New England Seabirds -

Sept 1 NH Whale Watch
I took the morning boat out with Granite State Whale Watch this morning
looking for seabirds. We started off heading north of Appledore, and into
Maine, then cut back south into NH, chased some whales back into Maine, then
worked our way down Jeffreys Ledge to NH. The highlight of the morning,
although far from unexpected this year, were 4 Cory's Shearwaters, two each
in NH and Maine. Otherwise it was an extremely slow day, with only two
Wilson's Storm-Petrels and no other tubenoses. On the way home, I made a
brief stop at the Exeter WWTP, where I had an early male American Wigeon.

Highlights:

CORY'S SHEARWATER - 4, 2 each in NH and Maine. Record shots of one of the
NH birds are on my flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgriffith/

Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 2 (!!!) Very low for early september

Northern Gannet - 15, mostly 2-3 year olds, 1 or 2 adults, and a few juvs,
most in NH

Ruddy Turnstone - 8 at the mouth of Rye Harbor

Cedar Waxwing - 7 past the Isles of Shoals, 3 in NH, 4 in Maine

Whales:

11 Fin Whales, ~20 Atlantic White-sided Dolphins, 1 Minke Whale

Ben Griffith
Merrimack, NH

August 30 Provincetown whale watch

The coastal Atlantic Ocean is showing some changes in avian diversity =
with a slackening of tubenose numbers and increasing diversity of =
northern latitude species.
Today, Saturday 8/28 combined trips, with observation periods ~ 12:00 - =
14:00 hrs and 15:30 to 17:00 hrs.

32 Northern Gannets - all age classes
6 Black Terns, 2Ad., 4 Juv.
16 Roseate Terns
70 Common Terns
9 Red-necked Phalaropes
1 Pomarine Jaeger, harassing a juvenile Herring Gull
140 Laughing Gulls
1 Sabine's Gull, a juvenile flying south, around the Race,=20
approaching Hatch's Harbor.
2 Wilson's Storm- petrels
6 Cory's Shearwaters
8 Greater Shearwaters
Good birding
Peter Trull
Brewster, MA
www.wildcapecod.com

August 26 Provincetown seawatch

An early run to Provincetown yielded a modest movement of seabirds
this morning. In 25 minutes (0600-0625 hrs.) at Race Point Beach I
recorded the following (winds N @ 10-15mph):
50 Cory's Shearwaters
10 Greater Shearwaters
45 large shearwater sp.
3 Manx Shearwaters
1 N. Gannet (ad.)
80 Laughing Gulls
2 Black Terns
470 Common/Roseate Terns
11 jaeger sp (Parasitic/Pomarine)
Everything was moving from west to east.

At Herring Cove there were hundreds of terns streaming out of Cape
Cod Bay, but little else.

Blair Nikula

2 Gilbert Lane
Harwich Port, MA 02646
USA
mailto:odenews(AT)odenews.org
web site: http://www.odenews.org/

August 22 - Off Truro

Stellwagen Bank has been quiet lately as early autumn settles in. We =
were east of Truro on the Dolphin Fleet today and had the following; =
South wind 6 - 10 knots
seas 6" - 1.5 ft.
8-10 Cory's Shearwaters
4-6 Wilson's Storm-petrel
2 Northern Gannets - imm
70 - 75 Greater Shearwaters
2 Sooty Shearwaters
30 Laughing Gulls - all juveniles
3 Parasitic Jaegers - 1 chasing terns, 2 flying high past =20
our vessel.
12 Humpback Whales
1 Finback Whale
1 Minke Whale
1 Harbor Seal
Peter Trull
Brewster, MA
www.wildcapecod.com

August 12 - NH coast seawatch

Today's NH Coast sightings highlights from high tide about
9:00 am to just after low tide about 3:00 pm:

Wilson's Storm-Petrel--244, offshore a ways but white rumps
visible with scope. 174 off Pulpit Rocks in Rye, 50 off the
north end of Jenness Beach, and 20 off the north end of
Foss Beach. Possibly some double-counting as they
appeared to be heading north, and so was I.

