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26 Aug SoCal Pelagic Trip Report & Upcoming Trips ["thunefeld" ] 26 Aug SoCal Pelagic Trip Report & Upcoming Trips ["thunefeld" ] 06 Aug Santa Barbara California 31 July 2010 Trip Report & Video ["thunefeld" ] 30 Jul Aug-Sept SoCal Pelagics - Craveri's Murrelet, Least Storm-Petrels ["thunefeld" ] 11 Jul July 10 Hatteras Report; Next Trip July 24 ["J. BRIAN PATTESON" ] 09 Jul Pelagic off South West Ireland August 2010 ["birdingireland" ] 04 Jul SoCal Tropicbirds, Petrels, Craveri’s and Leach’s ["thunefeld" ] 25 Jun 2010 Pelagics from Madeira Islands Update [Hugo Romano ] 24 Jun Pelagics from South West ireland ["birdingireland" ] 23 Jun Check out my photos on Facebook [John Odgers ] 18 Jun California Cook's Petrel video ["thunefeld" ] 9 Jun Space on Hatteras Pelagic Trips Fri & Sat June 11, 12; Recent Activity ["J. BRIAN PATTESON" ] 9 Jun Space on Hatteras Pelagic Trips Fri & Sat June 11, 12; Recent Activity ["J. BRIAN PATTESON" ] 04 Jun Tropicbirds, Skuas and Laysan: SEARCHER trip report: May 29-31, 2010 ["thunefeld" ] 29 May Upcoming Texas Pelagic trips (July 17th, Aug 21st, Sept 11th) [Mary Gustafson ] 29 May Upcoming Texas Pelagic trips (July 17th, Aug 21st, Sept 11th) [Mary Gustafson ] 27 May SoCal Pelagic Report - 170+ Cook's Petrels May 16 ["thunefeld" ] 20 May The Quest for Petrels in the Western Palearctic [Hugo Romano ] 20 May Zino's Petrel with Madeira Wind Birds. [Andy Paterson ] 11 May SoCal Hawaiian, Murhpy’s and Cook’s Petrels ["thunefeld" ] 10 May Re: New! June 12th Santa Barbara CA Deepwater Pelagic [Debra Shearwater ] 10 May RE: New! June 12th Santa Barbara CA Deepwater Pelagic ["Terry Hunefeld" ] 10 May Re: New! June 12th Santa Barbara CA Deepwater Pelagic [Debra Shearwater ] 10 May RE: New! June 12th Santa Barbara CA Deepwater Pelagic ["Terry Hunefeld" ] 10 May New! June 12th Santa Barbara CA Deepwater Pelagic ["toddamcgrath" ] 05 May SoCal Murhpy’s and 63 Cook’s Petrels ["thunefeld" ] 20 Apr San Diego Pelagic Trip Report & Upcoming Pelagic Trips ["thunefeld" ] 17 Mar NEW INDIAN OCEAN SEABIRD EXPEDITION WEBSITE [richard baxter ] 17 Mar NEW INDIAN OCEAN SEABIRD EXPEDITION WEBSITE [richard baxter ] 10 Mar Black-footed Albatross & Laysan Albatross close offshore San Diego ["thunefeld" ] 15 Feb San Diego A.O.U. Pelagic Results: Feb 12 & 13, 2010 ["thunefeld" ] 31 Jan Oceanside (San Diego) Pelagic Trip Report 30JAN2010 ["thunefeld" ] 21 Jan Southern California Pelagics - 2010 ["thunefeld" ] 11 Jan 2010 Pelagics from Madeira Islands [Hugo Romano ] 29 Dec Pelagic Trips Jan. 16(17) and 27 and Winter Seabird Videos ["J. BRIAN PATTESON" ] 29 Dec Pelagic Trips Jan. 16(17) and 27 and Winter Seabird Videos ["J. BRIAN PATTESON" ] 06 Nov Just Smile !! ["myblogger" ] 06 Nov Just Smile !! ["myblogger" ] 29 Oct The COMEDY OF THE WEEK Invite You !! ["aymanblogger" ] 23 Oct Oregon Seabirds blog ["thebirdguide" ] 15 Oct Tropicbird Daze - San Diego to Shelf Edge Pelagic Trip Report ["thunefeld" ] 29 Sep SoCalBirding Extraordinary Year ["thunefeld" ] 27 Sep Trip Report: Alabama pelagic, Sept 20, 2009 ["swmavocet137" ] 27 Sep Cape Town Pelagics Trip Reports ["Birding Africa (Callan Cohen)" ] 27 Sep Cape Town Pelagics Trip Reports ["Birding Africa (Callan Cohen)" ] 27 Sep Cape Town Pelagics Trip Reports ["Birding Africa (Callan Cohen)" ] 20 Sep Fiji Petrel Press Release [Tony Pym ] 20 Sep Fiji Petrel Press Release [Tony Pym ] 20 Sep SEARCHER SoCal Deep Water 5-day Pelagic Trip Report Sept 2009 ["thunefeld" ] 18 Sep Important seabird records from the Fiji Islands [Tony Pym ] 18 Sep Fiji Petrel - more photographs [Tony Pym ] 17 Sep Re: STELLER'S ALBATROSS ["W. Terry Hunefeld" ] 17 Sep Trip report: 12 September 2009: Oregon ["thebirdguide" ] 11 Sep New England Pelagic -Sept 3-4 Six White-faced Storm-petrels [Emmalee Tarry ] 11 Sep The first observations of Fiji Petrel at sea [Tony Pym ] 05 Sep SEARCHER ticket up for auction by Buena Vista Audubon Society ["thunefeld" ] 4 Sep 'Sea Change' newsletter [Tony Pym ] 2 Sep Re: Digest Number 1192 [Andy Paterson ] 01 Sep Re: Digest Number 1192 [] 1 Sep RFI: Puffinus baroli [Andy Paterson ] 31 Aug Deep Water Zen SeaBirding Trip Report from Grande Aug 24-26, 2009 ["thunefeld" ] 23 Aug Hatteras Pelagic Trip ADDED Sept. 12 (13); space on August 29, 30 ["J. BRIAN PATTESON" ] 23 Aug Trip results: 8 August 2009: Perpetua Bank, Oregon ["thebirdguide" ] 20 Aug Zest for Birds Pelagic 15 Aug ["John Graham" ] 20 Aug Zest for Birds Pelagic 15 Aug ["John Graham" ] 17 Aug NEWT Autumn pelagics ["Martin Kitching" ] 17 Aug The best-ever pelagic in the Western Palearctic by Hadoram Shirihai 2009 [Hugo Romano ] 11 Aug Gulf of Mexico (Alabama) pelagic, September 12 [] 04 Aug Zino's Petrel Sea Expedition - starting next year 2010... ["Hugo Romano" ] 01 Aug 138 Cook’s; 1 Stejneger’s Petrel - NEW TRIP THIS SUNDAY! ["Terry Hunefeld" ] 28 Jul 136 SoCal Cook's Petrels trip report, GPS tracks, photos and eBird lists ["Terry Hunefeld" ] 08 Jul Re: Wandering Albatross in Lima? ["russellcannings" ] 7 Jul RE: Wandering Albatross in Lima? ["Trevor Hardaker" ] 7 Jul Re: [pelagics] Wandering Albatross in Lima? [Gunnar Engblom ] 7 Jul Re: RE: [pelagics] Wandering Albatross in Lima? [Gunnar Engblom ] 7 Jul Re: [Seabird-News:1014] RE: [pelagics] Wandering Albatross in Lima? [Gunnar Engblom ] Subject: SoCal Pelagic Trip Report & Upcoming Trips From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:24:05 -0000 Greetings, Participants on last week's sold out 48-hour trip aboard Grande saw a San Diego Brown Booby at the Nine Mile Bank, Skuas, tropicbirds, Long-tailed Jaegers, Sabine's Gulls, Blue Whales, Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 4 species of Storm-Petrels and 4 amazingly awesome pods of seldom-seen-this-well Baird's Beaked Whales. The trip list and photos are posted at: http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/sandiegoaug16182010.html UPCOMING PELAGIC BIRDING ADVENTURES FROM SAN DIEGO Mon – Friday Sept 6-10. The Mercedes-Benz of Pelagic Trips aboard Searcher. Air-conditioned staterooms, 4 bathrooms, chef-prepared meals, wine, beer and ICE CREAM all included in cost. This trip has it all. Lunch over the Nine Mile Bank, wake up in the Channel Islands, wake up in two-mile deep water, cruise and chum past the San Juan seamount, wake up in the south-western most regions of the ABA. Still some spots available. http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/searchersep6102010.html Oct 2-4. In search of Cook's, Stejneger's, Mottled and Hawaiian Petrels – a 56-hour Deep Water Adventure to the San Juan Seamount and Patton Escarpment aboard Grande. Already half sold out. http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/sandiegooct242010.html Oct 9. 12 hours. The Craveri's Express. San Diego waters ALL day, ALL the time. The best chance to see tropicbird, Craveri's Murrelet, Least & Ashy Storm-Petrels, Skua, Long-tailed Jaeger and Buller's Shearwater in San Diego Waters. http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/sandiegooct92010.html W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole and Mike San Miguel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aW8-13p-IE "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Subject: SoCal Pelagic Trip Report & Upcoming Trips From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:20:18 -0000 Greetings, Participants on last week's sold out 48-hour trip aboard Grande from San Diego saw a San Diego Brown Booby at the Nine Mile Bank, Skuas, tropicbirds, Long-tailed Jaegers, Sabine's Gulls, Blue Whales, Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 4 species of Storm-Petrels and 4 amazingly awesome pods of seldom-seen-this-well Baird's Beaked Whales. The trip list and photos are posted at: http://www. socalbirding. com/tripreports/sandiegoaug16182010. html UPCOMING PELAGIC BIRDING ADVENTURES FROM SAN DIEGO Mon - Friday Sept 6-10. The Mercedes-Benz of Pelagic Trips aboard Searcher. Air-conditioned staterooms, 4 bathrooms, chef-prepared meals, wine, beer and ICE CREAM all included in cost. This trip has it all. Lunch over the Nine Mile Bank, wake up in the Channel Islands, wake up in two-mile deep water, cruise and chum past the San Juan seamount, wake up in the south-western most regions of the ABA. Still some spots available. http://www. socalbirding. com/trips/searchersep6102010. html Oct 2-4. In search of Cook's, Stejneger's, Mottled and Hawaiian Petrels - a 56-hour Deep Water Adventure to the San Juan Seamount and Patton Escarpment aboard Grande. Already half sold out. http://www. socalbirding. com/trips/sandiegooct242010. html Oct 9. 12 hours. The Craveri's Express. San Diego waters ALL day, ALL the time. The best chance to see tropicbird, Craveri's Murrelet, Least & Ashy Storm-Petrels, Skua, Long-tailed Jaeger and Buller's Shearwater in San Diego Waters. http://www. socalbirding. com/trips/sandiegooct92010. html W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole and Mike San Miguel http://www. youtube. com/watch? v=4aW8-13p-IE "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www. SoCalBirding. com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Subject: Santa Barbara California 31 July 2010 Trip Report & Video From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:03:04 -0000 Greetings, The Condor Express sailed into perfect seas on 31 July 2010 from Santa Barbara to the San Juan Seamount. We saw migrating Arctic Terns, South Polar Skuas, Long-tailed Jaegers and Sabine's Gulls. We also saw Black-footed Albatrosses, Cook's Petrels, lots of Ashy Storm-petrels, hypoleuca Xantus's Murrelets, Blue Whales, Fin Whales, Humpback Whales and rarely seen Baird's Beaked Whales. See the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajzePuB1p14 See the trip report: http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/santabarbarajul312010.html See upcoming trips: http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips.html We highly recommend the air-conditioned chef-equipped SEARCHER pelagic adventure going out on Monday, Labor Day, returning the following Friday morning for the ultimate birding experience through the bird-rich Channel Islands and to the deep waters off the edge of the Continental Shelf. SEARCHER: http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/searchersep6102010.html W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole and Mike San Miguel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aW8-13p-IE "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Subject: Aug-Sept SoCal Pelagics - Craveri's Murrelet, Least Storm-Petrels From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:35:13 -0000 Greetings, The annual Aug 16-18 Buena Vista Audubon 48-hour Summer Pelagic aboard the live-aboard Grande is nearly sold out, with 34 spots reserved, 4 spots remaining. A similar trip in May produced 170 Cook's Petrels. Red-billed Tropicbird has never been missed on a 48-hour Grande trip, and this species appears to be present in moderate numbers off SoCal this year. This trip will be great for studying Leach's storm-petrel subspecies. Other area-specialty targets are Least Storm-Petrel and Craveri's Murrelet. Small numbers of Leasts have been reported nearshore already this year. Grande is a comfortable 85 ft boat, with bunks for 38 passengers. Sleeping is in a dormitory style bunk room below deck. Hot food and beverages are available for purchase. details are below. ADVANCE RESERVATIONS: Advance reservations are $325, discounted to $285 if registered by July 31. http://www. socalbirding. com/trips/sandiegoaug16182010. html RESERVATIONS BY PHONE: Telephone Point Loma Sportfishing (the landing) seven days a week at (619) 223-1627. Tell them to wish to make a reservation for the Aug Birding trip on Grande. THE SEARCHER NATURAL HISTORY TOURS ANNUAL LABOR DAY PELAGIC The annual Labor Day 5-day pelagic adventure departs San Diego Noon on Monday, Sept 6 and returns to the dock at 0700 hours Friday Sept 10. This is the most luxury you'll ever find while birding and marine mammal sighting (Blue Whales, Humpback and Fin Whales!). Comfortable staterooms, gourmet meals, and a trip through all of the life-zones of the Southern California bight are just a couple of the things that make this trip a winner. Least Storm-Petrel and Red-billed Tropicbird are expected, along with almost all the regularly occurring seabirds in Southern CA. Searcher's impressive September trip rarities have included Red-tailed Tropicbird, Bulwer's Petrel, Hawaiian Petrel, Cook's and Murphy's Petrels. 3 subspecies of Leach's storm-Petrels will be seen plus Black and Ashy Storm-Petrels, making this a great Storm-petrel study tour. SEARCHER'S blog just reported that they saw BAIRD'S BEAKED WHALES on a fishing trip this week. SEARCHER is the mother of all pelagic trips. Leader Todd McGrath loves waking up at dawn far out to sea, watching the sunset over the San Juan Seamount, hollering out rare birds like petrels and tropicbirds while nibbling warm, fresh-from-the-oven chocolate chip cookies. I'll never forget the September sunny, calm afternoon 100 miles offshore aboard Searcher when Todd found and stopped the boat while thundering, `DARK-RUMPED PETREL! DARK-RUMPED PETREL!" All of Chef Charles's meals, ice cream, cookies, wine, beer, home-baked muffins, soft drinks, etc are included in the ticket price - you WILL gain weight. Searcher is an immaculate 4-bathroom, 95ft vessel designed to do multi-week fishing and natural history tours in air-conditioned comfort. The crew from the Captain to the deckhands are friendly, accommodating and helpful. There is no trip we look forward to more each fall, and we hope you can join us. This trip typically is sold out by now, but this year there are still some spots. ADVANCE RESERVATIONS: Advance reservations are $1075 and include all meals, snacks, beverages. Reservations for this trip are handled by Celia at Searcher Natural History Tours (619) 226-2403 or http://www. socalbirding. com/trips/searchersep6102010. html We hope to see you out there as we continue to relish one of the most amazing pelagic years ever recorded according to people who have been doing this a LOT longer than me! Peace on earth. W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole and Mike San Miguel http://www. youtube. com/watch? v=4aW8-13p-IE "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www. SoCalBirding. com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Inn At Moonlight Beach San Diego's Pacific Coast Bed & Breakfast Inn Romantic oceanview suites from $129 http://www. InnAtMoonlightBeach. com Subject: July 10 Hatteras Report; Next Trip July 24 From: "J. BRIAN PATTESON" <patteson1 AT embarqmail.com> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:59:41 -0400 Seabirders, We ran a pelagic trip yesterday from Hatteras and had good birding, seeing 8 species of tubenoses, which totalled over 800 individuals and less than half of these were Wilson's Storm-Petrels! Greater Shearwater was actually the most numerous bird of the trip, with at least 350 seen. Most of these were within 20 miles of shore and it seems likely that we would have seen many more if we had not spent a few hours working outside the shelf break. But the deep water was good too: we found a good number of Black-capped Petrels out there, as well as a several Band-rumped Storm-Petrels, which came in close to feed in the chum slick many times. A single Leach's Storm-Petrel was also seen well but briefly. Most surprising was a Sandwich Tern over 30 miles out. We saw several Sandwich Terns early in the morning about five miles out, where we found our first shearwaters- Cory's, Greater, and Manx. A South Polar Skua also came by behind us a few minutes later, but most of us missed it, as we were underway. Fortunately, the time I alotted for shallow water during the afternoon was well spent. We saw a Manx Shearwater sitting with Greaters just spitting distance from the boat, and within minutes, we spotted a South Polar Skua battering shearwaters in another flock. While the skua kept its distance, the Manx Shearwater provided an excellent photo opportunity and I managed to get a good shot, despite having to hand focus on account of techincal difficulties. It was kind of like the old days, expecting maybe five out of a hundred shots to be good by today's standards. The only difference was that it did not take days to find out. I'm hoping this summer will also be a bit like the old days for pelagic birding in the Gulf Stream- hundreds of shearwaters, skuas, dozens of Black-caps and Band-rumps, tropicbirds, a few Trindade Petrels, nice weather.... The last couple of summers have been pretty poor birdwise, at least until late August, when we just had a couple of trips left. But this year seems a bit different. We had odd conditions this spring, with a very distant Gulf Stream and cold water inshore. Now we have a more typical Gulf Stream, but the water inshore has been cooler and there is a lot of bait in the shelf water, which is probably what is holding the shearwaters here. While it was hotter than usual in late June, we've had more shifting winds lately than we sometimes get in midsummer. If we continue to get a regular shot of northerly winds every few days, then I expect the birding will better than when we have weeks of either calm conditions or unabated southwesterly winds, such as the last two summers. Three days of northeast winds a week and a half ago reminded me of the set up for Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel and Bulwer's Petrel in early August 1998 and multiple Trindade Petrels in mid August 2000. We have several trips scheduled for July and August of this year, with weekly departures planned beginning July 24. Space is available on all of our upcoming trips. I've said it before, but the fact remains. These are the best North Carolina Gulf Stream trips ever. Close looks at birds, incredible photo ops, and plenty of deck space on a very stable boat. We welcome newcomers and old salts alike. For what it's worth, we can get you out of cell phone range for several hours. I hope you will think about the value of these trips beyond the daily list of birds, but here it is for July 10, 2010. Black-capped Petrel- 53+ Cory's Shearwater- 85+ Greater Shearwater- 350+ Manx Shearwater- 4 Audubon's Shearwater- 5 Wilson's Storm-Petrel- 335+ Leach's Storm-Petrel- 1 "Band-rumped" Storm-Petrel- 8-9 large storm-petrel sp.