The pelagic aboard the American Princess out of Sheepshead Bay this past Saturday had a decidedly winter feel with steady northwest winds and water temps holding steady at 44 degrees.
The avian highlights included an incredible Northern Gannet showing with nearly 1000 individuals behind the boat in all plumages and lighting scenarios- often too close to focus on with anything longer than a 300mm lens. Razorbill, Common Murre, Iceland Gull, Lesser-black Backed Gull, offshore Merlin, and good numbers of loons were encountered. The eBird trip list can be seen at the following link: https://ebird.org/tripreport/219365 Non-avian highlights included a pod of Common Dolphin and two Fin Whales. Cheers, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
