Re: Virginia Beach Pelagic - Feb 6

Steve Pretl (Spretl@erols.com)
Wed, 10 Feb 1999 22:50:26 -0500 (EST)


I just heard that the Black-browed Albatross was the first documented North
American sighting ever.  Exciting!!  Anybody have more details on this bird,
previous (undocumented) reports, etc?

Steve Pretl

At 03:30 PM 2/7/99 EST, you wrote:
>Hi all, 
>I just got back from the pelagic trip in VA waters and thought you would be
>interested in the results. We saw kittiwake, fulmar, puffin, Great Skua, 5
>Manx Shearwater, and a Black-browed Albatross with breath-taking close-up
>photos.
> Bill Dobbins
>