- 1 South Polar Skua- 1-2 Information about our trips is online at http://www.seabirding.com/. Be sure to look back years into the trip lists; there is a lot there. You will learn more about what is sometimes like if you look back five, ten, or fifteen years. Pelagic birding is generally not consistent in terms of results. As far as numbers of birds go, I feel like we have seen a big decline in Audubon's Shearwaters, but it's hard to tell about any other species. Conditions here are constantly changing and that's why we try to offer back to back trips as much as possible. But if one trip is enough for you, we would still like to have you. If you have questions after perusing the website, give me a call- 252-986-1363 Evenings before 9PM EDT. Thanks, Brian Patteson Hatteras, NC brian AT patteson.com www.seabirding.com/ Subject: Pelagic off South West Ireland August 2010 From: "birdingireland" <birdingireland AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:22:26 -0000 Hi all seabirders, Due to a cancelation there is one place available on an eight hour trip out of Union Hall, South West Cork on 15th August 2010. Please contact me for further details if you are interested. Local accommodation can be arranged if required. Michael Cobley www.birdingireland.com Subject: SoCal Tropicbirds, Petrels, Craveri’s and Leach’s From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:17:34 -0000 Greetings Record-shattering numbers of Cook's Petrels have been seen and photographed in Southern California waters this season from our three pelagic boats: Searcher and Grande out of San Diego and Condor Express out of Santa Barbara. On July 31 the Condor Express will head out to deep water. The July 2009 Condor Express trip produced 136 Cook's Petrels and 4 species of storm-petrels (Wilson's, Leach's, Black, and Ashy), a South Polar Skua, 2 Long-tailed Jaegers. Details: http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/santabarbarajul312010.html The Buena Vista Audubon Society has chartered Grande on August 16 and 17 to spend 48 hours to explore the southwest reaches of ABA waters. Led by noted author and storm-petrel expert Steve N.G. Howell, we expect great opportunities to study an abundant supply of three different species/subspecies of Leach's Storm-Petrel (nominate leucorhoa, Townsend's and Chapman's). A recent paper published in North American Birds by Howell, et al, provides ranges and identification criteria for Leach's Storm-Petrel in SoCal. Here is a link where you can download the article and learn more about this species – a candidate for splitting: http://www.socalbirding.com/images/NAB_63-4_Leach_s_Storm_Petrel.pdf The August double-overnight trip aboard the live-aboard Grande will depart early Monday morning, returning early Wednesday morning. This is the heart of the season and waters for tropicbirds, Cook's Petrels and Craveri's Murrelet. August is also a great time to hunt Hawaiian Petrel in the deep waters off SoCal. Grande has sleeping accommodations for 38 participants. Details: http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/sandiegoaug16182010.html On Labor Day week, the luxury live-aboard SEARCHER will spend depart Labor Day Monday and spend the entire week seabirding the life-rich Channel Islands, the deep waters off Point Conception and beyond San Nick Island, all the way south to the Mexican Border hunting Hawaiian Petrel, Cook's Petrel, Craveri's Murrelet, tropicbirds, boobies, Leach's Storm-petrels. Treat yourself to a trip aboard Searcher and it's air-conditioned semi-private cabins, delicious meals (included) and long-range capabilities. http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/searchersep6102010.html All SoCal Pelagic Seabirding Adventure Trips are listed at: http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips.html W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Subject: 2010 Pelagics from Madeira Islands Update From: Hugo Romano <hugoromano AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:36:17 +0100 Hi Everyone, Here is a quick update on our birding sea trips for 2010. We still have some availabilities for August pelagic trips which will be also good for migrating birds... All the best... Hugo Romano -- Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition (Hybrid Research) 3 consecutive afternoons on a pelagic trip to observe and photograph Zino's, Fea's and Bulwer's Petrels, Cory's and Manx Shearwaters, Madeira, White-face and Wilson's storm-petrels and any vagrants that might be around... Also scout the seas for the Unidentified Pterodroma Petrel ('snowy-winged' petrel) and Swinhoe's storm-petrels. Confirmed Trips for 2010: August 5, 6, 7 (not full yet) August 14, 16, 17 (not full yet) August 30, 31 & September 1 (not full yet) Previous trips reports: May 14, 15, 16 [Report http://j.mp/bmDLlA ] May 24, 25, 26 [Report http://j.mp/dyWPxN ] June 2, 3, 4 [Report http://j.mp/dnFua5 ] June 7, 8, 9 [Report http://j.mp/crbZn7 ] More Details and related articles on Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition http://www.madeirawindbirds.com/en/tours/zinos_petrel_pelagic_expedition.html Join the Pelagic's expeditions waiting list http://j.mp/pelagicslist Desertas Islands Birding Trip (Hybrid Research) Ideal trip for Petrels, Shearwaters and Storm-Petrels Night and Day. Confirmed dates for 2010: Wednesday, 7th July (full) Thursday, 15th July (full) Tuesday, 20th July - confimed Thursday, 29th July Wednesday, 25th August Wednesday, 8th September More Details http://www.madeirawindbirds.com/en/tours/madeira_desertas_for_birding.html -- Madeira Wind Birds & Oceanodroma email: info AT madeirabirds.com sites: http://www.madeirabirds.com / http://www.madeirawindbirds.com ph: +351-917777441 / +351-291098007 twitter: AT windbirds AT oceanodroma facebook: http://facebook.com/windbirds Subject: Pelagics from South West ireland From: "birdingireland" <birdingireland AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:56:21 -0000 Hi all seabirders - there seems to have been a general increase in interest in seabirds in Europe over the last few years. South West Ireland is probably one of the best spots to see them from land and also from a boat. I offer pelagic trips for individuals and groups from the end of July to the end of September. The cost will always be reasonable but may vary because of participant numbers. The next will be on 8th August - local accommodation can be arranged if required. let me know if you are interested either in this or in future trips. Mike Cobley www.birdingireland.com Subject: Check out my photos on Facebook From: John Odgers <Jbodgers AT aol.com> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:02:18 -0700 I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and events and I want to add you as a friend so you can see it. First, you need to join Facebook! Once you join, you can also create your own profile. Thanks, John To sign up for Facebook, follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=100001280054742&k=Z6E3Y6USU52CXFFJPB63QUSV2RAF433NUWGV1G4CXT&r Already have an account? Add this email address to your account http://www.facebook.com/n/?merge_accounts.php&e=pelagics%40yahoogroups.com&c=87e032df37cd415e4eb07ef31cf892b8.pelagics AT yahoogroups.com was invited to join Facebook by John Odgers. If you do not wish to receive this type of email from Facebook in the future, please click on the link below to unsubscribe. http://www.facebook.com/o.php?k=f6a6fb&u=100001258725213&mid=28cc7e8G5af35b80df5dG0G8 Facebook, Inc. P.O. Box 10005, Palo Alto, CA 94303 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: California Cook's Petrel video From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:30:09 -0000 Greetings A record-breaking 237 Cook's Petrels were seen and photographed in Southern California waters last Saturday from the Condor Express out of Santa Barbara. Full trip report, photos and the Cook's Petrel video are at: http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/santabarbarajun122010.html Three subspecies of Leach's Storm-Petrels were seen, including one summer-breeding Guadalupe subspecies that is a good candidate for eventual splitting. The current issue of North American Birds has an article about the status and identification of the subspecies of Leach's off Southern California (and discussion of future splits): http://www.socalbirding.com/images/NAB_63-4_Leach_s_Storm_Petrel.pdf The next SoCal deep water pelagic seabirding adventure to the Cook's Petrel zone is from the Condor Express on July 31: http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/santabarbarajul312010.html On August 16-17, the Buena Vista Audubon Society has chartered the live-aboard Grande from San Diego. This trip expects to see Laysan and Black-footed Albies, tropicbirds and 3 subspecies of Leach's Storm-Petrel. http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/sandiegoaug16182010.html And on Labor Day week, the legendary luxury live-aboard SEARCHER will depart Labor Day Monday and spend the week seabirding the life-rich Channel Islands, the deep waters off Point Conception and beyond San Nick Island, all the way south to the Mexican Border. http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/searchersep6102010.html All SoCal Pelagic Seabirding Adventure Trips are listed at: http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips.html W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Subject: Space on Hatteras Pelagic Trips Fri & Sat June 11, 12; Recent Activity From: "J. BRIAN PATTESON" <patteson1 AT embarqmail.com> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 08:54:16 -0400 I'm sending this out in haste because I've got a lot to catch up on after about three solid weeks of running birding and fishing trips offshore, but we have PLENTY of room available this week on two pelagic trips aboard the Stormy Petrel II- Friday June 11 and Sturday June 12. We just finished up doing 17 seabird trips in less than three weeks, and we hope to have some trip lists posted soon, but I'll try to sum up what has been a different spring run. We've had a more distant Gulf Stream this spring which has meant longer runs on some days, but for the most part birding has been rather good. Our first week or so of trips had a north or easterly wind with no shifts to the south, which is rather unusual. We had a storm off the coast which made it just rough enough to miss two days- May 25 and 26. Soon after that the winds got around to the south and we did not have another shift to the north until this Monday. Sunday was the last day we have been birding, but I ran a fishing trip Monday and had a good sign of seabirds although we did not get much beyond 150 fathoms. We saw Bridled Tern and Black-capped Petrel as well that day, as well as many shearwaters. Greater Shearwaters have come on strong in recent days and there has been a sprinkling of Manx Shearwaters on the last few trips. There has been some blended water with Skipjack and Yellowfin Tuna around the shelf break and this is prime for shearwaters. I saw a Sooty Shearwater at the inlet yesterday, and they might continue to trickle through for a few more days. We saw a European Storm-Petrel very well on May 31, and there was a fly-by the day before. In contrast to recent years, the smaller gadfly petrels have been in short supply SO FAR. No Trindade Petrels or Bermuda Petrels have been seen yet, but we had a very obliging Fea's Petrel on June 1. Black-capped Petrels have been around in varying numbers every day. Band-rumped Storm-Petrels have ranged from one or two a day to maybe 20, with two types (cryptic species?) seen on a number of trips. The observed molt suggests we have seen a mix of winter and summer breeding "Band-rumps." We saw two White-tailed Tropicbirds last week as well as one Red-billed. What I see coming up with the weather forecast and the Gulf Stream water shot could be good for tropicbirds later this week. In past years we have seen a number of rarities in mid to late June, and the set up with the Gulf Stream so far makes me think it could be much better for a variety of species here off Hatteras this summer than it has been the last couple of years. If you have been thinking about going out for some spring trips and maybe putting it off for a year or two, you might want to reconsider and get out on a trip or two this month. It's the conditions which make the trips what they are at various seasons, and I'm very encouraged about summer trips from what I have seen so far. What we saw in June 2009 or 2008 or 2007 or 2006 is not what matters because if we had four knots of current and a solid week and a half of blustery sou'westers for some of those trips, it does not relate to one or two knots of current, blended water and light winds. The ocean here is one of the most dynamic seabird environments you will find, but to see what it has to offer sometimes calls for spontaneous action. More information about this week's trips is on our website- http://www.seabirding.com/. Thanks to everyone who helped us this spring. Brian Patteson Hatteras, NC brian AT patteson.com Subject: Space on Hatteras Pelagic Trips Fri & Sat June 11, 12; Recent Activity From: "J. BRIAN PATTESON" <patteson1 AT embarqmail.com> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 08:54:16 -0400 I'm sending this out in haste because I've got a lot to catch up on after about three solid weeks of running birding and fishing trips offshore, but we have PLENTY of room available this week on two pelagic trips aboard the Stormy Petrel II- Friday June 11 and Sturday June 12. We just finished up doing 17 seabird trips in less than three weeks, and we hope to have some trip lists posted soon, but I'll try to sum up what has been a different spring run. We've