After some nudging and threats, we've decided to try to get a late autumn
trip out of Freeport on Saturday, November 23. (If this makes you happy,
you can thank Doug Gochfeld.) We've run trips from NY to NJ around this
time of year and it is prime time to look for Manx and Great Shearwaters,
Red Phalarope, Kittiwake, and Fulmar. I'm still hoping that one of these
days we'll find that ever more elusive Great Skua among the gulls and
Gannets we'll be dragging around behind the boat. It's also a good time
for Parasitic and Pomarine Jaegers, the less common gulls like Iceland,
Glaucous, and Lesser Black-backed, and lots of migrating waterfowl like
loons, scoters, cormorants, and the like.
The captain is willing to hold the date for us until we see if we can reach
the minimum needed. As usual we'll run if we can get close to break even.
Here are the particulars:
Date: Sat, Nov 23
Time: 6:00 AM - approx 6:00 PM
Cost: $185
Our usual plan of attack for this time of year is to to head out early,
chum all the way in and back, and try to drag in as many good birds as
possible. Our maximum distance from shore will be about 50-60 miles, a
little short of the tip of Hudson Canyon.
So now it's up to you (or "ya'll" since I live south of New York) to let us
know if you're interested. Give us a call or drop an email to:
[email protected]
-PAG
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*Paul A. Guris
See Life Paulagics
PO Box 161
Green Lane, PA 18054
215-234-6805
www.paulagics.com
[email protected]
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