Sunday July 7, 2013 It's an ALL-STAR season opener!
A spectacular line-up: whales, dolphins, turtles and pelagic birds. Our day started off with a spectacular view of nearly 1000 common dolphins. The large super- aggregation was spotted at 11am. We stayed with them for quite some time, then headed on. We next encountered loggerhead turtles (2) and eventually turned back from 24 miles out. We found 2 large fin whales feeding fast south of where the dolphins had been. We were able to get great views of the two and saw another about 1/2 mile away. What a great way to start! Totals: 1000 Common Dolphins 3 Fin Whales 2 Loggerhead Turtles 500+ Great Shearwaters 85 Sooty Shearwaters 30 Cory's Shearwaters 2 Pomarine Jaegers 1 Unidentified Jaeger 1 Manx Shearwater 2 Wilson's Storm Petrels - See more at: http://cresli.org/cresli/2013_local_whale_watch_reports.html#2013-07-07 Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph. D. kopel...@optonline.net ( 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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