had a more distant Gulf Stream this spring which has meant longer runs on some days, but for the most part birding has been rather good. Our first week or so of trips had a north or easterly wind with no shifts to the south, which is rather unusual. We had a storm off the coast which made it just rough enough to miss two days- May 25 and 26. Soon after that the winds got around to the south and we did not have another shift to the north until this Monday. Sunday was the last day we have been birding, but I ran a fishing trip Monday and had a good sign of seabirds although we did not get much beyond 150 fathoms. We saw Bridled Tern and Black-capped Petrel as well that day, as well as many shearwaters. Greater Shearwaters have come on strong in recent days and there has been a sprinkling of Manx Shearwaters on the last few trips. There has been some blended water with Skipjack and Yellowfin Tuna around the shelf break and this is prime for shearwaters. I saw a Sooty Shearwater at the inlet yesterday, and they might continue to trickle through for a few more days. We saw a European Storm-Petrel very well on May 31, and there was a fly-by the day before. In contrast to recent years, the smaller gadfly petrels have been in short supply SO FAR. No Trindade Petrels or Bermuda Petrels have been seen yet, but we had a very obliging Fea's Petrel on June 1. Black-capped Petrels have been around in varying numbers every day. Band-rumped Storm-Petrels have ranged from one or two a day to maybe 20, with two types (cryptic species?) seen on a number of trips. The observed molt suggests we have seen a mix of winter and summer breeding "Band-rumps." We saw two White-tailed Tropicbirds last week as well as one Red-billed. What I see coming up with the weather forecast and the Gulf Stream water shot could be good for tropicbirds later this week. In past years we have seen a number of rarities in mid to late June, and the set up with the Gulf Stream so far makes me think it could be much better for a variety of species here off Hatteras this summer than it has been the last couple of years. If you have been thinking about going out for some spring trips and maybe putting it off for a year or two, you might want to reconsider and get out on a trip or two this month. It's the conditions which make the trips what they are at various seasons, and I'm very encouraged about summer trips from what I have seen so far. What we saw in June 2009 or 2008 or 2007 or 2006 is not what matters because if we had four knots of current and a solid week and a half of blustery sou'westers for some of those trips, it does not relate to one or two knots of current, blended water and light winds. The ocean here is one of the most dynamic seabird environments you will find, but to see what it has to offer sometimes calls for spontaneous action. More information about this week's trips is on our website- http://www.seabirding.com/. Thanks to everyone who helped us this spring. Brian Patteson Hatteras, NC brian AT patteson.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seabird News" group. To post to this group, send email to seabird-news AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to seabird-news+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/seabird-news?hl=en. Subject: Tropicbirds, Skuas and Laysan: SEARCHER trip report: May 29-31, 2010 From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:34:24 -0000 Greetings, The Memorial Day weekend double-overnight Whales and Seabirds trip from San Diego aboard the live-aboard SEARCHER delivered all we hoped for and more: Sunny skies, warm temperatures, gently rolling seas and pleasant breezes. Highlights included 6 tropicbirds, 6 skua, 4 Laysan Albatrosses and 11 species of cetaceans including Blue Whales, a cooperative Minke Whale, a very late northbound adult Grey Whale and 20 very-rare-this-far-south Northern Right Whale Dolphins. We did not venture as far north or west as we had two weeks earlier aboard Grande into the Cook's Petrel zone, instead making the decision to stay south of San Clemente island to maximize both our marine mammal and bird lists. We decided to leave it to the Condor Express to head back into 2000 fathom waters on June 12 to hunt more pterodroma and Laysan Albatrosses: http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/santabarbarajun122010.html The May 29-31 trip report is now posted to SoCalBirding.com and included photos by 5 photographers plus video footage of South Polar Skua, Laysan & Black-footed Albies, Blue, Minke, Fin and Humpback Whales, Risso's and Pacific White-sided Dolphin: Trip report: http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/searchermay29312010.html The SEARCHER 5-Day Channel Islands and Deep Water trip is scheduled to depart San Diego on Labor Day. Hawaiian Petrel was seen on this trip a few years ago, and this is the prime time of year and location for Buller's Shearwater, Craveri's Murrelet and Red-billed Tropicbirds. Expected September species: http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/searchersep6102010.html Peace on earth. W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Subject: Upcoming Texas Pelagic trips (July 17th, Aug 21st, Sept 11th) From: Mary Gustafson <live4birds AT aol.com> Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 18:02:40 -0400 Here's some info on the 2010 pelagic trips from South Padre Island, Texas. Mary Gustafson Mission, Texas -----Original Message----- From: Eric Carpenter To: TexBirds Cc: Cate Ball Sent: Sat, May 29, 2010 4:46 pm Subject: Upcoming SPI Pelagic trips (July 17th, Aug 21st, Sept 11th) Pelagic birders, The South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center has set up three elagic trip that will be leaving out of Port Isabel/South Padre sland this summer and fall The dates for the trips are: Saturday, July 17th (best choice for storm-petrels) aturday, August 21st aturday, September 11th These are not-for-profit trip where the cost per participant is $150. I would like to encourage anyone who is interested in the trips to ontact Cate Ball and the folks at World Birding Center's South Padre sland Birding and Nature Center at 956-243-8179 (or by e-mail at anager AT spibirding.com or cateball AT sbcglobal.net) to let them know ou'd like a spot on board. These trips leave from the southern tip of South Padre Island, aboard he Osprey (http://ospreyfishingtrips.com/). The good folks at the sprey have been involved with Texas pelagics for several years and heir captains are familiar with where we need to go and also are uite good at spotting birds with us. These are all-day trips, eaving the docks at around 6am, and returning 12 hours later at 6pm. e motor out to deepwater (takes a couple hours to get there), spend he next several hours working the area just off the shelf, and then eturn back to dry land by around 6pm. Leaders for these three trips ill include Mary Gustafson, Brad McKinney, Petra Hockey, Randy inkston, Dwight Peake and myself. I've been out on the Gulf with ach of these folks multiple times and their passion for birds and elagics is on par with my own. These Gulf of Mexico trips don't yield huge numbers of birds but we eem to always make up for it with a high quality sighting or find. he star of last year's trips was a Sooty Shearwater sitting in the ater right next to the boat, a first for me in Texas waters. Two ummers ago, we had great looks at a Greater Shearwater on one trip, nd a cooperative Long-tailed Jaeger on the other trip. The year efore that, it was the mixed species flock that included a Brown oddy & a Brown Booby. And...I'm sure many has heard me mention the ellow-nosed Albatross we had in 2003...it is possibilities like that hat keep me coming back for more. More information on these trips and on Texas pelagics (including hotos from previous trips and what species can be expected) can be ound at: http://www.texaspelagics.com/ I hope you'll join us. -- ric Carpenter ustin = -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seabird News" group. To post to this group, send email to seabird-news AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to seabird-news+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/seabird-news?hl=en. Subject: Upcoming Texas Pelagic trips (July 17th, Aug 21st, Sept 11th) From: Mary Gustafson <live4birds AT aol.com> Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 18:02:40 -0400 Here's some info on the 2010 pelagic trips from South Padre Island, Texas. Mary Gustafson Mission, Texas -----Original Message----- From: Eric Carpenter To: TexBirds Cc: Cate Ball Sent: Sat, May 29, 2010 4:46 pm Subject: Upcoming SPI Pelagic trips (July 17th, Aug 21st, Sept 11th) Pelagic birders, The South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center has set up three elagic trip that will be leaving out of Port Isabel/South Padre sland this summer and fall The dates for the trips are: Saturday, July 17th (best choice for storm-petrels) aturday, August 21st aturday, September 11th These are not-for-profit trip where the cost per participant is $150. I would like to encourage anyone who is interested in the trips to ontact Cate Ball and the folks at World Birding Center's South Padre sland Birding and Nature Center at 956-243-8179 (or by e-mail at anager AT spibirding.com or cateball AT sbcglobal.net) to let them know ou'd like a spot on board. These trips leave from the southern tip of South Padre Island, aboard he Osprey (http://ospreyfishingtrips.com/). The good folks at the sprey have been involved with Texas pelagics for several years and heir captains are familiar with where we need to go and also are uite good at spotting birds with us. These are all-day trips, eaving the docks at around 6am, and returning 12 hours later at 6pm. e motor out to deepwater (takes a couple hours to get there), spend he next several hours working the area just off the shelf, and then eturn back to dry land by around 6pm. Leaders for these three trips ill include Mary Gustafson, Brad McKinney, Petra Hockey, Randy inkston, Dwight Peake and myself. I've been out on the Gulf with ach of these folks multiple times and their passion for birds and elagics is on par with my own. These Gulf of Mexico trips don't yield huge numbers of birds but we eem to always make up for it with a high quality sighting or find. he star of last year's trips was a Sooty Shearwater sitting in the ater right next to the boat, a first for me in Texas waters. Two ummers ago, we had great looks at a Greater Shearwater on one trip, nd a cooperative Long-tailed Jaeger on the other trip. The year efore that, it was the mixed species flock that included a Brown oddy & a Brown Booby. And...I'm sure many has heard me mention the ellow-nosed Albatross we had in 2003...it is possibilities like that hat keep me coming back for more. More information on these trips and on Texas pelagics (including hotos from previous trips and what species can be expected) can be ound at: http://www.texaspelagics.com/ I hope you'll join us. -- ric Carpenter ustin = [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: SoCal Pelagic Report - 170+ Cook's Petrels May 16 From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 03:57:41 -0000 Greetings The Buena Vista Audubon 56 hour pelagic May 15-17, 2010 from San Diego took us from San Diego. past the southern tip of San Clemente Island, then 170 miles out into the Pacific Ocean to the two-mile deep trench between the San Juan Seamount and Patton Escarpment - 2100 fathoms of water. The weather and seas were perfect for pterodromas. On Sunday, May 16, we saw 172 Cook's Petrels, multiple Laysan Albatrosses, tropicbirds and dozens of pterodromas too distant to identify with certainty. Monday was "skua and murrelet chicks" day. The complete trip report, video, photos, GPS trip tracks and eBird species lists are posted at http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/sandiegomay15172010.html Saturday, June 12: The next deep water trip from SoCal is from Santa Barbara on Saturday June 12th aboard the Condor Express. Details: http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/santabarbarajun122010.html Friday, June 25: Debi Shearwater has a special "Monterey meets Hollywood" trip planned June 25 and a diverse assortment of summer and fall trips from Monterey, Half Moon Bay, Bodega Bay and Ft Bragg. http://www.shearwaterjourneys.com/schedule.shtml Sunday, June 27: Buena Vista Audubon has chartered Grande to take birders on a 9-hour day trip to the Nine Mile Bank and visit the booby colony on the Coronados Islands on Sunday June 27 in search of Humpback Whales, albatrosses and murrelets for only $60. http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/sandiegojun272010.html All upcoming pelagic charters from Southern California are listed in detail at: http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips.html Peace on earth. W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Subject: The Quest for Petrels in the Western Palearctic From: Hugo Romano <hugoromano AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 21:46:25 +0100 The Quest for Petrels in the Western Palearctic -- A mind blower for any birdwatcher in the Western Palearctic and perhaps the World too! The first-ever film of Zino's Petrel at sea and more photos. Plus, the Unidentified Pterodroma Petrel ('snowy-winged' petrel) photo and video. The Ultimate Western Palearctic Pelagic Expedition: Madeira, May 2010 by Hadoram Shirihai http://j.mp/pelagic2 Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition (Hybrid Reasearch) 3 consecutive days pelagic trip to observe and photograph Zino's, Fea's and Bulwer's Petrels, Cory's, Manx and Little Shearwaters, Madeira, White-face and Wilson's storm-petrels and any vagrants that might be around... Also scout the seas for the Unidentified Pterodroma Petrel ('snowy-winged' petrel). Dates for 2010: May 14, 15, 16 [Report http://j.mp/bmDLlA ] May 24, 25, 26 - closed June 2, 3, 4 June 30 & July 1, 2 August 5, 6, 7 August 30, 31 & September 1 - mostly for vagrants Dates for 2011: April 12, 13, 14 April 18, 19, 20 May 10, 11, 12 May 18, 19, 20 June 6, 7, 8 June 22, 23, 24 July 25, 26, 27 August 29, 30, 31 More Details on Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition http://j.mp/zinopelagics Join the Pelagics interest / mailing list http://j.mp/pelagicslist Hope everyone enjoys the reading, photos and videos! Hugo Romano PS: Experience the challenging seabirds in Madeira! -- email: info AT madeirabirds.com sites: www.madeirabirds.com / www.madeirawindbirds.com ph: +351-917777441 / +351-291098007 twitter: AT windbirds AT oceanodroma facebook: http://facebook.com/windbirds [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Zino's Petrel with Madeira Wind Birds. From: Andy Paterson <andy.birds AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 21:02:04 +0200 Hi: Along with six Spanish seabirders, plus Elaine Cooke, Steve Howell and Hadoram Shirihai, I have just returned from the first ever 3 days of pelagic expeditions in search of *Zino's Petrels* at sea organised by Catarina Fagundes and Hugo Romano of *Madeira Wind Birds* over the afternoon-evenings of 14, 15 and 16 May, leaving harbour on Caniçal on Madeira at 14.00L and returning any time between 22.30L and 01.00L. We all stayed in the highly recommendable *White Waters Hotel* in the nearby town of Machico. Birding was done from an 11.5m RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) with 2x200hp outboards skippered by Catarina which means that although low on the water it is pretty stable although one is likely to get wet if there is a beam sea or wind (which happened) and coming back late after dark after staying in the lee of the Desertas islands on Sunday 16 May I seemed to get a goodly portion of the North Atlantic on top of me and I wasn't alone. All of us from Spain agreed that we had been priviliged to enjoy (most of the time) what must be definitely one of life's great seabirding experiences! As to the birding, the brief list below will give an idea, but basically we saw all that we hoped for and then some,missing out only on Leach's Storm-petrel. *Petrels* * Zino's Pterodroma madeira*, of which there are only 80 pairs and all breed on the top of Pico de Areeiro, the highest point of Madeira. Wind Birds will take you up to hear the immatures calling as they come in to the breeding area after dark, but the walk is hard and not for those with dicey knees, heart problems (you are at c.1.800m a.s.l.) or just darned unfit Seen well several times. *Fea's Pterodroma feae*, also seen, breeds on Bugio, one of the Desertas islands.Seen only a few times, breeds later than Zino's. *Bulwer's Bulweria bulweri*, suprisingly numerous, seen well. *Shearwaters* *Cory's Calonectris diomedea*, race *borealis*, numerous (I should add that I don't go for the Med. race *diomedea* being separated as a separate sp. increasingly often known as Scopoli's. *Manx P. puffinus*, quite common. *Little / Barolo* (according to taste) *P. baroli*, only a couple which went by, never investigated the chum and ignored us totally. ** *Storm-petrels** **Wilson's Oceanites oceanicus*, a few but seen well. * White-faced Pelagodroma marina*, superb views of this fantastic little stormie which was much numerous than we had hoped for. *Madeiran / Band-rumped Oceanodroma castro* (forget the 4 proposed races for the moment), 2-3 birds but seen well. *European/British Hydrobates pelagicus*, few but seen well, many appeared to show far more white in the underwing than those I have seen in the Med. and North Sea. * * And what else? A sea a *Grey/Red Phalarope* stayed alongside the chum feeding one afternoon and we had brief but good views of an adult *Sabine's Gull* in breeding plumage, plus a single *Arctic Tern*. From the shore we saw *Common Terns* in Funchal harbour (4) and at Porto Moniz (>20) and 2 *Roseate Terns* in Funchal harbour. I have slew of photos to sort out of Madeiran *Yellow-legged Gulls* (anyone interested in sado-masochism should get in touch after the end of May) and we also saw a single adult *Lesser Black-backed* off the Desertas. We saw 4 *Sperm Whales*, *Spotted Dolphins *and a single *Hawksbill Turtle*. There will be a really full report in my *birding-the-costa* blog sometime in early June. Regards, Andy Paterson Torremolinos, España http://birding-the-costa.blogspot.com http://guiri-pajarero-suelto.