.....
Terry Bronson
Hampton Falls, NH
tbbirds@comcast.net

August 10 - NH whale watch

Wilsons Storm Petrel - 145
Cory's Shearwater - 15
Greater Shearwater - 4
Least Tern - 2 inc. one juv.
Barn Swallow - 2

Minke Whale - 6
Altantic White-sided Dolphin - 5
Harbor Seal - 1

Eric Masterson

August 9 - Revere Beach

There were at least 6 Manx Shearwaters at Revere Beach this evening.
They moved North to South very close to the shore.
Quite unusual.

Ilija Dukovski
Newton, MA

August 10 - Stellwagen Bank out of Provincetown

In periods of driving rain, 15 - 20 mph southeast winds, 3-4 ft seas and =
occasional thunder and lightning, the southwest corner of Stellwagen =
Bank today was nothing less than a chaotic, whirling, drenching, =
deafening, gluttonous biomass of birds and blubber. Thousands of birds =
and 20 - 30 feeding, breaching, flipper slapping, lob-tailing Humpback =
Whales. Shearwaters and Northern Gannets both flying and diving =
relentlessly into the tempestuous sea. Sooty Shearwaters swimming like =
eiders. I watched a Manx Shearwater dive and not re-surface for 12 =
seconds!=20
1000 -1130 hrs and 1330 - 1599 hrs;

Let the pictures do the talking!
http://flickr.com/photos/26676688@N03/?saved=3D1

900+ Laughing Gulls - 10 to 15% juv
25 - 30 Black-legged Kittiwakes - Ad and juv
6 - 8 Bonepart's Gulls
Herring Gulls
120 Sooty Shearwaters
450 Greater Shearwaters
475 Cory's Shearwaters
15 Manx Shearwaters
60 Wilson's Storm-petrels
20 Northern Gannets, all juvs and imm.
50 - 60 Roseate Terns - adults and begging juvs.
400+ Common Terns - noisy adults and begging juvs.
4 Pomarine Jaegers
2 Parasitic Jaegers
1 Long-tailed Jaeger

Peter Trull
Brewster, MA
petrull(AT)comcast.net

August 9 - NH Whale watch

Denny Abbott, Mike Resch and I took the Granite State Whalewatch out of Rye
Harbor this morning.

We initially headed south east just barely into Massachusetts waters near
the south end of Jeffrey's Ledge. The boat then turned northeast and
followed the ledge well into NH waters. A brief detour took us off the ledge
into 500' waters just east of Jeffrey's. We came close, but never entered
Maine's waters. The whaling was slow. The boat only encountered on pod of
six Minke's Whales and two or three Fin Whales. Birding was fairly light,
but we got some nice stuff anyway. Weather perfect. Seas gentle. Light
winds.

Here are the highlights; all but the two Cory's in NH waters.

19 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, all but two in New Hampshire (17)...a remarkable
number for NH, but this is a remarkable year for Cory's in New England.
8 Greater Shearwaters
Numerous Wilson's Storm-Petrels
6 Gannets
ROYAL TERN: One. This must be a year for them, too. Nice bonus. Well out on
the ledge or slightly east of it.
Common Tern
Bonaparte's Gulls: Just a few
GBB Gull
Herring Gull
DC Cormorant: In shore.

David Donsker
North Hampton

August 8 - NH Whale watch

Jane and I took the afternoon Whale Watch out of Rye Harbor on the
Granite State. We had similar birds to David Donsker.........but NO
ROYAL TERN. We did get a Black Tern flying along the MA/NH state line
so we counted for a year bird in both states! Seas not too bad, but
stiff wind made the ride a bit bumpy.

Most of the trip was in "NH" waters, but we crossed over into MA for a
bit. We had 2 Cory's and 2 Greaters in MA, but the following numbers are
from NH only.

CORY'S SHEARWATER - 9. Only my 4th state record (if you include the
bird I had the other day). All of my previous records are of single
birds. Single birds and pairs from several spots. Most well past the
Isles of Shoals.
Greater Shearwater - 5
Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 43. Only 1 or 2 inside Isles of Shoals.
Northern Gannet - 11. Only 1 or 2 inside Isles of Shoals.
Ruddy Turnstone - 1
Sanderling - 1
peep sp. - 20 migrating
BLACK TERN - 1 adult with still alot of breeding plumage.
Roseate Tern - 1 adult near White/Seavey Islands
Common Tern - Several out past isles.
Black Guillemot - 1 near Star Island.

Fin Whale - 3 including "Dingo"
Minke Whale - 1
Tuna - 1 large fish breached not far from boat.

