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Location Hatteras Pelagic--Gulf Stream
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Owner Seabirding Inc.

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  18
  • Distance:  30 mi

Checklist Comments

Seabirding pelagic trip aboard the Stormy Petrel II from the shelf break offshore to about 800 fathoms (4,800 feet) and back inshore to the shelf break. Winds picked up a bit while we were offshore to about 15 mph, skies were partly cloudy. We had a couple of flocks that we saw in the distance, so we picked up and ran to those, otherwise we were moving slowly with the chum.

Totals

8
Species Observed
+2 other taxa, 925 individuals
6
Species with Photos
+2 other taxa

Observations

  1. Pomarine Jaeger

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Photographed in one of the shearwater flocks we found, looks like young individual

  2. skua sp.

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Seen distantly flying high then harassing shearwaters, photos verify skua, presumably South Polar with pale nape and cooler tones, but leaving as skua sp since we did not see it will enough to rule out Great Skua with certainty.

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  3. Common Tern

    Number observed:  3

  4. Wilson's Storm-Petrel

    Number observed:  1

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  5. Black-capped Petrel

    Number observed:  42

    Details

    Many dark faced birds with at least four white faced individuals, a number of intermediate individuals observed also.

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  6. Cory's Shearwater

    Number observed:  46

    Details

    Number of individuals photographed that were definitely Atlantic Cory's.

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  7. Scopoli's Shearwater

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Photos, record shot of one included here, note white in the underside of p10, 9, and 8

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  8. Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater

    Number observed:  228

    Details

    Cory's / Scopoli's - individuals that were not identified by photo to one species or the other, most of these were likely Atlantic Cory's - we did not see very many questionable individuals in the field, but beginning in 2020 we have been splitting individuals we photograph and identify into the subspecific categories in eBird.

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  9. Great Shearwater

    Number observed:  97

    Details

    Careful count of individuals seen while chumming, plus estimates in larger flocks.

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  10. Sargasso Shearwater

    Number observed:  504

    Details

    Careful count of individuals seen while chumming, likely conservative estimates for numbers in larger flocks.

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