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: SoCal Hawaiian, Murhpy’s and Cook’s Petrels From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 04:28:57 -0000 Greetings Thanks to Glen Tepke for letting me know that my dates were mixed up and that Debi Shearwater and I were having conversations via "Pelagics." Sorry about that! too much goin' on! Back here in San Diego, Dave Povey and some chums went to sea on Friday May 7 and reported Leach's, Black and Ashy Storm-Petrels. Tom Blackman obtained some awesome photos. See the trip report and photos at: http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/sandiego7may2010.html Grande sails from San Diego on Saturday for 2.5 days at sea to hunt tropicbirds, albatrosses and Hawaiian and Cook's Petrels. 63 Cook's were seen from the Condor Express on May 1. Seabirders aboard a Holland America cruise from Long Beach to Vancouver April 29 - May 2 saw 230 Cook's Petrels. They also reported Murphy's Petrels and 2 Hawaiian Petrels in California waters. There are still spaces available on this weekend's trip. Celia reports that the SEARCHER trip on Memorial Day weekend is sold out. Details at: http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/sandiegomay15172010.html As Todd McGrath posted to this list, The Condor Express sails on June 12 (not June 5) from Santa Barbara to hunt rarities. http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/santabarbarajun122010.html The SEARCHER 3-day pelagic on Memorial Day weekend is sold out. Peace on earth. W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Subject: Re: New! June 12th Santa Barbara CA Deepwater Pelagic From: Debra Shearwater <debi AT shearwaterjourneys.com> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 21:06:37 -0700 I know. I want to come down, but it is so good to be home-- away for more than 4 months-- is a long time! Deb On May 10, 2010, at 9:02 PM, Terry Hunefeld wrote: > You GOTTA come down here and ride any of our trips. We'll even have a > parade for you! > > Peace on earth. > > Terry > > --- > > W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas > Life is short. Seabird often. > In memory of Luke Cole > "Come on out with us to see what's out there." > > Southern California Seabirding Trips > by: Buena Vista Audubon Society > http://www.SoCalBirding.com > Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank > all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf > > Inn At Moonlight Beach > San Diego's Pacific Coast Bed & Breakfast Inn > Romantic oceanview suites from $129 > http://www.InnAtMoonlightBeach.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: pelagics AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:pelagics AT yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf > Of Debra Shearwater > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 7:59 PM > To: pelagics AT yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [pelagics] New! June 12th Santa Barbara CA Deepwater > Pelagic > > Terry, > > Holy pterodromas! I wish I had been on that trip, especially if you > play that kind of music on the boat! Great video. > > Debi Shearwater > > On May 10, 2010, at 7:47 PM, Terry Hunefeld wrote: > > > http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/santabarbarajun52010.html > > > > june 5 now live > > > > I would'a mentioned june 5 in my SDBirds post, but am tired of > getting > > slapped down by THE DOUG for posting stuff not in San Diego.... > > > > > > Debra Shearwater > Shearwater Journeys, Inc. > PO Box 190 > Hollister, CA 95024 > 831.637.8527 > debi AT shearwaterjourneys.com > www.shearwaterjourneys.com > www.shearwaterjourneys.blogspot.com > > South Georgia: Where No Road Goes > October 18- November 4, 2010 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2865 - Release Date: > 05/10/10 > 11:26:00 > > Debra Shearwater Shearwater Journeys, Inc. PO Box 190 Hollister, CA 95024 831.637.8527 debi AT shearwaterjourneys.com www.shearwaterjourneys.com www.shearwaterjourneys.blogspot.com South Georgia: Where No Road Goes October 18- November 4, 2010 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pelagics/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pelagics/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: pelagics-digest AT yahoogroups.com pelagics-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: pelagics-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: RE: New! June 12th Santa Barbara CA Deepwater Pelagic From: "Terry Hunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 21:02:17 -0700 You GOTTA come down here and ride any of our trips. We'll even have a parade for you! Peace on earth. Terry --- W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Inn At Moonlight Beach San Diego's Pacific Coast Bed & Breakfast Inn Romantic oceanview suites from $129 http://www.InnAtMoonlightBeach.com -----Original Message----- From: pelagics AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:pelagics AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Debra Shearwater Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 7:59 PM To: pelagics AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [pelagics] New! June 12th Santa Barbara CA Deepwater Pelagic Terry, Holy pterodromas! I wish I had been on that trip, especially if you play that kind of music on the boat! Great video. Debi Shearwater On May 10, 2010, at 7:47 PM, Terry Hunefeld wrote: > http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/santabarbarajun52010.html > > june 5 now live > > I would'a mentioned june 5 in my SDBirds post, but am tired of getting > slapped down by THE DOUG for posting stuff not in San Diego.... > > Debra Shearwater Shearwater Journeys, Inc. PO Box 190 Hollister, CA 95024 831.637.8527 debi AT shearwaterjourneys.com www.shearwaterjourneys.com www.shearwaterjourneys.blogspot.com South Georgia: Where No Road Goes October 18- November 4, 2010 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2865 - Release Date: 05/10/10 11:26:00 Subject: Re: New! June 12th Santa Barbara CA Deepwater Pelagic From: Debra Shearwater <debi AT shearwaterjourneys.com> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 19:58:43 -0700 Terry, Holy pterodromas! I wish I had been on that trip, especially if you play that kind of music on the boat! Great video. Debi Shearwater On May 10, 2010, at 7:47 PM, Terry Hunefeld wrote: > http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/santabarbarajun52010.html > > june 5 now live > > I would'a mentioned june 5 in my SDBirds post, but am tired of getting > slapped down by THE DOUG for posting stuff not in San Diego.... > > Debra Shearwater Shearwater Journeys, Inc. PO Box 190 Hollister, CA 95024 831.637.8527 debi AT shearwaterjourneys.com www.shearwaterjourneys.com www.shearwaterjourneys.blogspot.com South Georgia: Where No Road Goes October 18- November 4, 2010 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pelagics/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pelagics/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: pelagics-digest AT yahoogroups.com pelagics-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: pelagics-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: RE: New! June 12th Santa Barbara CA Deepwater Pelagic From: "Terry Hunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 19:47:05 -0700 http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/santabarbarajun52010.html june 5 now live I would'a mentioned june 5 in my SDBirds post, but am tired of getting slapped down by THE DOUG for posting stuff not in San Diego.... Subject: New! June 12th Santa Barbara CA Deepwater Pelagic From: "toddamcgrath" <toddamcgrath AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 02:11:08 -0000 Birders: The Cook's Petrels have returned again this year to the waters off Santa Barbara, and reports from research vessels and others indicate they are present up and down the CA coast. Last year, after seeing a few in early May, numbers along the CA coast peaked in late-July and early August, with hundreds being seen off Santa Barbara in July, and also from various points north (including many in Monterey Bay),on the legendary Shearwater Journeys Pelagics from Northern California. This year they showed up off SoCal in numbers in May with hundreds reported from research ships, and 65 from a very rough May 1 Pelagic from Santa Barbara on the Condor Express. I have no doubt that we would have seen many more with better weather. This trip also recorded Murphy's Petrel, and again based on research ship and other reports, it seems that Murphy's are present in some numbers this Spring. The good folks of the Condor Express have agreed to add a birding trip Saturday June 12th, to give us an additional opportunity to get out in the deepwater. Who know how long the Cook's will last, but I know they will not be present in these numbers every year. We are adding this trip to give as many folks as possible a chance to share in this rare opprtunity. This is also the tail end of the normal window for Murphy's Petrel, and an excellent time of year to look for other rarities like Hawaiian Petrel, Parakeet Auklet (also reported offshore this year, as well as a sighting from Piedras Blancas Lighthouse a day or so ago). This is a great time for other species such as Black-footed Albatross, and Laysan Albatrosses from the breeding colonies in Mexico often wander north to SoCal waters in the late spring and early summer. The regular species like Black and Ashy storm-petrel, Xantus's Murrelets, as well as Cassin's Auklets, and various shearwater species should give us plenty to look at while we search for rarities. These deepwater trips on the Condor Express (a big,fast,and comfortable catamaran) cover 250+ miles in 13-14 hours, and are the only single day trips that can take you to the edge of the Continental Shelf and beyond. They have posted excellent results including such rarities as Murphy's Cook's and Hawaiian Petrels, Parakeet Auklets, Horned and Tufted Puffins, Tristam's Storm-petrel, as well as all the expected species. The Condor Express will be staffed with the usual assortment of excellent leaders, and leader Wes Fritz will be on hand to bring those petrels to the boat, as he did on May 1. I hope you can join us for what is sure to be a fun trip offshore. While there are never any guarantees, I think the chances of seeing Cook's Petrels are quite good, given the numbers present up and down the coast. The cost of the trip is $195. Call the SeaLanding at 888-77WHALE to sign up. Please don't wait to make your reservation. June is a very busy time for the boat, and we need to get the trip subscribed in short order to be able to run it. Please e-mail me with any questions and I hope to see you onboard. Todd McGrath SKUA AT MSN.COM Calabasas CA Subject: SoCal Murhpy’s and 63 Cook’s Petrels From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 00:45:59 -0000 Greetings, A fantastic day of Los Angeles Audubon Society deep-water seabirding from Santa Barbara on Saturday, May 1, 2010 was headlined with an incredible 63 COOK'S PETRELS – but the show-stealer was a well photographed and well seen MURPHY'S PETREL that came screaming down the starboard side of the mighty Condor Express. The seas and wind were big – the perfect pterodroma day – and it did not disappoint. The trip report video, photos, report and eBird Official Trip List are now posted for your viewing pleasure: Visit: http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/santabarbaramay12010.html Coupled with last year's plethora of Cook's Petrel sightings, it looks like this may be another great year for these winged racers. We know Cookilaria are out there beyond 200 miles from the mainland annually, but for some reason they are much closer to shore this season than they've been in more than a decade – within reach of pelagic charters. Currents? Food supply? Whatever the reason, this is the year and season to take advantage of this event – there's no telling how long it will last. With the May 1 Condor Express sightings plus news of sightings of Cook's, Murphy's Stejneger's and Hawaiian Petrels from research ships and cruise ship repositioning trips off of California over the past two weeks, we are all now all on pins and needles anticipating the May 15-17 deep water adventure aboard Grande from San Diego. We've extended our "48-hour Double Overnighter" by 8 hours (to 56 hours) to allow us the time to spend from DAWN TIL DUSK on Sunday in the deep water between the Patton Escarpment and the San Juan Seamount where these winged racers roam. Weekend double-overnight trips have but one purpose: to get out to the deep water beyond the edge of the continental shelf where rare pterodroma are usually found only by research ships because no day trips other than the Condor Express venture out this far. Leaders on the May 15-17 trip include Todd McGrath, Paul E. Lehman, Big Dave Pereksta, Brennan (eagle-eyes) Mulrooney, Dave Povey and Wes Fritz. Brennan is known for his ability to spot albatrosses 5 miles away. There are still some spots available, but in light of what is out there, we expect it to sell out. Details: http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/sandiegomay15172010.html The early bird price of $285 is good through 5:00 p.m. May 6. On May 7 the regular price of $325 goes into effect which is still a heck of a deal when you consider the fact that we're at sea for three days in deeper waters – home of tropicbirds, pterodroma petrels and albatrosses. Peace on earth. W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Subject: San Diego Pelagic Trip Report & Upcoming Pelagic Trips From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:33:44 -0000 Greetings, The Buena Vista Audubon Society spring pelagic seabirding trip from San Diego featured gentle swells, 2 SAN DIEGO BROWN BOOBIES, 38 BROWN BOOBIES for the day, a baby booby on Los Coronados Island, a lingering LONG-TAILED DUCK and lots of close up XANTUS'S MURRELETS. We enjoyed Oystercatchers, Cassin's Auklets running across the ocean, plenty of sunshine, California Sea Lions, herds of Common Dolphin, Rhino Auklets, hundreds of Sooty Shearwaters and 50 "Pinkies", ELEPHANT SEALS in the ocean and lounging on the beach and inquisitive Risso's Dolphins coming right up to the boat. See the 17 April 2010 trip report, GPS trip track, species list, photos and video at: http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/sandiegoapr172010.html Our next SoCal Pelagic Trip is May 1, 2010 from Santa Barbara aboard the Condor Express. http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/santabarbaramay12010.html Then we'll spend 3 days at sea aboard Grande out of San Diego in search of pterodromas, albatrosses and tropicbirds on 15-17 May. http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/sandiegomay15172010.html Then Searcher departs San Diego on May 29 – 31 on to hunt seabirds and whales in the luxury of an all-inclusive live-aboard. http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/searchermay29312010.html Cook's Petrels are already being seen off SoCal this spring from research ships. We're going deep to look for them and whatever other uncommon tubenoses may be out there with them. For example: 66 Murphy's Petrels were seen from Searcher on 18-20 April 2003 and another 25 on 25-27 Apr 2003. 