With permission from the list serve owners *(thank you Phil and Chris)*. I would like to remind folks that we are still on schedule for the Feb 1st Pelagic out of Freeport LI. However, we need 12 more seats filled to have the numbers to sail.
Get er done folks! Don't take the chance on hand wringing over possibly missing out on something really good. Newbies to Pelagic, don't worry, there will be plenty of fine leaders and fellow birders aboard, all willing to help with ID specifics etc. See the e-mail below from Paul Guris with more details. Hope to see you aboard, this time "coat" and all. To get you all fired up here are a couple of links to recent See Life Paulagics reports from my trip experience. http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2012/02/freeport-pelagic-2012.html http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2013/11/ny-fall-pelagic-2013-report.html Cheers! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com See Life Paulagics has scheduled a 12 hour offshore pelagic out of Freeport, NY for Saturday, Feb 1 with the Capt. Lou Fleet. Both of their boats are large, stable, with a big top deck, heated cabin, and separate men's and ladies facilities. As always we'll have multiple leaders to help find and get people on the birds. Dovekie is one of the prime targets on this trip and the right water temperatures for this species are currently close to shore. We just had a dozen out of Belmar, NJ within 20 miles or so of land. On an offshore fishing trip at the end of December out of Cape May we also saw Dovekies, multiple Fulmars, flocks of Red Phalaropes, Kittiwakes, and even a very late Great Shearwater! Other birds we often find on this trip include Atlantic Puffin, Common and Thick-billed Murre, Razorbill, Glaucous, Iceland, Lesser Black-backed, and Bonaparte's Gulls, Black-legged Kittiwake, and numbers of Northern Gannets. We also see nearshore birds on our way out like Common and Red-throated Loons, all 3 scoters (White-winged tends to be further offshore than Surf or Black), and other sea ducks. The trip cost is $185. The boat sails at 6:00 AM, returning at roughly 6:00 PM. To make a reservation, contact us by phone at 215-234-6805 or e-mail us at [email protected]. Results and photos from past winter pelagics can be found on "Paulagic Birding" on Facebook. Hope to see you aboard. -PAG -- *Paul A. Guris* *See Life Paulagics* *PO Box 161* *Green Lane, PA 18054* *215-234-6805 <215-234-6805>* *www.paulagics.com <http://www.paulagics.com/>* *paulagics.com <http://paulagics.com/>@gmail.com <http://gmail.com/>* *[email protected] <[email protected]>* -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
