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PARTICIPANTS NEEDED f/May 19, 20 pelagic trips; space on others
- To: Carolina Birds <carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu>
- Subject: PARTICIPANTS NEEDED f/May 19, 20 pelagic trips; space on others
- From: Brian <patteson1@mindspring.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:00:29 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Dear Seabirders,
I would like to thank all of you who have already signed up for trips
this year.
While our trips on May 25, 26, and 27 have been sold out for some time now,
we still need a few more participants to run our pelagic trips from
Hatteras, NC on Saturday, May 19 and Sunday May 20. This is one week prior
to Memorial Day Weekend so there should be no trouble finding accommodations
and traffic should be light that weekend. While bird numbers might be a tad
lower than what we'll see a week later, the potential for maximum diversity
and rarities is just as good. Previous trips during the late May period have
often produced 12 or more pelagic bird species/ trip, and the list of
rarities seen during this time period is impressive- Trinidade(Herald)
Petrel, Fea's Petrel, Bermuda Petrel, both White-tailed and Red-billed
Tropicbirds, and at least a couple of birds which were possibly Brown Skuas.
We expect to see Black-capped Petrels on each trip and the following species
are all a good possibility- Cory's, Greater, Sooty, Manx, and Audubon's
Shearwaters; Wilson's, Leach's, and Band-rumped Storm-Petrels; Red-necked
Phalarope, Pomarine, Parasitic, and Long-tailed Jaegers; South Polar Skua,
and Bridled, Sooty, and Arctic Terns.
Last year we saw the following 14 species of pelagic seabirds over the
weekend on two trips from Hatteras:
Sat., May 20/ Sun. May 21
Black-capped Petrel- 133/ 203
Trinidade(Herald) Petrel- 1/ 2
Cory's Shearwater- 1/ 10
Greater Shearwater- 2/ 2
Sooty Shearwater- 28/ 90
Manx Shearwaer- 0/ 1
Audubon's Shearwater- 64/ 148
Wilson's Storm-Petrel- 79/ 148
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel- 1/ 2
Red-n. Phalarope- 1/ 3
Pomarine Jaeger- 1/ 2
Bridled Tern- 3/ 0
Sooty Tern- 0/ 19
Arctic Tern- 2/ 0
We also a few spaces left on Memorial Day (Monday) which is May 28; this
trip is also from Hatteras. The following weekend we have two more trips
from Hatteras with space- Saturday, June 2 and Sunday June 3. While motel
rates do increase with Memorial Day, the first weekend of June is not nearly
as busy or crowded. We also have a couple of spaces left on a trip on
Friday, June 1 from Manteo on the Country Girl. All of the Hatteras trips
are on the Miss Hatteras, which is 75 feet long and offers superb viewing
for seabirding. There are two decks, a large cabin, and an improved PA
system, which is loud and clear. While the Country Girl isn't as big, she is
very fast, and this can be helpful during pretty weather when you want to
get closer to a rare bird. We enjoyed good looks at several rare gadfly
petrels from BOTH of these boats last year.
For more information about our trips, please visit our Website-
http://www.patteson.com/
There you can find all that you need to know about these trips
there, including driving directions, recommendations for lodging, what
to bring along, birdlists from previous trips, and lots of other useful
information. There is also an extensive gallery of images from previous
trips that you will probably find more useful than the available
published photos of these birds in preparing for your day(s) at sea.
I hope that many of you will join us offshore this spring and summer,
and please pass this message along to anyone you know
who might be interested in these trips.
Thanks,
Brian Patteson
Hatteras, NC
Brian@Patteson.com
(252) 986-1363