9 Murphy's Petrels were seen on 15 April 2005 from Searcher just northwest of San Miguel Island and one on 16 Apr 2005 from Searcher between San Nicholas Island and the Tanner Bank. http://www.socalbirding.com/seabirdreference/petrels.html This is also a great time to find Flesh-footed Shearwater: http://www.socalbirding.com/seabirdreference/shearwaters.html Peace on earth. Terry --- W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Subject: NEW INDIAN OCEAN SEABIRD EXPEDITION WEBSITE From: richard baxter <randrbaxter AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:31:10 -0700 (PDT) Hello all,             The website for the upcoming Indian Ocean Seabird Expedition has now been updated with new info and pics.   www.heardisland.com.au       enjoy!   This is a "once only" trip commencing towards the end of this year.   Leg 2 has been specifically designed to see some of the world's rarest and hard to see seabirds and cetaceans, such as:   Mascarene Petrel, Barau's Petrel, Round Island Petrel. Abbott's Booby (The world's rarest booby) Christmas Island Frigatebird (The world's rarest frigatebird). Golden Morph White-tailed Tropicbird (The world's most beautiful seabird) Jouanin's Petrel, Swinhoe's Storm Petrel, Matsudaira's Storm Petrel.   as well as many others.   There are still a couple of spaces remaining if you're interested in coming along.     Cheers Richard Baxter richard AT birdingtours.com.au     -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seabird News" group. To post to this group, send email to seabird-news AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to seabird-news+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/seabird-news?hl=en. Subject: NEW INDIAN OCEAN SEABIRD EXPEDITION WEBSITE From: richard baxter <randrbaxter AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:31:10 -0700 (PDT) Hello all,             The website for the upcoming Indian Ocean Seabird Expedition has now been updated with new info and pics.   www.heardisland.com.au       enjoy!   This is a "once only" trip commencing towards the end of this year.   Leg 2 has been specifically designed to see some of the world's rarest and hard to see seabirds and cetaceans, such as:   Mascarene Petrel, Barau's Petrel, Round Island Petrel. Abbott's Booby (The world's rarest booby) Christmas Island Frigatebird (The world's rarest frigatebird). Golden Morph White-tailed Tropicbird (The world's most beautiful seabird) Jouanin's Petrel, Swinhoe's Storm Petrel, Matsudaira's Storm Petrel.   as well as many others.   There are still a couple of spaces remaining if you're interested in coming along.     Cheers Richard Baxter richard AT birdingtours.com.au     [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Black-footed Albatross & Laysan Albatross close offshore San Diego From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:44:12 -0000 Greetings, From March 4-7, 2010, the San Diego Bird Festival conducted three day-trips to San Diego's Nine Mile Bank and just over the border to Mexico's Los Coronados Islands to see the Brown Booby colony. Photos by participants and leaders, GPS trip tracks showing the underwater topography, complete species lists, video and full trip report are posted at: http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/sdbirdfest467mar2010.html Grande's virgin 56-hour weekend trip to the San Juan Seamount in search of tropicbirds and pterodromas is coming up May 15-17. http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/sandiegomay15172010.html Search for Tropicbirds, Shearwaters and Blue, Humpback and Fin Whales in style on Memorial Day weekend aboard the luxury live-aboard Searcher: http://www.socalbirding.com/trips/searchermay29312010.html W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Subject: San Diego A.O.U. Pelagic Results: Feb 12 & 13, 2010 From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:21:45 -0000 Greetings, Two A.O.U. pelagic trip from San Diego on Friday and Saturday, February 12 & 13, 2010 visited the Nine Mile Bank and the Coronados Islands. Highlights included a totally unexpected Red-Billed Tropicbird, an expected wintering Long-tailed Duck, lots of Brown Boobies and oystercatchers, 3 species of Shearwater, 4 species of alcid, 3 species of loons, 3 species of cormorant, 2 species of jaeger, 2 species of whales, 4 species of dolphin, 2 species of seal and a variety of rocky shorebirds. The complete trip report including photos, species lists, trip tracks and more details are posted at http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/sandiegofeb1213aou.html The next SoCal pelagic is Los Angeles Audubon's annual winter pelagic from San Pedro on February 27. This trip has perhaps one or two openings before being sold out. The San Diego Audubon's S.D. Bird Festival Pelagic trips aboard Grande (two Manx Shearwaters and a Blue-footed Booby seen last year) are scheduled for March 4 and 6. The Sunday March 7 Bird Festival pelagic trip already sold out. On April 17 Grande makes its annual spring visit from San Diego to the Nine Mile Bank and Coronados Islands. May 1st marks the first SoCal deep-water trip of the season to the San Juan Seamount aboard the fast, comfortable catamaran Condor Express from Santa Barbara, followed by a 56-hour double-overnighter to the San Juan Seamount on May 15-17 from San Diego aboard Grande. The luxury live-aboard Searcher goes in search of Blue Whales and Seabirds on a 3-day Memorial Day weekend outing May 29-31. Chef-prepared meals and beverages are all included for only $395. Details and registration/reservation links for the above trips and all the other SoCal pelagics scheduled for 2010 are posted at: http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips.html W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Subject: Oceanside (San Diego) Pelagic Trip Report 30JAN2010 From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:34:10 -0000 Greetings, The TRIP REPORT and PHOTOS and GPS TRIP TRACK for the fourth annual Buena Vista Audubon Society "Seabirds, Whales and Dolphins" pelagic trip from Helgren's in Oceanside this Saturday is now up at www.SoCalBirding.com http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/oceansidejan302010.html Details and registration/reservation links for all upcoming SoCal pelagic trip for 2010 are posted at: http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips.html W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Subject: Southern California Pelagics - 2010 From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:57:34 -0000 Greetings, San Diego Audubon's 2010 San Diego Bird Festival (March 3-7) has three Pelagic Day Trips that are rapidly filling up. Last year we saw dozens of Brown Boobies, two Manx Shearwaters and had a Blue-footed Booby flying around the boat. Details at www.SoCalBirding.com under "Upcoming Trips." 2008's and 2009's trip reports and photos can be reviewed under the "Trip Reports" tab. The 2010 Southern California Pelagic schedule of trips sponsored by 4 SoCal Audubon Societies - Los Angeles, San Diego, Buena Vista (Oceanside) and Sea & Sage (O.C.) – is now posted at www.SoCalBirding.com under "Upcoming Trips." Trips go out every month except December. Searcher Natural History Tours have scheduled a new 2.5 day Memorial Day weekend trip in addition to their normal 5-day Labor Day Week deep water pelagic. The Memorial Day weekend trip departs San Diego in search of seabirds and Blue Whales at 8:00 a.m. Saturday May 29. We'll spend all Saturday and Sunday at sea in Searcher's luxurious accommodations, returning Monday, Memorial Day, at noon. The cost for 2.5 days at sea, including hot showers, a great crew and delicious meals prepared by Chef Charles, is only $395. Searcher's five-day Labor Day week trip departs San Diego in search of albatrosses, Craveri's Murrelets, Red-billed Tropicbirds and Cook's and Hawaiian Petrels. Our traditional itinerary takes us through and around the Channels Islands then out to the edge of the Continental Shelf and beyond to hunt rare pterodromas. Searcher has an incredible record of rarities (see "Searcher" link below). Memorial Day Trip: http://www.socalbirding.com/release/searchermay29312010.html Labor Day week trip: http://www.socalbirding.com/release/searchersep6102010.html Details about Searcher: http://www.socalbirding.com/searcherexpeditions.html W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips by: Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf Subject: 2010 Pelagics from Madeira Islands From: Hugo Romano <hugoromano AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:36:47 +0000 For the last 5 years we have been operating the Madeira -> Desertas trip on a partnership with other company and for the last 2 we have been working with Hadoram Shirihai finding Zino's petrels at sea. After good research, customer input and a the acquisition of a new boat we now have the perfect sea trips for seabirds in Madeira, exclusively dedicated to birdwatchers: Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition 3 consecutive days pelagic trip to observe and photograph Zino's, Fea's and Bulwer's Petrels, Cory's, Manx and Little Shearwaters, Madeira, White-faced and Wilson's storm-petrels and any vagrants that might be around... As Hadoram baptized it, is "the best Western Palearctic pelagic expedition"! Confirmed dates for 2010: May 14, 15, 16 (Full) May 24, 25, 26 June 2, 3, 4 http://www.madeirawindbirds.com/en/tours/zinos_petrel_pelagic_expedition.html Desertas Islands Birding Trip On this trip we sail about 63 nautical miles, around the 3 Desertas Islands, looking for every kind of bird activity, in or out of the water. Just before sunset we will land at Deserta Grande for a short walk around, have dinner and wait for the seabirds to start coming into land, for their nests, to hear their calls. Birdwatcher's experience of Desertas islands in Madeira archipelago. Ideal trip for Petrels, Shearwaters and Storm-Petrels Night and Day. Starts at 3pm lasts about 12 hours. Price €75/person Confirmed dates for 2010: Wednesday, 7th July (Full) Thursday, 15th July Thursday, 29th July Wednesday, 25th August Wednesday, 8th September http://www.madeirawindbirds.com/en/tours/madeira_desertas_for_birding.html Hope you join us in a pelagic trip but be swift as availability is limited! Hugo Romano PS: If Albatrosses are seen in England they have to pass through Madeira ;) -- Madeira Wind Birds email: info AT madeirabirds.com sites: www.madeirawindbirds.com / www.madeirabirds.com ph: +351-917777441 / +351-291098007 twitter: AT windbirds AT adaptive ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pelagics/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pelagics/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: pelagics-digest AT yahoogroups.com pelagics-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: pelagics-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Pelagic Trips Jan. 16(17) and 27 and Winter Seabird Videos From: "J. BRIAN PATTESON" <patteson1 AT embarqmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:11:12 -0500 Seabirders, Once again, it's prime time for winter seabirds and we have several trips scheduled for 2010 departing from Hatteras, NC, where we often see the birds much closer to shore than they can be found from Virginia or Maryland. With the recent northerly winds, cold water has been rushing down the beach, such that we now have "alcid type water" ESE of Hatteras Inlet. That water was not there a couple of days ago, but we did have Manx Shearwaters in the 55 to 60 degree water just off Cape Hatteras on Dec. 27. As the water cools off it should be good for Razorbills and Dovekies if they come down this year. Dovekies don't always make it this far, but they were present last year and the year before. There has already been a sign of Razorbills. January is typically a better month for kittiwakes than February and there was a sign of kittiwakes at the mouth of Chespeake Bay on Dec. 26- a foggy morning following a strong southeaster. There were some fulmars around here back in October and November, so I would expect them next month, and Great Skua could already be here too. It is not a numerous species here, but it is quite regular. Red Phalaropes will be out there is there is a sharp temperature break at the edge of the Gulf Stream. Inshore of the break, there should be plenty of gannets and a variety of gulls. Watching gannets from the shore is nothing like seeing them up close from a boat. Anyhow, we still need a few more participants in order to run our first two trips of the season. The first trip is on Saurday, January 16, with a weather date the following day. The next trip is a Carolina Bird Club group trip on Wednesday, Jan. 27, a couple of days prior to the CBC winter meeting in Morehead City. The trips are $155 and $150/person respectively. Please contact me if you would like to join either of these trips. We have a big stable boat (w/ heat!) and many years experience running these trips. We also use plenty of chum to bring the birds close. In addition to the trips in January, we have trips departing every weekend in February. More information and past trip lists can be found on our website- http://www.seabirding.com/. To get an idea of how well you might see some of these birds, Kate Sutherland has posted a couple of videos on You Tube. There you can see and hear squawking gannets, tiny dovekies, a puffin, fulmars, and a marauding Great Skua- all of these from our trips in 2008 and 2009, right here off Hatteras! Here are the links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9Oz_rooN8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A0Ebu39N4c I hope you can join us next month to see some of these birds in life. Brian Patteson Hatteras, NC brian AT patteson.com http://www.seabirding.