Hi Paul and Mark,
I too have now uploaded my photos of this great trip (URL below). I hope to still see more postings. Judging by the number of cameras on board and the constant shutter action, I'm wondering if we might also have set a collective record for number of photographs taken in one day.
Thanks for picking the day with the best weather!
Evelyn Ralston
http://tweetweet.smugmug.com/Nature/Birds/201111-Pelagic/20264782_PMCV6B
On Nov 24, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Paul Guris wrote:
> First, we have this report plus a number of photos from the trip up on our
> new Facebook site. If your on Facebook, just look up "Paulagic Birding" to
> find our page and feel free to friend us for future updates, results,
> photos, etc. If not, go to:
>
> http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.112003875582334.15784.100003181671988&type=1&l=328d91106d
>
>
> Now on to the trip report!
>
>
> We had a great day on our trip out of Lewes, DE on Nov. 19, 2011. We
> managed to slip in between some really awful weather and get a very nice
> day. Daytime temperatures were mild (in the 50s), winds were generally
> 10-15 knots, and seas ran 2'-4'. As usual, we managed to cover both
> Delaware and Maryland pelagic waters.
>
> Although not reflected in the counts due to proximity to land (we like to
> start counting out further to keep the list truly pelagic), we saw a number
> of loons, scoters, and other waterfowl heading south as we headed east. We
> saw several PARASITIC JAEGERS and though most were at a distance, one bird
> came in and chased the gulls around behind the boat. Large flocks of
> BONAPARTE'S GULLS were feeding 20-30 miles offshore and one LITTLE GULL was
> seen among them though not seen by all, the unfortunate side effect of
> having so many birds to look through. By now we had picked up some nice
> NORTHERN GANNETS which we saw on and off all day. A few distant and early
> flyby RAZORBILLS made the count. One oddity was an AMERICAN COOT that was
> well offshore. One very interesting non-bird sighting was a very late
> sighting LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE. We expect them to have left our waters by
> now.
>
> As we got further offshore, we lost most of the Bonaparte's and starting
> seeing more GREAT SHEARWATERS and BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, both putting on
> great shows as they came in over and over for the chum we were tossing.
> Eventually we managed to find multiple single and small groups of MANX
> SHEARWATERS and we managed to set the record one-day count for this species
> in Maryland. Along the way we picked up a few RED PHALAROPES for both
> states. As we got deeper we also found several NORTHERN FULMARS, one or
> two of which came in for nice close passes to the boat.
>
>
> RESULTS
> Green-winged Teal - 1 (DE: 1, MD: 0)
> Surf Scoter - 2 (DE: 2, MD: 0)
> Black Scoter - 45 (DE: 45, MD: 0)
> Red-throated Loon - 4 (DE: 4, MD: 0)
> Common Loon- 2 (DE: 2, MD: 0)
> Northern Fulmar - 5 (DE: 0, MD: 5)
> Great Shearwater - 45 (DE: 29, MD: 16)
> Manx Shearwater - 29 (DE: 11, MD: 18)
> Northern Gannet - 135 (DE: 124, MD: 11)
> American Coot - 1 (DE: 1, MD: 0)
> Red Phalarope - 4 (DE: 2, MD: 2)
> Black-legged Kittiwake - 10 (DE: 3, MD: 7)
> Bonaparte's Gull - 3047 (DE: 3029, MD: 18)
> Little Gull - 1 (DE: 1, MD: 0)
> Laughing Gull - 135 (DE: 134, MD: 1)
> Ring-billed Gull - 2 (DE: 2, MD: 0)
> Herring Gull - 148 (DE: 117, MD: 31)
> Great Black-backed Gull - 44 (DE: 37, MD: 7)
> Forster's Tern - 2 (DE: 2, MD: 0)
> Parasitic Jaeger - 5 (DE: 5, MD: 0)
> Razorbill 4 - (DE: 4, MD: 0)
>
> Common Dolphin - 20 (DE: 8, MD: 12)
> Loggerhead Sea Turtle - 1 (DE: 1, MD: 0)
>
>
>
> Our 2012 schedule is complete will be up on our web site within the next
> few days. Here's hoping for as birdy a year as we had in 2011!
>
>
> -PAG
>
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> *Paul A. Guris
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