See Life Paulagics has scheduled an 8-hour nearshore pelagic (a bit of an
oxymoron, I know) for Sunday, January 17.
We have been thinking about running this trip for a while due to our success
within 20 miles of shore on our three previous NY February trips. On those
trips, we simply ran through this zone in a roughly straight line in order
to get farther offshore. We found numbers of Common Murres in all three
years (20, 7, 49 respectively), found Thick-billed Murre twice, and even
found a Black Guillemot once. There is excellent undersea habitat to the
east that we've never been able to search before, and we hope to do so on
this trip. 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.
The particulars are:
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. 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 to the boat.
-PAG
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Paul A. Guris
See Life Paulagics
PO Box 161
Green Lane, PA 18054
215-234-6805
[email protected]
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