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seabird News" group. To post to this group, send email to seabird-news AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to seabird-news+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/seabird-news?hl=en. Subject: Pelagic Trips Jan. 16(17) and 27 and Winter Seabird Videos From: "J. BRIAN PATTESON" <patteson1 AT embarqmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:11:12 -0500 Seabirders, Once again, it's prime time for winter seabirds and we have several trips scheduled for 2010 departing from Hatteras, NC, where we often see the birds much closer to shore than they can be found from Virginia or Maryland. With the recent northerly winds, cold water has been rushing down the beach, such that we now have "alcid type water" ESE of Hatteras Inlet. That water was not there a couple of days ago, but we did have Manx Shearwaters in the 55 to 60 degree water just off Cape Hatteras on Dec. 27. As the water cools off it should be good for Razorbills and Dovekies if they come down this year. Dovekies don't always make it this far, but they were present last year and the year before. There has already been a sign of Razorbills. January is typically a better month for kittiwakes than February and there was a sign of kittiwakes at the mouth of Chespeake Bay on Dec. 26- a foggy morning following a strong southeaster. There were some fulmars around here back in October and November, so I would expect them next month, and Great Skua could already be here too. It is not a numerous species here, but it is quite regular. Red Phalaropes will be out there is there is a sharp temperature break at the edge of the Gulf Stream. Inshore of the break, there should be plenty of gannets and a variety of gulls. Watching gannets from the shore is nothing like seeing them up close from a boat. Anyhow, we still need a few more participants in order to run our first two trips of the season. The first trip is on Saurday, January 16, with a weather date the following day. The next trip is a Carolina Bird Club group trip on Wednesday, Jan. 27, a couple of days prior to the CBC winter meeting in Morehead City. The trips are $155 and $150/person respectively. Please contact me if you would like to join either of these trips. We have a big stable boat (w/ heat!) and many years experience running these trips. We also use plenty of chum to bring the birds close. In addition to the trips in January, we have trips departing every weekend in February. More information and past trip lists can be found on our website- http://www.seabirding.com/. To get an idea of how well you might see some of these birds, Kate Sutherland has posted a couple of videos on You Tube. There you can see and hear squawking gannets, tiny dovekies, a puffin, fulmars, and a marauding Great Skua- all of these from our trips in 2008 and 2009, right here off Hatteras! Here are the links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9Oz_rooN8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A0Ebu39N4c I hope you can join us next month to see some of these birds in life. 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EVENTS OF THE WEEK (Sad polar bear gets new home) 1. SPORTS OF THE WEEK (Sad polar bear gets new home) 1. POLITICS OF THE WEEK (Button celebrates F1) 1. MOBILE OF THE WEEK (Mobile fuel !!) 1. WEEKLY DOWNLOAD ( Download Ad-Aware Free Anti-Malware 8.1.0 ) ******************************************************* Best and Deep Regards, Weekly Download editor http://www.weekly-download.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Oregon Seabirds blog From: "thebirdguide" <greg AT thebirdguide.com> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:59:57 -0000 Friends, The Bird Guide Pelagics has create a blog to replace the mailing list we had. This allows us to send photos and archive the messages. As a sample of what you could expect to read on the blog, please see the recent postings below with topics of recent trip results, future trip announcements, status and distribution articles, ID pointers, and news concerning West Coast seabirds. Trip results: Perpetua Bank, October 3, 2009 Laysan Albatross search trip: Saturday, March 6, 2010 Manx Shearwater status in Oregon White-chinned Petrel in California Solander's Petrel in British Columbia Radio-tagged Short-tailed Albatross visits Oregon Take a look and bookmark this page: http://oregonseabirds.blogspot.com/ Greg Gillson The Bird Guide, Inc. http://thebirdguide.com/pelagics/ Subject: Tropicbird Daze - San Diego to Shelf Edge Pelagic Trip Report From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:45:22 -0000 Greetings, Buena Vista Audubon Society's Oct 10-12 pelagic trip to shelf edge from San Diego aboard Grande into San Diego, Los Angeles and Ventura County waters had it all: Multiple tropicbirds, multiple San Diego boobies, 9000 storm-petrels on the Nine Mile Bank, Skua, many hypoleucus Xantus's, myriad jaegers, up close and personal Blue & Fin Whales, Sabine's Gulls, Arctic Tern and Burrowing Owls 130 n miles offshore. Visit this link for video, trip track, trip report, photos, list totals and species list by regions. http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/sandiegooct10112009.html W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands, Channel Islands to the Edge of the Continental Shelf Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SoCalBirding Subject: SoCalBirding Extraordinary Year From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:49:37 -0000 Greetings, So far Southern California's 2009 pelagic birding season has been incredible. An extraordinary 700 LEAST STORM-PETRELS were seen in San Diego waters on Sept 23. Tom Blackman's trip report is posted at: http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/sandiegosep232009.html A Brown and a FIRST VENTURA RECORD BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY were seen in the Channel Islands on Sept 26 from the Condor Express. Todd McGrath's rollicking trip report and photos are posted at: http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/santabarbarasep262009.html On October 3, Todd McGrath, Guy McCaskie and Paul Lehman will lead a Buena Vista Audubon Society 9-hour pelagic trip on Grande into San Diego waters to seek out and study storm-petrels and see what other extraordinary birds may be out there. There are only five spots available. http://www.socalbirding.com/release/sandiegooct32009.html On October 10-11-12 Grande will spend 48 hours at sea sponsored by the Buena Vista Audubon Society and head out to the Nine Mile and Thirty Mile Banks again in search of rare storm-petrels in San Diego county, then further out to L.A. County and the Tanner and Cortez Banks in search of storm-petrels, tropicbirds and boobies. There are only seven spots available. http://www.socalbirding.com/release/sandiegooct10112009.html W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands, Channel Islands to the Edge of the Continental Shelf Subject: Trip Report: Alabama pelagic, Sept 20, 2009 From: "swmavocet137" <Swmavocet AT aol.com> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:16:27 -0000 After a weather-out the previous weekend, we finally got offshore again on Sunday, Sept 20, and had a terrific Gulf of Mexico trip to well-off the continental shelf We were able to reach around 70 n.m. offshore into nice blue waters of 800 fathoms (4800 ft.) depth. Seas were 1-2 ft. most of day with some 2-3 ft. and whitecaps thrown in along the southern part of the route. Species list: 6 Bridled Tern 9 Sooty Terns (mostly juv) 1 Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 6 Cory's Shearwaters 1 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER (1st time since these trips started in 1996) 28+ Red-Red-necked Phalarope 1 Mag. Frigatebird several Barn Swallow 3 Great Egrets 7 Cattle Egrets 4 Little Blue Herons The non-birds were also well-represented by: 2 leatherback sea turtles 1 Bryde's Whale (yes, a whale!) 1 mola (sunfish) spotted and bottlenose dolphins yellowfin tuna many flying fish of evidently several species a couple waterspouts Photos may be viewed at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/neonflamingos/sets/72157622428167386/show/ or http://www.pbase.com/swmavocet/sept_20_2009_pelagic All the best, Steve McConnell Hartselle, AL Subject: Cape Town Pelagics Trip Reports From: "Birding Africa (Callan Cohen)" <callan AT birdingafrica.com> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:03:10 +0200 Dear all, We haven't been posting our Cape Town Pelagics trip reports directly on the listservers this year, and so for those who are interested, I'm copying a web link to the recent 2009 reports below. You can access these reports directly on http://www.capetownpelagics.com Recent highlights on the Aug and Sept trips: Numerous Wandering, Northern and Southern Royal Albatrosses, Southern Fulmar, Little Shearwater. 3 January 2009 . Report by Meidad Goren. 24 January 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 8 February 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. Highlights: Mako Shark jumping and Northern Royal Albatross. 21 February 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 19 April 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 23 May 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 7 June 2009. Report by Rob Leslie. Highlights: Slenderbilled Prion and Leach's Storm Petrel 14 June 2009. Report by Rob Leslie. 20 June 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 18 July 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 1 August 2009. Report by Cliff Dorse. 8 August 2009. Report by Rob Leslie. 9 August 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 15 August 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 12 September 2009. Report by Bruce Dyer. 19 September 2009. Report by Bruce Dyer. We are still working on uploading our most recent trip reports. Our trips are a huge team effort. A huge thank you to our experienced skippers who are able to safely lead us to the best birding areas and skillfully manoeuvre the boat into just the best position while all on board are busy concentrating on the birds! Coordinating a pelagic trip over a year in advance with guests from all across South Africa and different countries around the world requires an organised office team. We thank them for their special eye for detail - and for the sometimes last-minute rearrangements and frustration if the weather delays the trip to another day! Our biggest thank-you is to the guides who take time out of their work, often involving seabirds and conservation, and time away from their families, to provide our guests with a world-class birding experience. Cape Town Pelagics donates all it profits to seabirds, and so we would of course like to acknowledge all the participants who join the trip make a contribution towards albatross research and conservation. all the best Callan ____________________________________________________ Callan Cohen Percy FitzPatrick Institute callan AT birdingafrica.com of African Ornithology, Mobile: +27 83 256 0491 University of Cape Town, Tel: +27 21 531 9148 South Africa. Skype: callancohen BIRDING AFRICA http://www.birdingafrica.com CAPE TOWN PELAGICS http://www.capetownpelagics.com ____________________________________________________ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seabird News" group. To post to this group, send email to seabird-news AT googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to seabird-news+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/seabird-news?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- Subject: Cape Town Pelagics Trip Reports From: "Birding Africa (Callan Cohen)" <callan AT birdingafrica.com> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:03:10 +0200 Dear all, We haven't been posting our Cape Town Pelagics trip reports directly on the listservers this year, and so for those who are interested, I'm copying a web link to the recent 2009 reports below. You can access these reports directly on http://www.capetownpelagics.com Recent highlights on the Aug and Sept trips: Numerous Wandering, Northern and Southern Royal Albatrosses, Southern Fulmar, Little Shearwater. 3 January 2009 . Report by Meidad Goren. 24 January 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 8 February 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. Highlights: Mako Shark jumping and Northern Royal Albatross. 21 February 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 19 April 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 23 May 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 7 June 2009. Report by Rob Leslie. Highlights: Slenderbilled Prion and Leach's Storm Petrel 14 June 2009. Report by Rob Leslie. 20 June 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 18 July 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 1 August 2009. Report by Cliff Dorse. 8 August 2009. Report by Rob Leslie. 9 August 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 15 August 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 12 September 2009. Report by Bruce Dyer. 19 September 2009. Report by Bruce Dyer. We are still working on uploading our most recent trip reports. Our trips are a huge team effort. A huge thank you to our experienced skippers who are able to safely lead us to the best birding areas and skillfully manoeuvre the boat into just the best position while all on board are busy concentrating on the birds! Coordinating a pelagic trip over a year in advance with guests from all across South Africa and different countries around the world requires an organised office team. We thank them for their special eye for detail - and for the sometimes last-minute rearrangements and frustration if the weather delays the trip to another day! Our biggest thank-you is to the guides who take time out of their work, often involving seabirds and conservation, and time away from their families, to provide our guests with a world-class birding experience. Cape Town Pelagics donates all it profits to seabirds, and so we would of course like to acknowledge all the participants who join the trip make a contribution towards albatross research and conservation. all the best Callan ____________________________________________________ Callan Cohen Percy FitzPatrick Institute callan AT birdingafrica.com of African Ornithology, Mobile: +27 83 256 0491 University of Cape Town, Tel: +27 21 531 9148 South Africa. Skype: callancohen BIRDING AFRICA http://www.birdingafrica.com CAPE TOWN PELAGICS http://www.capetownpelagics.com ____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the sabirdnet please go to the web page and choose edit options at the bottom of the page. _______________________________________ Sabirdnet mailing list Sabirdnet AT lists.ukzn.ac.za http://lists.ukzn.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/sabirdnet Subject: Cape Town Pelagics Trip Reports From: "Birding Africa (Callan Cohen)" <callan AT birdingafrica.com> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:03:10 +0200 Dear all, We haven't been posting our Cape Town Pelagics trip reports directly on the listservers this year, and so for those who are interested, I'm copying a web link to the recent 2009 reports below. You can access these reports directly on http://www.capetownpelagics.com Recent highlights on the Aug and Sept trips: Numerous Wandering, Northern and Southern Royal Albatrosses, Southern Fulmar, Little Shearwater. 3 January 2009 . Report by Meidad Goren. 24 January 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 8 February 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. Highlights: Mako Shark jumping and Northern Royal Albatross. 21 February 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 19 April 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 23 May 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 7 June 2009. Report by Rob Leslie. Highlights: Slenderbilled Prion and Leach's Storm Petrel 14 June 2009. Report by Rob Leslie. 20 June 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 18 July 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 1 August 2009. Report by Cliff Dorse. 8 August 2009. Report by Rob Leslie. 9 August 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 15 August 2009. Report by Dalton Gibbs. 