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Location Hatteras Pelagic--Gulf Stream
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Owner Trenton Voytko

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  17
  • Distance:  29 mi

Checklist Comments

Seabirding pelagic trip aboard the Stormy Petrel II, from the shelf break offshore to about 1,000 fathoms (6,000 feet) and back to the shelf break. Skies were partly cloudy and winds were from the southwest. We saw at least 10 to 20 Offshore Bottlenose Dolphins and caught 3 Mahi mahi (Atlantic Dolphinfish).

Totals

13
Species Observed
+5 other taxa, 670 individuals
11
Species with Photos
+1 other taxa

Observations

  1. Long-tailed Jaeger

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Juvenile

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  2. Parasitic Jaeger

    Number observed:  1

  3. Pomarine Jaeger

    Number observed:  5

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  4. jaeger sp.

    Number observed:  1

  5. Sooty Tern

    Number observed:  13

  6. Bridled Tern

    Number observed:  1

  7. Sooty/Bridled Tern

    Number observed:  2

  8. Fea's Petrel

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Likely a Deserta's Petrel, found in a tight group of Black-capped Petrels that had gathered in our slick behind the boat around 0940. Very nice views and easy to pick out with the pale gray upper parts, paler tail, and white body with dark underwings.

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  9. Black-capped Petrel

    Number observed:  226

    Details

    Careful count, likely low - it's possible we had over 300 today.

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  10. Black-capped Petrel (White-faced)

    Number observed:  16

    Details

    Count from photos, likely more than this.

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  11. Black-capped Petrel (Dark-faced)

    Number observed:  29

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  12. Cory's Shearwater

    Number observed:  12

    Details

    Seen well enough / photographed to note no white in under primaries.

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  13. Scopoli's Shearwater

    Number observed:  32

    Details

    Seen well enough / photographed to note at least 15% or more white in underside of outermost visible primary. Most individuals we saw looked like Scopoli's, so likely very low count of this species. Taken from field notes and photos.

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  14. Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater

    Number observed:  152

    Details

    Cory's / Scopoli's - not seen well enough to note underwing and / or photograph. Most of these individuals were likely Scopoli's. Some of these also are individuals that did not fall into one category or the other due to limited white in the outermost visible primary but with extensive white in others - likely Scopoli's but current identification criteria puts these into Cory's / Scopoli's.

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  15. Great Shearwater

    Number observed:  3

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  16. Manx Shearwater

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Both seen well. Heftier black and white shearwater than Audubon's with shorter tail and white under tail coverts, dark face; stiff wing beats. One flew across the bow the other came towards us from astern but didn't show well in the slick.

  17. Sargasso Shearwater

    Number observed:  171

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  18. Brown Booby (Atlantic)

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Photos. One individual was on the bow of a ship we passed, the other was traveling along a Sargassum line we crossed offshore.

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Additional species seen by Dan Parliament:

  1. Bermuda Petrel

    Number observed: 1

Additional species seen by Brian Patteson:

  1. Bermuda Petrel

    Number observed: 1

Additional species seen by Seabirding Inc.:

  1. Bermuda Petrel

    Number observed: 1

Additional species seen by Cindy Parliament:

  1. Bermuda Petrel

    Number observed: 1

Additional species seen by John Parrott:

  1. Bermuda Petrel

    Number observed: 1

Additional species seen by Matthew Werner:

  1. Bermuda Petrel

    Number observed: 1

Additional species seen by Joseph Kurtz:

  1. Bermuda Petrel

    Number observed: 1

Additional species seen by David de Geeter:

  1. Bermuda Petrel

    Number observed: 1

Additional species seen by Isaiah Erven:

  1. Bermuda Petrel

    Number observed: 1

Additional species seen by Daniel Irons:

  1. Bermuda Petrel

    Number observed: 1

Additional species seen by Jesse Anderson:

  1. Bermuda Petrel

    Number observed: 1

Additional species seen by Kate Sutherland:

  1. Bermuda Petrel

    Number observed: 1

Additional species seen by Stefany Boleyn:

  1. Bermuda Petrel

    Number observed: 1
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