2017 Great South Channel trips - One in July and one in August
1. July 16-18, 2017 (depart Montauk at 6:00 PM on Sunday 7/16/17 and return 4:00 AM on Tuesday 7/18/17) 2. August 13-15, 2017 (depart Montauk at 6:30 PM on Sunday 8/13/17; arrive and depart Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard around 1:00AM on 8/14; arrive in whale grounds at sunrise 8/14 and return to Montauk 10:30 PM on Tuesday 8/15/17) Same price as last year. Reservations are required and can be made as of at http://www.cresli.org/cresli/reservations/offshore_res.html. The Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island is a non-profit research and education organization. Our mission is: "To promote and foster understanding and stewardship of coastal ecosystems through research and education." Part of our work is to observe and document the whale and sea bird populations of NY and New England and to take people to see these animals in the wild. Since 2002 we have been offering incredible and successful multi-day offshore pelagic bird and whale observation trips. Our trips have been 100% successful and we have encountered thousands of pelagic birds over the years. We've also encountered fin, minke, sei, and right whales; common, white-sided, dolphins, pilot whales. We have now had 1100 humpback encounters in our trips to the Great South Channel, Stellwagen Bank, and locally. With the assistance of the Gulf of Maine Humpback group, the Center for Coastal Studies, Allied Whale, and the FlukeMatcher groups on Flickr and Facebook we have, photo-identified 420 different whales during these trips. We at CRESLI hope that you will join us on our trips. Remember that members do get discounted fares. Go to http://www.cresli.org/cresli/GSC_offshore.html for info and reservation links. Reservations can be made at http://www.cresli.org/cresli/reservations/offshore_res.html Expectations: * Cetaceans: Humpback, Fin, Minke, Right; Sei, and Pilot whales; Common, Bottlenose, Atlantic White Sided and Risso's Dolphins; Leatherback, Green and Loggerhead Turtles; Basking, Great White, Hammerhead, and Blue Sharks; Ocean Sunfish; Portuguese Man-of-War; and other marine life. * Birds: Cory's, Greater, Sooty, Manx, and Audubon's Shearwaters; Wilson's and Leach's Storm-Petrels; Northern Fulmar; Northern Gannet; Red-necked and Red Phalaropes; Pomarine, and Parasitic Jaegers; Greater Black-backed, Herring, and Bonaparte's Gulls. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