12 September 2009. Report by Bruce Dyer. 19 September 2009. Report by Bruce Dyer. We are still working on uploading our most recent trip reports. Our trips are a huge team effort. A huge thank you to our experienced skippers who are able to safely lead us to the best birding areas and skillfully manoeuvre the boat into just the best position while all on board are busy concentrating on the birds! Coordinating a pelagic trip over a year in advance with guests from all across South Africa and different countries around the world requires an organised office team. We thank them for their special eye for detail - and for the sometimes last-minute rearrangements and frustration if the weather delays the trip to another day! Our biggest thank-you is to the guides who take time out of their work, often involving seabirds and conservation, and time away from their families, to provide our guests with a world-class birding experience. Cape Town Pelagics donates all it profits to seabirds, and so we would of course like to acknowledge all the participants who join the trip make a contribution towards albatross research and conservation. all the best Callan ____________________________________________________ Callan Cohen Percy FitzPatrick Institute callan AT birdingafrica.com of African Ornithology, Mobile: +27 83 256 0491 University of Cape Town, Tel: +27 21 531 9148 South Africa. Skype: callancohen BIRDING AFRICA http://www.birdingafrica.com CAPE TOWN PELAGICS http://www.capetownpelagics.com ____________________________________________________ Subject: Fiji Petrel Press Release From: Tony Pym <tony_pym AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:04:32 +0100 The BirdLife press release, a week ago, was picked up by more than 1000 (!) media sources, including TV, radio, many national and regional newspapers, newswires, twitters and blogs. Included were the BBC, Sky News, AOL, USA Today and other nationals like the Daily Telegraph and The Australian. The plight of the Fiji Petrel was read, or heard, by tens of thousands of people throughout the world in one big effort. Also, two of the Fiji Petrel team were on TV and radio in the South Pacific and Australia, talking about current efforts to save the species. These forums helped promote the good work of BirdLife, NatureFiji and the BOC also. There are some good signs that more money will be donated and made available for further research to help this species; there may be only 50 birds surviving. Let's hope that all the publicity helps save this bird before it's too late.... Tony Pym _________________________________________________________________ Use Hotmail to send and receive mail from your different email accounts. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Fiji Petrel Press Release From: Tony Pym <tony_pym AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:42:56 +0100 _________________________________________________________________ Learn how to add other email accounts to Hotmail in 3 easy steps. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: SEARCHER SoCal Deep Water 5-day Pelagic Trip Report Sept 2009 From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:19:44 -0000 Greetings, SEARCHER sailed September 7 to explore the waters of the Nine Mile Bank, wound through the Channel Islands, over the Rodriguez Dome and into the Southern California bight, past the San Juan Seamount, over the Bell Bank, Mushroom Bank and Sixty Mile Bank and returned to San Diego at sunrise on Friday September 11. It was a great trip, with perfect weather, great live-aboard quarters, a CRAVERI'S MURRELET, both races of Xantus's Murrelet, a KILLER WHALE, an astounding 570 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS of 3 races, Sabine's Gulls, 240 Buller's Shearwaters, two "SKUA-SLAM" days and tremendous "surround sound" whale shows. The trip report, species list, photos and video are posted at: http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/searchersep7112010.html The incredible YouTube Video only can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs_06nncr3U There are only 7 spaces left on our 48-hour live-aboard October 10-11 deep water trip on Grande as we go out to find tropicbirds and petrels: http://www.socalbirding.com/release/sandiegooct10112009.html W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands, Channel Islands to the Edge of the Continental Shelf Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SoCalBirding Subject: Important seabird records from the Fiji Islands From: Tony Pym <tony_pym AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:40:28 +0100 The Fiji Petrel Expedition (see Seabird-News, 11 September 2009) recorded a number of other uncommon/rare seabird species in Fijian waters, particularly during research between 12–22 May 2009. The observers aboard were Hadoram Shirihai, Tony Pym, Joerg Kretzschmar and Dick Watling. The significant records of tubenoses are listed below - these illustrate clearly why we consider this marine area a new and important ‘hot-spot’ for seabirds: MURPHY’S PETREL: One photographed on 16 May. There are no known records from Fiji and the literature suggests this record is also the first for the Western Pacific. This is an extraordinary record of vagrancy for a species that breeds no closer than the western Tuamotu Archipelago (2,000 km. to the east of Fiji), with usual migration to the north and east of the breeding islands. KERMADEC PETREL: Birds varied from very pale to all dark. We observed this species in 2005, 2008 and 2009 and believe it to be regular in Fiji waters, and that it may breed. PHOENIX PETREL: One, on 21 May, is apparently the first confirmed record for Fiji waters. MOTTLED PETREL: This long-distance migrant moves from breeding grounds in New Zealand to the North Pacific, but has seldom been recorded in Fiji waters. It was seen (and photographed) almost daily during the expedition in 2009. WHITE-NECKED PETREL: One briefly inspected the chum on 18 July 2008. The bird might have been a Vanuatu Petrel P. occulta, although it was seen alongside several other species and considered too large. Both species can be expected in Fiji waters. BLACK-WINGED PETREL: Two; one in heavy moult (14 May), the other fresh plumage (16 May). The species’ status is uncertain in Fiji waters, where it is little known, despite breeding as close as New Caledonia, Tonga and the Kermadec Islands. GOULD’S PETREL: A few seen, almost daily during the expedition, amongst the many P. brevipes, with which it was considered conspecific in the past. All were P. l. caledonica. The paucity of records in Fiji waters may be attributable to a lack of knowledge in separating it from pale-phase P. brevipes. The possibility that P. leucoptera also breeds in Fiji cannot be excluded as apart from New Caledonia, Cabbage Tree Island (NSW, Australia), and possibly Vanuatu, the species has now been found breeding far to the east, in south-east (French) Polynesia (Bretagnolle et al. in prep.). COLLARED PETREL: Numbers increased during the late afternoons, suggesting most were breeding birds returning to Gau. 10% were the dark-bellied morph. TAHITI PETREL: The most frequent petrel. Most are believed to breed in northern Fiji e.g. on Taveuni. PARKINSON’S (BLACK) PETREL: Our observation on 17 May, of this New Zealand endemic breeder, is the first for Fiji waters. CHRISTMAS (KIRITIMATI) SHEARWATER: A bird seen en route to Gau, 12 May, is the second for Fiji waters. WEDGE-TAILED SHEARWATER: Breeds on many islands in Fiji, but relatively few seen (c. 30), all were dark morph, and we are unaware of pale forms in the region. BULLER’S SHEARWATER: Observed on two days during the 2009 expedition - only three previous records in Fiji waters. SOOTY SHEARWATER: Few seen on most days during the expedition. Some showed quite dark underwings, had apparently short bills, and their feet projected beyond the tail in flight. We mistook some as Short-tailed Shearwaters, and these odd birds require future attention. Both shearwaters are regular in Fiji waters. FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER: Surprisingly, our 21 May sighting is only the second in Fiji waters; the first was a bird captured off Gau, also this year (February 2009). WILSON’S STORM PETREL: Observed on four days, always at the chum. WHITE-FACED STORM PETREL: A single on 16 May had the pale, virtually whitish-grey, rump usually associated with P. (m). albiclunis, which breeds on the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand and possibly Norfolk Island, Australia. WHITE-BELLIED STORM PETREL: We photographed the first for Fiji waters, in July 2008, off Taveuni Island. BLACK-BELLIED STORM PETREL: One on 16 May at the chum, the second confirmed record in Fiji waters. POLYNESIAN STORM PETREL: This attractive storm petrel was first recorded in Fiji from a bird taken on the nest in September 1876 on Kadavu Island. There were no further confirmed records until 19 July 2008 when we photographed a bird at chum, and then another was seen on 14 May 2009. MATSUDAIRA’S STORM PETREL: The first record for Fiji waters of this Japanese breeder (and Indo-Pacific migrant) was on 13 May. The closest region from where the species is regular is the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Tony Pym _________________________________________________________________ Save time by using Hotmail to access your other email accounts. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pelagics/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pelagics/join (Yahoo! 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Terry Hunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:28:03 +0000 Steller's Albie had me reaching for Hamilton et al before you revealed its common name. GOT ME. Terry Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -----Original Message----- From: Debra Shearwater Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:15:22 To: Debi Shearwater Subject: [pelagics] STELLER'S ALBATROSS Howdy, Seabirders, The single most stunning highlight of today's somewhat difficult pelagic trip from Bodega Bay was a juvenile STELLER'S ALBATROSS found by Steve N. G. Howell, about 24 miles WSW of Bodega Head at 3:41 pm. This albatross, also called, SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS, flew into our boat, sitting on the water, offering excellent photographic opportunities. We finally left it, but it followed us until 4:51 pm. This is not only one of the rarest albatrosses in the world, but also one of the world's rarest birds, period. There is a good chance that the Steller's Albatross could turn up on either our Friday, September 18th or Sunday, September 20th trip. About 10 spaces are open on each day. To make a reservation, please email me: debi AT shearwaterjourneys.com. You can try calling me at the Tides Inn, 707-875-2751. Please be aware of the following: I will not be able to return your call, as I do not have cell phone coverage here. Please do not call me after 9 pm or before 9 am. Email will work the best. And, of course, I will be out on Bodega Bay on Friday, unable to answer any calls that day. Albatrosses forever, Debi Debra Shearwater Shearwater Journeys, Inc. PO Box 190 Hollister, CA 95024 831.637.8527 debi AT shearwaterjourneys.com www.shearwaterjourneys.com www.shearwaterjourneys.blogspot.com **Antarctica, South Georgia, & The Falkland Islands, January 5-24, 2010* Shearwater Journeys' Exclusive Charter Waiting list available [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links Subject: Trip report: 12 September 2009: Oregon From: "thebirdguide" <greg AT thebirdguide.com> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:35:58 -0000 Report with photos: http://thebirdguide.com/pelagics/archive/09122009.htm Additional photos: http://www.pbase.com/gregbirder/gallery/20090912 Pelagic trip report: Saturday, September 12, 2009 11 hours From Newport, Oregon, to 30 miles west of Depoe Bay where we met up with the American Dynasty hake fishing fleet. Seas: large slow swell, smooth surface, winds 5-8 knots. Boat: Misty Captain Robert Waddell Newport Tradewinds Charter The Bird Guide, Inc. http://thebirdguide.com/ Guides: Greg Gillson, Tim Shelmerdine, David Mandell, Russ Namitz Oh, why can't more of our trips have such marvelously smooth seas! There are no words for such a insanely great trip! About 20 miles due west of Cape Foulweather (typically a very apt name given to it by Captain Cook), guide David Mandell spotted a MANX SHEARWATER sitting in a flock of birds which we snuck up on. At least half the boat spied this rare bird before it flushed with the rest of the flock of SOOTY and PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATERS and RHINOCEROS AUKLETS. Not 10 minutes later, in our very next flock of birds on the water, was an equally rare pair of the SCRIPPS'S race of XANTUS'S MURRELET! This time the birds remained for everyone to get great looks. Not to be outdone by those birds, an hour and a half later while we were birding alongside the American Dynasty hake fishing ship, a LAYSAN ALBATROSS overflew our boat! While fairly regular (~50% of trips) from late October into early May, this is one of the very few we have seen from June-September. Smiles and high-fives all around.... CASSIN'S and RHINOCEROS AUKLETS were everywhere. We encountered two flocks of FORK-TAILED STORM-PETRELS and had RED and RED-NECKED PHALAROPES give an identification clinic of side-by-side comparisons. Several close GRAY WHALES, HUMPBACK WHALES, HARBOR PORPOISES, and NORTHERN FUR SEALS highlighted the marine mammals, while giddy passengers were waving back at the out-of-the-water fins of several OCEAN SUNFISH. These included some frying pan-sized ones that jumped out of the water, and a huge one about 7 feet across from dorsal to ventral fin. One newer Oregon birder recorded TWENTY life birds, and Bob from Maine recorded an astounding TWENTY-SIX life birds on this pelagic trip! Truly, an insanely great trip! Northern Pintail 200 Surf Scoter 80 White-winged Scoter 80 Common Loon 10 Pacific Loon 5 Red-throated Loon 3 Black-footed Albatross 120 LAYSAN ALBATROSS 1 Northern Fulmar 135 Pink-footed Shearwater 650 Sooty Shearwater 500 Buller's Shearwater 1 MANX SHEARWATER 1 Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 550 Brown Pelican 200 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Brandt's Cormorant 200 Pelagic Cormorant 100 Red-necked Phalarope 350 Red Phalarope 75 Heermann's Gull 120 California Gull 5000 Western Gull 80 Sabine's Gull 10 Common Tern 2 Common Murre 130 Pigeon Guillemot 15 Marbled Murrelet 25 XANTUS'S (SCRIPPS'S) MURRELET 2 Cassin's Auklet 600 Rhinoceros Auklet 850 South Polar Skua 5 Pomarine Jaeger 15 Parasitic Jaeger 5 Long-tailed Jaeger 6 jaeger (sp.) 8 HUMPBACK WHALE 2 Gray Whale 4 Harbor Porpoise 30 Harbor Seal 2 California Sea Lion 25 Steller's Sea Lion 8 ELEPHANT SEAL 1 NORTHERN FUR SEAL 5 Blue Shark 3 Ocean Sunfish 12 Moon Jelly Sea Nettle Subject: New England Pelagic -Sept 3-4 Six White-faced Storm-petrels From: Emmalee Tarry <EmmaleeT AT msn.com> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:16:51 -0400 This message from Rick Heil is posted by Emmalee Tarry. Note: This trip sponsored by the Brookline Bird Club was originally scheduled for August 23 and 24. Hurricane Bill forced it to move to the next weekend when Hurricane Dan pushed it out to the following Thursday and Friday. For more information of past and future New England trips see www.NEseabirds.com 3-4 SEPTEMBER 2009: BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB's "EXTREME PELAGIC" from HYANNIS, MA to HYDROGRAPHER, VEATCH & EAST ATLANTIS CANYONS and vicinity, via NANTUCKET SHOALS Richard S. Heil Roughly 40 participants plus leaders Rick Heil, Jeremiah Trimble, Mark Flaherty, and Ian Davies, along with trip organizer Ida Giriunas, joined Captain Joe Huckameyer and the able crew of the 100 foot 'Helen H' for our first overnight trip of the 'Extreme Pelagic" series. To say it was merely a success would be a dramatic understatement! We either tied, slashed or surpased the state records for White-faced Storm-Petrel, Band-rumped Storm-Petrel, Bridled Tern, and Long-tailed Jaeger! Indeed, we are rapidly learning that these 'warmer water seabirds' are regular and expected in New England waters around the offshore canyons and shelf break, and beyond, and that these Massachusetts offshore waters are probably the best anywhere for finding White-faced Storm-Petrels on this side of the North Atlantic. See below for trip photos. Course: Thursday, 3 Sep.: Hyannis (depart c. 0530) across Nantucket Shoals to Hydrographer Canyon, then east and south of the canyon (off the shelf to water 6800 feet deep, 79.5 F water temp) before working west to anchor after dark in Veatch Canyon. While traversing the shoals we encountered an amazing concentration of birds in one area, including hundreds of shearwaters, thousands of terns, and numerous jaegers. One mixed flock of seven jaegers first seen on the water (Long-tailed and Parasitic together) initially caused confusion among the leaders until photos could later be sorted and critically analyzed. What is a pelagic without a good jaeger conundrum? Friday, 4 Sep.: Veatch Canyon south and then east to East Atlantis Canyon and beyond (all in water 77-78 F, to 5400 feet deep), then north to Muskeget Channel and return to Hyannis (arriving c. 1715). Weather: Thurs. 