David's got the basics, but if any of you who aren't pelagic veterans have any specific questions, feel free to drop me an email. We're not running a trip this winter due to personal reasons, but we're supporting the boat owner and New York birding community to try to get a trip out this winter.
One question that already came through was about the destination. The boat will be targeting New York pelagic waters only, most likely heading in the direction of the Hudson Shelf Valley. This is an underwater feature that is the old Hudson River valley when our continent was higher and drier. It extends just offshore of the Raritan Bay and on all the way out to the Hudson Canyon along the Continental Shelf. The trip will probably get 40-50 miles from land. Based on previous trips, birds that are a good shot on this include Atlantic Puffin, Razorbill, Common Murre, Dovekie, Black-legged Kittiwake, Glaucous, Iceland, and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Northern Fulmar, and Red Phalarope. Chumming along the way usually creates a nice gull and Gannet show that causes photographers to kill many, many pixels. That probably covers the basics, but as I said you can feel free to contact me with any questions. -PAG -- *Paul A. Guris See Life Paulagics PO Box 161 Green Lane, PA 18054 215-234-6805 www.paulagics.com paulagics....@gmail.com i...@paulagics.com* -- 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/ --
