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Outer Banks - Hatteras Pelagic
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Outer Banks - Hatteras Pelagic
- From: RJDNC@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 07:07:31 EST
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Hi Folks
The Hatteras Pelagic was another good one. The weather was very nice with
calm seas. Found a couple of Black-capped Petrels way out in the stream, over
a hundred Northern Fulmars, several Manx Shearwaters, several hundred Red
Phalaropes, a couple of Great Skuas, two Little Gulls, single adult Iceland
and Glaucous Gulls, a handful of Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Also had an
almost all white Northern Gannet. Had several Humpback Whales, Pilot Whales,
one close Sperm Whale, and both Common and Bottlenose Dolphins. A really nice
trip offshore, even if we did not find any of those blasted Puffins!
Early Sunday morning, before heading home, I walked out to C. Hatteras Point.
Some good gulls found included an adult Thayers (the bright pink-red legs
always amaze me on these birds), an adult California Gull (colors also
becoming bright), and an apparent Lesser-Herring Hybrid. The mantle color was
between a Lesser and a Herring. The legs were yellow, the bill was yellow
with some weird dark markings, the bird's size was intermediate between a
Lessser and Herring. If anyone ventures out to the Banks in the next couple
of weeks, be sure to study the gulls well. The time from now to mid March is
often the best for good gulls at the Point.
Later, Ricky
Ricky Davis
608 Smallwood Drive
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
RJDNC@aol.com(H)
rickyd@theodavis.com(W)
(252)443-0276(H)
(919)269-7401(W)