The See Life Paulagics overnighter aboard the Brooklyn VI found success in the deep again! Improving water quality and warming temperatures off the shelf edge south of the Hudson Canyon had us excited and the results did not disappoint. Band-rumped and Leach's Storm Petrels showed well and for much later into the morning than usual. As one participant said, "It's nice to photograph Leach's at an ISO other than 3200!" While we were getting repeat opportunities to compare the Oceanodroma's with Wilson's Storm-Petrels a White-faced Storm Petrel buzzed the boat to the delight of everyone on the rail. As the wind picked up all eyes were on the horizon for the first of 5 Black-capped Petrels for the day. This individual made a B-line for the slick and shot right across the stern in perfect light!!! Many thanks to the captain and crew of the Brooklyn VI and to Paul and Anita for having the logistical prowess to pull off a last minute reschedule. Most of all, thank you to the New York birding community for always representing!
Preliminary Totals Black-capped Petrel 5 (possibly 7 pending photo review) Band-Rumped Storm Petrel 61 Leach's Storm Petrel 29 White-faced Storm Petrel 1 Wilson's Storm Petrel 320 Audubon's Shearwater 2 Great Shearwater 5 Cory's Shearwater 7 Common Tern 1 Red-necked Phalarope 3 Media rich checklists can be viewed at the following links: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38871442 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38871571 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38871656 Hope to see you aboard the next trip! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
