Taking advantage of the stable high pressure over the region, John Shemilt, Derek Rogers and I spent Sunday offshore, reaching deep water about 82 miles SE of Shinnecock Inlet (Suffolk Co.). Although conditions were often misty inshore, there were good patches of visibility and flat seas beyond the shelf break.
Appropriate for the date, we encountered a good mix of spring migrants including a SOUTH POLAR SKUA, single dark-morph POMARINE and dark-morph PARASITIC JAEGERS, Cory's (15), Great (1), Cory's/Great (5), Sooty (53) and Manx Shearwaters (4), good numbers of LEACH'S STORM PETRELS (77), Wilson's Storm-Petrels (177) and a number of offshore terns including 2 ARCTIC TERNS and a pair of ATLANTIC PUFFIN. Other notable wildlife included Risso's Dolphin, Short-beaked Common Dolphin and three ocean sunfish. Angus Wilson, New York City -- 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/ --
