All, Yesterday I fished the tip of Block Canyon from about 5:30am to 1:30pm. It was not terribly birdy (mammals outnumbered birds) but I was impressed by the numbers of Audubon's Shearwaters.
Numbers: Cory's Shearwater 2 Cory's Shearwater (borealis) 1 Sooty Shearwater 1 Audubon's Shearwater 20 Wilson's Storm-Petrel 71 Oceanodroma sp. 1 Common Dolphin 10 Risso's Dolphin 95 Pilot Whale sp. 15 shark sp. 1 Manta Ray 1 Portuguese Man o' War 6 A few pics here: http://www.shorebirder.com/2014/08/aug-27-fishing-block-canyon.html Nick Bonomo Wallingford, CT -- 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/ --
