The See Life Paulagics overnighter aboard the Brooklyn VI found success in
the deep again! Improving water quality and warming temperatures off the
shelf edge south of the Hudson Canyon had us excited and the results did
not disappoint. Band-rumped and Leach's Storm Petrels showed well and for
much later into the morning than usual. As one participant said, "It's nice
to photograph Leach's at an ISO other than 3200!" While we were getting
repeat opportunities to compare the Oceanodroma's with Wilson's
Storm-Petrels a White-faced Storm Petrel buzzed the boat to the delight of
everyone on the rail.
As the wind picked up all eyes were on the horizon for the first of 5
Black-capped Petrels for the day. This individual made a B-line for the
slick and shot right across the stern in perfect light!!!
Many thanks to the captain and crew of the Brooklyn VI and to Paul and
Anita for having the logistical prowess to pull off a last minute
reschedule. Most of all, thank you to the New York birding community for
always representing!


Preliminary Totals

Black-capped Petrel  5 (possibly 7 pending photo review)
Band-Rumped Storm Petrel  61
Leach's Storm Petrel  29
White-faced Storm Petrel  1
Wilson's Storm Petrel 320
Audubon's Shearwater  2
Great Shearwater  5
Cory's Shearwater  7
Common Tern  1
Red-necked Phalarope  3

Media rich checklists can be viewed at the following links:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38871442
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38871571
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38871656

Hope to see you aboard the next trip!

Sean Sime
Brooklyn, NY

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