The overnight pelagic trip out of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn aboard the American Princess on October 16th sailed to deep water off the continental shelf, and to resounding success.
What would have been a record setting trip on its own with 31 Black-capped Petrels, the day was thrust into “once in a lifetime” status at 8:23am in 7,000ft of water when NYS’s first Bermuda Petrel came in to check out our slick. The bird spent just over 3 minutes in view and was seen by all on board. A true Lazarus species, the Bermuda Petrel was believed extinct until its rediscovery in the 1950’s. Currently there are 157 breeding pairs nesting in Bermuda and an estimated total population of roughly 400-500 individuals. The sighting comes on the heels of New Jersey’s first state record last month and adds to the growing number of records in the mid-Atlantic and New England outside of North Carolina. Much appreciation to all trip organizers, boat captains, crew and participants, past and present, who have worked hard to keep pelagic trips in NYS going strong. It’s been a heavy lift at times. This success belongs to all of you. A trip report with images can be seen at the following link: https://ebird.org/tripreport/80688 Looking forward to seeing you offshore soon! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY **** www.seansime.com<http://www.seansime.com> Etsy Shop<https://www.etsy.com/shop/SeanSimePhotography/> Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/seansime/> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