Steve & Jane Mirick
Bradford, MA

August 6 - seawatch Gloucester

August 6 - Stellwagen Bank

Today, 8/6 on the southwest corner of Stellwagen Bank,
1100 - 1300 hrs;
1 Great-blue Heron
3 Black-legged Kittiwakes - all 1st winter
2 Parasitic Jaegers
400 Laughing Gulls - including 4 juveniles (1st I've seen)
35 Wilson's Storm-petrel
235 Cory's Shearwaters
15 Sooty Shearwaters
2 Manx Shearwaters
120 Greater Shearwaters
20 Roseate Terns - adults and noisy juveniles
300 Common Terns, which included many noisy food begging juveniles, =
chasing parents and sitting on water recieving Sand Launce Ammodytes =
americanus.=20
All of this over and near 20-30 feeding Humpback Whales.
Peter Trull
Brewster MA
www.wildcapecod.com

August 5 - Stellwagen Bank from Plymouth

I took the 9:00am whale watch trip on Captain John's Boats (from
Plymouth). The weather was excellent and we spent most of our time on the
southwest corner of Stellwagen Bank. Although the numbers of pelagic species
were not as high as some recent reports, the bird show was still impressive with
many species observed close to the boat. As soon as we arrived at Stellwagen,
we were treated to a group of ten Humpback Whales bubble feeding. This activity
attracted many shearwaters, gulls, and terns. The following species were
observed between 10:00am and 12:00pm:

Cory's Shearwater               (71)
Greater Shearwater              (67)
Sooty Shearwater                (13)
Manx Shearwater                 (5)

Northern Gannet                 (5)
Jaeger sp.                      (1)
Wilson's Storm-Petrel           (15)
Laughing Gull                   (200+)
Common Tern                     (hundreds)

Humpback Whale                  (40)
Fin Whale                       (2-3)
Minke Whale                     (3)
Atlantic White-sided Dolphin    (15-20)

Jim Sweeney
assawompsett(A)yahoo.com
East Bridgewater, Ma

August 6 - South Stellwagen Bank from shore

There was an excellent movement of shearwaters passing Race Point
Beach in Provincetown early this morning (8/6). I didn't have much
time, but in 25 minutes I recorded well over 1000 shearwaters, all
moving to the ESE. Many were distant (out to the horizon), and they
were passing at such a rate that I was unable to record precise
counts of each species. From 0620 - 0645 hrs., I estimated the
following (cloudy skies, calm seas, wind SSE @ 5mph, visibility excellent):

400 Cory's Shearwaters
100 Greater Shearwaters
800+ large shearwater sp.
30 Sooty Shearwaters
8 Manx Shearwaters
5 Wilson's Storm-petrels
18 N. Gannets
40 Laughing Gulls
4 Least Terns
1 Black Tern
50 Roseate Terns
600 Common Terns
800+ Common/Roseate Terns
2 jaeger sp. (distant)

There were also numerous whales to the east; curiously, all that I
got a look at (4-5) were Fin Whales.

Blair Nikula

2 Gilbert Lane
Harwich Port, MA 02646
USA
mailto:odenews(AT)odenews.org
web site: http://www.odenews.org/

August 6 - South Stellwagen Bank

August 6 - Goucester Sea Watch

WEDNESDAY, 6 AUGUST 2008:
EAST GLOUCESTER Seawatch (1115-1130, 1435-1500 hrs.)
Weather: Overcast, occ. rain, SSE winds 15-25 mph, 64 F.
Visibility: Excellent and very crisp when not raining.

Common Eider (25+)
Surf Scoter (4m.)
Cory's Shearwater (20)
Manx Shearwater (4)
large shearwater sp. (22+): Very distant.
Northern Gannet (17): All sub-ads.
Double-crested Cormorant (40)
Laughing Gull (15)
Bonaparte's Gull (12)
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE (1 juv.): Early; my earliest juvenile at
Andrew's Point was of one on 8/15/06; Note that Steve Mirick also had
a juvenile today off Hampton, NH.
Black Tern (1 juv.)
Common Tern (7)

Richard S. Heil
S. Peabody, MA
rsheil(AT)comcast.net

This report was generated with the aid of eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
WEDNESDAY, 6 AUGUST 2008:
ANDREW'S POINT, ROCKPORT Seawatch (1315-1415 hrs.)
Weather: Overcast, occ. rain, SSE winds 15-25 mph, 64 F.
Visibility: Excellent and very crisp when not raining.

