The following is a Pelagic Trip announcement on behalf of the New York State Ornithological Association and the New York State Young Birders Club.
"The New York State Ornithological Association (NYSOA) and the New York State Young Birders Club (NYSYBC) have arranged a pelagic birding weekend for February 12-13, 2011. Space on the boat is limited. Prior to January 15, 2011, this trip is open to NYSOA individual members and youth members of the NYSYBC youth members and their accompanying adults ONLY. (Non- members can join NYSOA/ NYSYBC on line at: <http://www.nybirds.org/FedMembership.htm> http://www.nybirds.org/FedMembership.htm). Target species include Common Murre, Thick-billed Murre, Black Guillemot, Razorbills, Northern Gannets, Iceland, Glaucous, and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Black-legged Kittiwake, Atlantic Puffin and possibly Little or Black-headed Gulls. As an added bonus pelagic-birder extraordinaire, Angus Wilson, head of the New York State Avian Records Committee (NYSARC), will offer a pelagic bird identification workshop on Saturday afternoon. The workshop will be held at the Community room of the Baldwin, NY Public Library, 2385 Grand Avenue, Baldwin, NY for 3:00 Pm. It will start promptly at 3:30 and end by 4:45. Angus will also be a guide on the trip Sunday. On Sunday our trip with See Life Paulagics will depart from the dock in Freeport at 8:00 a.m. and return at approximately 4:00 p.m. Register for the trip online at <http://www.paulagics.com/> http://www.paulagics.com. With the discount code (NYSOA0213) the price for NYSOA individual members / NYSYBC members and their accompanying adults is $115. If space is still available nonmembers may register after January 15th for the un-discounted fee of $130. We have a block of 10 rooms on hold until January 30, at the Gateway Inn 1780 Sunrise Highway in Merrick, each at a 10% discount: 5 with 1 queen bed @ $102.50 and 5 with 2 doubles @ $107 for the night of 2/12/11 The hotel has other options available all at the 10% discount. Use the code: BIRD when reserving your room. Detailed lodging information is available at <http://www.gatewayinnlongisland.com/> http://www.gatewayinnlongisland.com/ but participants are responsible for making their own reservations. If bad weather forces us to cancel the pelagic trip, you will receive a full refund for the pelagic trip, and NYSOA Board Member and accomplished Long Island birder Bob Adamo and his colleagues will lead a land birding and sea watching trip in its place." -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, NYSbirds-L Ithaca, New York c...@cornell.edu http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES -- 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/ --
