The first Paulagics trip out of Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn on the "Brooklyn VI" had a distinctly winter feel given the date and air temps. Water temps never got above 43 degrees. The captain informed us this is about a month behind schedule! That said there were still some great birds!
Official tallies haven't been made, but species highlights are as follows: Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Bonaparte's Gull Common Murre Razorbill Sooty Shearwater Green-winged Teal Large numbers of all 3 Scoter and Double-crested Cormorants. Kestrel (2 Cutting the corner from NJ to LI.) Passerines: Palm Warbler Northern Flicker Brown-headed Cowbird (pair rode with us for miles) Red-winged Blackbird Marine Mammals: Fin Whale Harbor Seal The boat is simply a beast (in a good way). People were already scoping out where they were going to sleep on the May overnighter. Ebird lists from the trip will be generated and shared by the end of the week for those looking for more specific data. Cheers, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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/ --