Manx Shearwater (2)
Northern Gannet (9): All sub-ads.
Double-crested Cormorant (37)
Greater Yellowlegs (1): Offshore flying SE.
Ruddy Turnstone (2)
Red-necked Phalarope (7): Single flock flying SE put down on the
water about 1/2 mile offshore.
Laughing Gull (3)
Herring Gull (16)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (1-3S): Roosting on the rocks:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rsheil/2739319577/
Great Black-backed Gull (10)
Roseate Tern (1 ad.)
Common Tern (9)
Sterna sp. (6): 'Common/Arctic types.
BLACK GUILLEMOT (1): Several previous August records.

Richard S. Heil
S. Peabody, MA
<mailto:rsheil%40comcast.net>rsheil(AT)comcast.net

August 6 NH Seawatch and shore count

I spent the afternoon today sea watching during the storms and had
pretty good luck for the date. I started at Ragged Neck in Rye during
the showers and downpours and spent a full hour here with hardly
anything to speak of. Just 40 gannets and a single storm-petrel. I
then went north to Pulpit Rocks in Rye where I spent about 15 minutes
and had a good number of gannets and another storm-petrel. I almost
called it a day as the rains came back, but I stopped at Seabrook Beach
for a quick check and within 5 minutes I had the Cory's and a Manx fly
by. The rains let up and then stopped, but the wind still howled out of
the SE so I spent about 2 1/2 hours here, sitting in the dunes to
shelter the wind.

12:30 - 5:15. About 4 hours sea watching.
Winds SE-SSE - 16-22 knots
Cloudy with intermittent showers.
Visibility - Fair to good improving to excellent toward end of day.
60F-65F

White-winged Scoter - 3 moving south together off Seabrook Beach.
Black Scoter - 2 moving south together off Seabrook Beach.
CORY'S SHEARWATER - 1. Probable, but not certain. Brief view just off
Seabrook beach when it was raining and not great visibility. It should
be noted that this is an exceptional year for Cory's Shearwaters. There
are very few records for this species in NH waters.
MANX SHEARWATER - 15. All off Seabrook beach. My highest count from
shore and ties my high count for the state. Groups of 1 to 4 birds all
moving south. Group of 3 and a single bird were extremely close to
shore just off the beach. 5 were mid-distance and 6 were far offshore.
Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 2 (only)
Northern Gannet - 158. Extraordinary count for early August. All birds
that could be safely aged were immatures/sub-adults. No adults or
juveniles noted. Just outside of Hampton harbor inlet a flock of 20-30
fed for an extended period with terns. All other birds were counted
moving southward.
Short-billed Dowitcher - 25 in one south bound flock off Seabrook beach.
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE - 1 JUVENILE. Excellent, extended views of this
bird as it flew close to shore just outside of Hampton harbor inlet.
Plumage was immaculate. Very early date, particularly for a juvenile.

Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA

August 5 - Stellwagen Bank South from Plymouth WW

August 5 - NH Whale Watch

Whalewatch aboard Granite State Whalewatch 8:30-12:30

Wilsons Storm Petrel 160
Corys Shearwater 15
Greater Shearwater 6
Sooty Shearwater 1

Fin Whale 6
Minke Whale 2

Also saw the Manx Shearwater at Seabrook Beach from sea watch.

Eric Masterson

August 4 _NH whale watch

Because it was far too nice a day to stay inside, I went out with
Granite State Whale Watch for their afternoon run to Jeffreys
Ledge. At the Rye Harbor dock I bumped into Eric Masterson who had
taken the morning run, and reported about 14 Cory's Shearwaters along
with a couple of Greater and one Sooty shearwaters. Unfortunately,
by afternoon the Cory's and Sooty had departed, and the only
shearwaters I saw were a trio of Greaters. Wilson's Storm-petrels
were plentiful -- at least fifty at a guess. Surprisingly, Northern
Gannets were also out in numbers -- my guess is 25-30, including all
plumages from first-year to full adult. I think I got one or two
decent pictures of the storm-petrels, which I'll post when I have time.

