall though. On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph.D. < kopel...@optonline.net> wrote: > Today on the Viking Fleet/CRESLI whale watch in an between waters south of > Block Island to waters just south of Montauk we encountered 30-40 Wilson's > Storm Petrels; 3 Greater Shearwaters; 20 bottlenose dolphins (coastal > migratory stock); and two loggerhead turtles > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 22, 2012, at 1:36 PM, Angus Wilson <oceanwander...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Numbers of *WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS* continue in the body of water > separating the North and South Forks of Long Island (Suffolk Co.) as first > reported by Bruce Horwith from last weekend. This morning I counted 74 from > Culloden Point in Montauk. A telescope is required and the birds were > feeding over a relatively broad area to the east of Gardiner's Island and > south of Great Gull Island. Small numbers of storm-petrels have frequented > this same area is past summers but it's unclear what attracts them. By > contrast, no tubenoses of any kind were seen in a brief scan east or south > of Montauk Point. A bedraggled flock of summering seaduck continue in > Shagwong Bay (off Oyster Pond) with 9 *SURF SCOTER*, 2 *WHITE-WINGED > SCOTER* and 2 *COMMON EIDER*. > > -- > Angus Wilson > New York City & The Springs, NY, USA > http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com/ > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird*<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > *!* > -- > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird*<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > *!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
