[nysbirds-l] Announcing Overnight Freeport Pelagic on Sun, Sep 16
By popular request, See Life Paulagics will be running an overnight pelagic trip out of Freeport, NY. We will be leaving at 12:30 AM on Sunday, September 16 and returning around 4:30 PM. We will be aboard the Capt. Lou VII that we've used before. The cost of the trip is $230. Due to this being an overnight trip, our maximum is 40 people, about 15 lower than our normal daytime trips on this boat. Sleeping accommodations will be benches and floor, with people being allowed to select their sleeping spot in the order that they paid. Past trips in the Mid-Atlantic we've run at this time of year have found great birds like WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL, BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL, LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, SOUTH POLAR SKUA, LONG-TAILED JAEGER, BRIDLED TERN, ARCTIC TERN, and even SABINE'S GULL. Recently a FEA'S PETREL was sighted in New York waters. More regular species include AUDUBON'S, CORY'S, and GREAT SHEARWATER, WILSON'S STORM-PETREL, POMARINE JAEGER, and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. This can be a good time for cetaceans as well with SOWERBY'S BEAKED WHALE having just been reported off New York. Our tentative plan (all plans are tentative at sea) is to head out to the deep waters at or beyond the edge of the Continental Shelf. We expect to arrive fairly close to dawn and immediately start chumming. We will work the chum slick early, scanning the storm-petrels. In our experience our best chance for finding Band-rumped and Leach's Storm-Petrels is in these very early hours. Later we will move down the slick and then search other offshore areas before returning home. The exact area we choose to start will depend upon sea surface temperatures and conditions, but we will stay within New York state waters. See Life Paulagics always provides an appropriate number of friendly, helpful, and approachable leaders for all of our trips. We use radios with headsets to get the word of any sightings around the boat quickly. It is important to us to get the participants on the birds and make sure they are comfortable with the IDs, not just create a big trip list. Be sure to check out our web site for information on how to sign up, and to review our policies. If you have any questions or need more information, please feel free to contact us by e-mail or phone. Hope to see you aboard! -PAG -- *Paul A. Guris See Life Paulagics PO Box 161 Green Lane, PA 18054 215-234-6805 www.paulagics.com paulagics@gmail.com i...@paulagics.com* -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Announcing Overnight Freeport Pelagic on Sun, Sep 16
By popular request, See Life Paulagics will be running an overnight pelagic trip out of Freeport, NY. We will be leaving at 12:30 AM on Sunday, September 16 and returning around 4:30 PM. We will be aboard the Capt. Lou VII that we've used before. The cost of the trip is $230. Due to this being an overnight trip, our maximum is 40 people, about 15 lower than our normal daytime trips on this boat. Sleeping accommodations will be benches and floor, with people being allowed to select their sleeping spot in the order that they paid. Past trips in the Mid-Atlantic we've run at this time of year have found great birds like WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL, BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL, LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, SOUTH POLAR SKUA, LONG-TAILED JAEGER, BRIDLED TERN, ARCTIC TERN, and even SABINE'S GULL. Recently a FEA'S PETREL was sighted in New York waters. More regular species include AUDUBON'S, CORY'S, and GREAT SHEARWATER, WILSON'S STORM-PETREL, POMARINE JAEGER, and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. This can be a good time for cetaceans as well with SOWERBY'S BEAKED WHALE having just been reported off New York. Our tentative plan (all plans are tentative at sea) is to head out to the deep waters at or beyond the edge of the Continental Shelf. We expect to arrive fairly close to dawn and immediately start chumming. We will work the chum slick early, scanning the storm-petrels. In our experience our best chance for finding Band-rumped and Leach's Storm-Petrels is in these very early hours. Later we will move down the slick and then search other offshore areas before returning home. The exact area we choose to start will depend upon sea surface temperatures and conditions, but we will stay within New York state waters. See Life Paulagics always provides an appropriate number of friendly, helpful, and approachable leaders for all of our trips. We use radios with headsets to get the word of any sightings around the boat quickly. It is important to us to get the participants on the birds and make sure they are comfortable with the IDs, not just create a big trip list. Be sure to check out our web site for information on how to sign up, and to review our policies. If you have any questions or need more information, please feel free to contact us by e-mail or phone. Hope to see you aboard! -PAG -- *Paul A. Guris See Life Paulagics PO Box 161 Green Lane, PA 18054 215-234-6805 www.paulagics.com paulagics@gmail.com i...@paulagics.com* -- 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/ --