However, the cetacean show more than made up for the scarcity of
birds. We spent more than half an hour floating in a feeding-swarm
of whales. At its peak the swarm numbered five Fin whales and two
Minke whales. They really showed off their feeding behavior, at
times coming as close as twenty or thirty yards from the boat. I've
been on a number of whale-watches and seen a fair number of whales,
but I've never seen fin whales come that close. Very impressive.

-- Jon Woolf
Manchester, NH

August 3 - NH coast walk seabirds only

MANX SHEARWATER 1. Always a treat to see from shore. This one
moving north off Concord Point after the thunderstorms.
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 1. Very few storm-petrels reported from the
coast this summer. This was our first from shore. From Concord Point
with the Manx.
Northern Gannet 2

Steve Mirick

August 3 Stellwagen Bank

Yesterday (8/2) I ventured out into the fog aboard a
Dolphin Fleet boat and ended up at the SW corner of
Stellwagen Bank. The only good thing about the fog was
that everything was nice and close.

The numbers of individuals were quite low, from recent
reports, but the variety more than made up for it.

I took the 1pm boat, reached the bank at about 2:15
and was lucky enough to run into an excellent group of
birds including 5 species of shearwaters, and 3
Long-tailed Jaegers, all non-adults including one
fairly dark individual.

From Blair's recent post, it seems that I got VERY
lucky. If anything was within miles of the 10am boat,
Blair would have been on it.

It's amazing to see how much an area changes over such
a short period of time, and also why there is no "best
time" to go on a whale watch.

Location:     Stellwagen Bank
Observation date:     8/2/08
Number of species:     14

Cory's Shearwater (borealis)     16
Greater Shearwater     20
Sooty Shearwater     4
Manx Shearwater     2
Audubon's Shearwater     1
Wilson's Storm-Petrel     15
Northern Gannet     3
Laughing Gull     30
Herring Gull (American)     5
Great Black-backed Gull     1
Roseate Tern     3
Common Tern     20
Pomarine Jaeger     1
Long-tailed Jaeger     3

- Dan Berard
   Millbury/Wellfleet

Calm seas, clear skies, balmy breezes, mild temperature and lots of birds
(and whales)! Get out there Folks and see our marine wildlife.

Seven members joined the Brookline Bird club this Morning to cruise out of
Gloucester Harbor on the SEVEN SEAS WHALE WATCH boat to the northern section
of Stellwagon Bank.

It looks like Blair's birds have come north for we did see a lot of
activity. We came across large flocks of Shearwaters, but cruised on by at
about 20 knots so we missed identifying many birds, for there were hundreds
of Shearwaters and Storm-Petrels. There were two reports of Cory
Shearwaters, but I did not see them. Complete list below. Then the whale
show was not to be missed either - whales all around us, a few total body
breaches, several tail breaches, much flipper flapping, belly rolling,
playful, young offspring, etc. Wonderful show even for a non-whale
watcher.

GREATER SHEARWATERS      560 +)
SOOTY SHEARWATERS         (15+)
WILSON''S STORM-PETRELS (200+)
Northern Gannets            (4)
D.C. Cormorants          (14)
Bonaparte Gulls             (4)
Common Terns               (16)

HUMPBACK WHALES    (20)

Ida Giriunas
Reading, MA
<ida8(AT)verizon.net>

Audrey and i went on the 0900 John's Boats Whale Watch out of Plymouth with
Krill Karlson naturalist and despite the weather forecast lucked out with
no rain showers or thunderstorms and lots of birds and whales at SE Corner
of Stelwagen.
    There were many other birds sitting in the water and a max of 5 whales
feeding together next to each other herding the sand lance around. Several
full breeches close. One whale had some fishing gear entangled.
Numbers are conservative
    Wilson's Storm Petrels 30
    Cory's Shearwater 150
    Greater Shearwater 100
    Sooty Shearwater 6
    Manx Shearwater 1
    Parasitic Jaeger 2 , 1 light adult, 1 dark subadult
    Jaeger sp 1
    Lauging Gull 150
    Common Tern 100
     Gannet 5 include 1 adult
     !5 Humbacks inc 1 entangled with tuna gear
     3 Fin
      2 Minke
          John and Audrey
          John Hoye, Wayland

August 2- Stellwagen Bank

I took a 10:00 a.m. whale watch boat out of Provincetown this
morning, but, despite excellent conditions, the birding was quite
disappointing. We went to the SW corner of Stellwagen where feeding
whales were numerous and attended by plenty of Laughing Gulls and
terns, but almost no pelagic species. My totals:

