Folks,
The whale and pelagic bird sightings have been good thus far, particularly when the whales are feeding near the surface. Here are the results to date: 07/11/2010 13 Fin Whales 8 Minke Whales 65 Greater Shearwaters 5 Corey's Shearwaters 200 Wilson's Storm Petrels 07/10/2010 12 Fin Whales 1 Minke Whale 500 Greater Shearwaters 200 Wilson's Storm Petrels 50 Corey's Shearwaters 4 Sooty Shearwaters 1 Hammerhead Shark 2 Blue Sharks 07/09/2010 9 Fin Whales 6 Minke Whales 1 Ocean Sunfish 1 Blue Shark 300 Wilson's Storm Petrels 150 Greater Shearwaters 7 Sooty Shearwaters 7 Corey's Shearwaters 2 Manx Shearwaters 75 Common Tern 5 Lease Tern 10 Crested Cormorants 1 Common Loon 07/08/2010 16 Fin Whales 10-12 Minke Whales 1 Ocean Sunfish 50 Greater Shearwater 300 Corey's Shearwaters 10 Sooty Shearwaters 400 Wilson's Storm Petrels 1 Royal Blue Shark 07/07/2010 9-10 Fin Whales 10-12 Minke Whales 1 Ocean Sunfish 1 Leatherback Sea Turtle 1 Blue Shark 500+ Bluefin Tuna 100 Greater Shearwaters 200 Cory's Shearwater 200 Wilson's Storm Petrels 07/04/2010 12 Minke Whales Greater Shearwaters Cory's Shearwaters Wilson's Storm petrels Black-legged Kittiwakes Northern Gannets Least Terns Common Terns Blue Shark Skip-jack Tuna 07/03/2010 15 Greater Shearwaters 20 Cory's Shearwaters 75 Wilson's Storm Petrels 07/02/2010 30 Common Dolphins 60 Bottlenose Dolphins 12 Minke Whales 3 Finback Whales 1 Humpback Whale Cory's Shearwaters Greater Shearwaters Sooty Shearwaters Wilson's Storm Petrels Common Terns Red-throated Loons Double-Crested Cormorants 07/01/2010 1 unknown whale (blow only) 1 Ocean Sunfish 5 Manx Shearwaters 10 Greater Shearwaters 20 Cory's Shearwaters 50 Wilson's Storm Petrels Artie Kopelman Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph. D. President, Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island presid...@cresli.org <http://www.cresli.org/> www.cresli.org 631-244-3352 ( e-mails scanned for viruses before sending) "When the last individual of a race of living thing breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again" ...... William Beebee P Be kind to the environment - unless you need to, please don't print this e-mail -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