6 Cory's Shearwaters
4 Greater Shearwaters
20 Wilson's Storm-Petrels
3 N. Gannets
1 Bald Eagle (imm., circling high over P'town as we passed Herring
Cove on our return)
1 N. Harrier (a mile or two offshore, diving repeatedly on a
storm-petrel! I thought for sure it was going to be a jaeger at first.)
120 Laughing Gulls (virtually all adults, in contrast to the other
times I've been out this summer)
20 Herring Gulls (very few large gulls present)
1 Great Black-backed (the first I've seen offshore in the last 3-4
trips - weird!)
40 Roseate Terns (most off Herring Cove on our return)
250 Common Terns
No jaegers(! Peter Trull says he hasn't seen any the past two days.)

Blair Nikula

2 Gilbert Lane
Harwich Port, MA 02646
USA
mailto:odenews(AT)odenews.org
web site: http://www.odenews.org/

July 31 Stellwagen Bank

Ian Davies and I took a whale watch on Captain John's Boats out of Plymouth,
passing by Plymouth Beach on the way. We were in dense fog most of the time,
but it cleared around 1130 and we were treated to an unbelievable shearwater
show. All around us on the way back in were rafts of hundreds of shearwaters,
the majority Cory's, with many Greaters, some Sooty and Manx. There were
several jaegers, with one incredible look at an adult Pomarine crossing right
past the bow.

Luke Seitz
Falmouth, Maine

Location:     Stellwagen Bank
Observation date:     7/31/08
Number of species:     16

Cory's Shearwater - Calonectris diomedea     1028     clicked them.
Greater Shearwater - Puffinus gravis     668
Sooty Shearwater - Puffinus griseus     63
Manx Shearwater - Puffinus puffinus     13
Wilson's Storm-Petrel - Oceanites oceanicus     27
Northern Gannet - Morus bassanus     3
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus     1
Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla     5
Laughing Gull - Larus atricilla     16
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis     4
Herring Gull (American) - Larus argentatus smithsonianus     12
Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus     6
Least Tern - Sternula antillarum     2
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo     14
Pomarine Jaeger - Stercorarius pomarinus     5     one ad., the rest subadult
Parasitic Jaeger - Stercorarius parasiticus     3     subadults

July 29 Stellwagen Bank

I took a 2:00 p.m. whale watch boat out of Provincetown this
afternoon, with Peter Trull as the on board naturalist. Most of the
activity of late seems to be on the southwest corner of the bank,
which is where we eventually ended up. There was no wind and seas
were glassy, so most of the birds were on the water and
inconspicuous, but there was still plenty of activity. Terns were
numerous, and several or more jaegers were much in evidence.

I don't know what's been up with Long-tailed Jaegers the past few
years, but they seem to be on hand once again this year. Based upon
the photos I took (my policy with jaegers being to shoot first,
identify later, since I can't seem to identify them in the field!),
it appears there were no fewer than 3 first-summer Long-taileds
today, out of 6-8+ jaegers total. I thought I was seeing some
Parasitics, but I'm not sure I have any photographic
confirmation! (Back on July 11th, I reported 3 Parasitics from
Stellwagen, but subsequent examination of the photos I took that day
showed one of those birds to have been a 1st-summer Long-tailed as well.)

So, for what it's worth, here are my totals (1400 - 1730 hrs.) -
jaeger numbers subject to revision!
100+ Cory's Shearwaters (all in heavy molt now)
55 Greater Shearwaters
7 Sooty Shearwaters
4 Manx Shearwaters
50 shearwater sp. (distant birds on the water)
6 (only!) Wilson's Storm-Petrels
3 N. Gannets
175 Laughing Gulls
200 Herring Gulls
15 Roseate Terns
600 Common Terns
1200+ Common/Roseate Terns (these were all sitting on the outer beach
at Race Point)
2 Black Terns
3 Parasitic Jaegers
3 Long-tailed Jaegers (all 1S)
1 jaeger sp. (probable Pomarine, seen poorly)

Blair Nikula

2 Gilbert Lane
Harwich Port, MA 02646
USA
mailto:odenews(AT)odenews.org
web site: http://www.odenews.org/

July 28 - Newburyport Whale Watch to Jeffreys Ledge

The Joppa