9/3: Mostly cloudy to overcast, E winds 8-15 mph, 70's; Fri., 9/4: mostly overcast, showers, NNE winds 10-20 mph, 70's; seas both days 2-4 foot, at times even 1-2 foot. Visibility: Very good to excellent for most of the trip, except fair to good in showers and occ. light fog generally in cooler waters. Common Eider (3): 3 females - Muskeget Channel -9/4. White-winged Scoter (1): 1 - Muskeget Channel - 9/4. Common Loon (9): 8 - Nantucket Shoal - 9/3 ; 1 - S. of Muskeget Channel - 9/4. Cory's Shearwater (408): 395 - Nantucket Shoals, 4 - Hydrographer Canyon vic. - 9/3; 4 - Veatch/East Atlantis Canyons, 5 - S. of Muskeget Channel - 9/4: Many Cory's throughout the trip were scrutinized for possible 'Scoploli's Shearwater (C. d. diomedea), but all viewed critically appeared to be borealis. Greater Shearwater (1377): 1320 - Nantucket Shoals, 12 - Hydrographer Canyon vic. - 9/3; 39 - Veatch/East Atlantis Canyons vic., 6 - S. of Muskeget Channel - 9/4. Sooty Shearwater (15) - All from Nantucket Shoals. Manx Shearwater (20) - All from Nantucket Shoals. Audubon's Shearwater (28): 25 - Hydrographer Canyon vic. - 9/3 ( *** New State High Count, cf., 19 - W. Atlantis/Atlantis Canyons - 7/18/09); 3 - Veatch/East Atlantis Canyons vic. - 9/4. Wilson's Storm-Petrel (563): 137 - - Nantucket Shoals, 111 - Hydrographer Canyon vic. - 9/3; 290 - Veatch/East Atlantis Canyons vic., 25 - S. of Muskeget Channel - 9/4. WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL (6): 3 - Hydrographer Canyon vic. - 9/3 (all roughly vicinity of 40 02.9 N, 69 02.0 W in 67.2 F water); 3 - Veatch/East Atlantis Canyons vic. (1 - 39 50.2 N, 69 44.1 W; 1 - 39 50.0 N, 69 45.7 W; 1 - 39 50.2 N, 69 48.9 W; all of these on 9/4 in water 77-78 F.) - 9/4. ***Three each day both tie the prior single day high count for Massachusetts, but six detected in two days in a narrow cruise track in adjacent but different waters (along with other numerous records in the past) indicates the routine, albeit low density presence of this species here in the August-September window. Leach's Storm-Petrel (50): 46 - Hydrographer Canyon vic. - 9/3; 4 - Veatch/East Atlantis Canyons vic.- 9/4. BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL (8): 4 - Hydrographer Canyon vic. - 9/3; 4 - Veatch/East Atlantis Canyons vic.- 9/4 ; ***Four each day both tie the prior single day high count for Massachusetts. Northern Gannet (5 sub-adults) - Nantucket Shoals. Double-crested Cormorant (20+) - Muskeget Channel. Whimbrel (3) : 2 migrating S - Hydrographer Canyon vic. - 9/3; 1 migrating S at dawn- Veatch Canyon - 9/4. HUDSONIAN GODWIT (62): A remarkable and amazing observation!!!; a single flock observed migrating south low over the water beyond the shelf edge nearly 100 miles SE of Nantucket on 9/4! Next stop South America in a couple of days of non-stop flight? Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrtrimble/3888764888/ Calidris sp. (2) - Nantucket Shoals - 9/3 Red-necked Phalarope (16) - Nantucket Shoals - 9/3. phalarope sp. (2) - Nantucket Shoals - 9/3. Laughing Gull (365): 5 - Nantucket Shoals - 9/3 ; 360(overwhelming majority juvs.) - Muskeget Channel - 9/4. Herring Gull (47): 40 - Nantucket Shoals - 9/3 ; 7 - Muskeget Channel - 9/4. Great Black-backed Gull (21): 15 - Nantucket Shoals - 9/3 ; 6 - Muskeget Channel - 9/4. BRIDLED TERN (5; 2 adults, 3 imms.): *** New state high count; All roughly 2-3 miles SW of East Atlantis Canyon on 9/4 in an area of 77 F water and abundant Sargassum Weed near 39 55.9 N, 69 59.1 W. Spectacular close views were had of an adult sitting on a floating board (from hich perch he reached under the board and snagged a fish!), then 3 immatures (1S/juvs) at one point flying together, then a second adult-like bird later. Least Tern (2): 1 - Hyannis - 9/3; 1 juv. - Muskeget Channel - 9/4. Black Tern (94): 93 - Nantucket Sound to Nantucket Shoals - 9/3; 1 - Muskeget Channel - 9/4. Roseate Tern (15+): - Nantucket Shoals - 9/3. Common Tern (2385+): 2300+ - Nantucket Shoals - 9/3. ; 85 - Muskeget Channel - 9/4. Forster's Tern (1) - Nantucket Shoals - 9/3. Sterna sp. (560+) - Nantucket Shoals - 9/3. Pomarine Jaeger (7): 5 - Nantucket Shoals; 1 - Hydrographer Canyon vic. - 9/3 ; 1 - S. of Muskeget Channel - 9/4. Parasitic Jaeger (5+): 3+ - Nantucket Shoals - 9/3 ; 2 - Muskeget Channel - 9/4. Long-tailed Jaeger (7+): 6+(1 juv., 5 sub-ads.) - Nantucket Shoals (1 juv.) - Hydrographer Canyon vic. - 9/3. jaeger sp. (14+): 11+ - - Nantucket Shoals, 3 - Hydrographer Canyon vic. - 9/3. Mammals and other marine life: Fin Whale (1) - Nantucket Shoals on 9/3. Humpback Whale (1) - Nantucket Shoals on 9/3. possible Sperm Whale (1) - Hydrographer Canyon vic. - 9/3 bottlenosed whale sp./possible Cuvier's (1) - Hydrographer Canyon vic. - 9/3 Gray Grampus/Risso's Dolphin (40+) - Hydrographer Canyon vic. - 9/3 Offshore Bottlenosed Dolphin (150+): 30 - Hydrographer Canyon vic. - 9/3 ; 120 - Veatch/East Atlantis Canyons vic.- 9/4. Short-beaked Common Dolphin (80+) - Nantucket Shoals - 9/3. Harbor Porpoise (7+) Nantucket Shoals - 9/3. Ocean Sunfish (3) Blue Shark (2) manta ray sp. (1) numerous flying fish Yellowfin Tuna (1) - Caught by crew in Veatch Canyon. Skipjack (1) - Caught by crew in Veatch Canyon. Trip photos here: Jeremiah Trimble day 1: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrtrimble/sets/72157622246514420/ day 2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrtrimble/sets/72157622121873035/ Ian Davies: http://www.flickr.com/photos/54107105 AT N00/sets/72157622130703953/ John Hoye: http://picasaweb.google.com/hoye1x/CanyonPelagicBBC# Thanks to Ida Giriunas for organizing these trips and to the many birders whose participation gets us out there to find new discoveries! Richard S. Heil S. Peabody, MA rsheil AT comcast.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: The first observations of Fiji Petrel at sea From: Tony Pym <tony_pym AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:45:38 +0100 We are pleased to announce that this year's 'Fiji Petrel Pelagic Expedition 2009' was successful in finding the species off Gau Island, Fiji (this being the only site where a few birds have grounded in the past; the vast majority dead or moribund after hitting village roofs). Our sightings constitute the first unequivocal records of Fiji Petrel at sea; eight were seen over an eleven-day period. The full results, with superb photographs of this near-mythical species, have been under embargo until now awaiting publication of our paper in the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club (The first observations of Fiji Petrel Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi at sea: off Gau Island, Fiji, in May 2009 Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 129:129-148). SUMMARY.-The first unambiguous observations of Fiji Petrel Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi at sea are documented with photographs. The species' behaviour, jizz and flight are described, together with comments on confusion species, especially Bulwer's Bulweria bulwerii and Jouanin's Petrels B. fallax, and Christmas (Kiritimati) Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis. Preparations for the expedition, why a given sea area was chosen, the 'recipe' and use of 'chum' as an attractant, and the methods used for counting petrels are explained. The four preserved specimens of Fiji Petrel were studied in detail and records of grounded birds, from the only known location, Gau Island, Fiji, were reviewed and their ages re-examined. The accruing data permit us to speculate on this petrel's breeding season, which is highly relevant to the future conservation of this Critically Endangered species. For those wishing to read more and to order a copy of the September bulletin, please go to the website of The British Ornithologists' Club; www.boc-online.org (under Publications). BirdLife International has issued a press release on this significant development today. This includes some chosen photographs of Fiji Petrel taken at sea. Please see; www.birdlife.org/news/news/2009/09/fiji_petrel_discovery.html Additionally, two photographs have been uploaded today to; www.seabirding.co.uk/FijiPetrelPhoto.htm It is our intention to place the full paper, with all photographs, on the websites www.seabirding.co.uk and www.naturefiji.org when appropriate. The expedition was organised by NatureFiji-MareqetiViti in partnership with The National Trust of Fiji as a component of its larger Fiji Petrel Project. Best regards Hadoram Shirihai, Tony Pym, Joerg Kretzschmar, Kolinio Moce and Dick Watling _________________________________________________________________ Learn how to add other email accounts to Hotmail in 3 easy steps. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: SEARCHER ticket up for auction by Buena Vista Audubon Society From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:37:59 -0000 Are you up for adventure? Would you like to see a Cook's Petrel, Red-tailed Tropicbird and Craveri's Murrelet., Ashy Storm-Petrel and Least Storm-Petrel? A passenger on the magical September 7-11 SEARCHER pelagic trip had a family emergency and generously donated his $1015 ticket to the Buena Vista Audubon Society WHO WILL AUCTION IT OFF THIS WEEKEND. This is your opportunity to see great seabirds at a discounted price (and for a good cause) aboard the luxury live-aboard SEARCHER, sailing this Monday (Labor Day aSept 7) at noon from San Diego to the bird-rich Channel Islands, then to the famous-for-rarities San Juan Seamount, then out to the deep water off the Continental Shelf down to the Mexican border (where SEARCHER'S crew saw a COOK'S PETREL a few days ago) arriving back at the dock in San Diego Friday morning September 11 at dawn. THE TICKET IS UP FOR AUCTION NOW AND BIDS ARE BEING TAKEN NOW. Per the wishes of the donor, all proceeds are generously donated to the Buena Vista Audubon Society (BVAS). The ticket will be awarded Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time OR SOONER if in the judgment of BVAS a satisfactory bid comes in from a bidder who needs the additional time to make plans (airline reservations, travel, etc). Please email your bid to thunefeld AT gmail.com. All bidders will be updated by email of most recent bid, thereby enabling bidders to increase their bid. If you provide your cell phone number in the bid, you will also receive updates in real time by text. BVAS reserves the right to accept any bid at any time and end the auction early if it judges acceptance of an early bid to be in its best interest. We will play no favorites - it is the intent of BVAS and the intent of the donor to obtain the maximum contribution for BVAS. IF NO BID IS ACCEPTED BY SUNDAY AT 6:00 P.M. PACIFIC TIME, THE HIGHEST BIDDER AT THAT TIME WILL WIN THIS ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME LEGEND PELAGIC TRIP. A MasterCard or Visa deposit of $200 will secure the high bid, balance payable at the dock in a check payable to BVAS. You may also call me, Terry Hunefeld, at (760) 908 3453 if you have any questions. Deep water pelagic experts Ned Brinkley (Editor of North American Birds) and Todd McGrath will lead the September 7-11 Searcher trip assisted by 40-years-on-the-Pacific-birder Dave Povey (more than 70 San Diego area pelagic Christmas bird counts under his belt) and pelagic seabirding enthusiast Terry Hunefeld. September SEARCHER trips from 2003-2008 have amassed an amazing list of species seen: Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Bulwer's Petrel, Murphy's Petrel, Cook's Petrel, Hawaiian Petrel, Flesh-footed Shearwater, Buller's Shearwater, Pink-Footed Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Black-vented Shearwater, Least Storm-Petrel, Leach's Storm-Petrel, Ashy Storm-Petrel, Black Storm-Petrel, Red-billed Tropicbird, Red-necked Phalarope, Red Phalarope, South Polar Skua, Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, Long-tailed Jaeger, Sabine's Gull, Arctic Tern, Pigeon Guillemot, Common Murre, Xantus's Murrelet, Craveri's Murrelet, Cassin's Auklet, Rhinoceros Auklet. Learn more about this incredible trip: http://socalbirding.com/release/searchersep711.html Terry Hunefeld, Grand Rapids Michigan (home of Gerald Ford and Amway) until September 6. At sea on SEARCHER Sept 7-11. Subject: 'Sea Change' newsletter From: Tony Pym <tony_pym AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 11:48:02 +0100 The newsletter of BirdLife's Global Seabird Programme (Sea Change) has now been published and can be accessed here: http://www.birdlife.org/seabirds/downloads/Seachange_issue5_August09.pdf Regards Tony Pym _________________________________________________________________ Save time by using Hotmail to access your other email accounts. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: Digest Number 1192 From: Andy Paterson <andy.birds AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:51:13 +0200 Hi: I undestood that the bird was named after Barolo theperson, which would mean giving it the name Barolo's Shearwater, the genitive as you point out, but if it is after a specific site, in this case the estate, then it would be Barolo Shearwater, as you absolutely rightly say. Best regards, Andy Paterson 2009/9/2 > > > > > > In recent publications (notably "Petrels Night and Day"), Little Shearwater > of the North Atlantic is split into Boyd’s Shearwater (Puffinis boydi) and > Barolo’s Shearwater (P. baroli). > This seems a perfectly reasonable split. I have asked many people, > including Magnus Robb (principal author of the book), > about the latter bird's English name, which honors the Italian Carlo > Tancredi Falletti, Marchese di > Barolo, and/or his French wife Juliette Victurine Colbert > di Maulévrier (eventually Marchesa di Barolo). I think because Charles > Lucien Bonaparte knew Juliette > (who was famous for wine-making for almost three decades after Carlo's > death), the bird could be named for her as well as, or even instead of, > him. As I understand it, "di Barolo" marks the estate, and noble > title, rather than functioning as a last name or surname in Italian ("Carlo > and > Giulietta" would not be "the Barolos" in any sense, not Mr. nor Mrs. > Barolo). "di Barolo" is already genitive, in a sense, so the species' > scientific name, "baroli" (genitive of Barolo) is fine. But "Barolo's > Shearwater" does not make sense to me, as, say "Boyd's Shearwater" > does - Boyd is a surname, and that follows the usual > patronymic convention. I cannot think of other species named for > nobility (other > than Germans with " von" and "zu", which came to function as last > names) in > which an apostrophe 's is used. (Sandwich Tern's name is only > indirectly derived from the Earl, via the Hawaiian Islands, I think. > But if it had bee > n directly named for the Earl of Sandwich, would we > have "Sandwich's Tern", marking the estate with 's instead of the > particular person? I do not think so.) > > So, would it not be more accurate to call it "Barolo > Shearwater" instead, or Fallettis' Shearwater, if one wanted to > preserve the attribution more clearly to the couple? I would not want > to risk confusion with the wine, but I think this would be technically > more correct. > > Ned Brinkley > Cape Charles, Virginia, USA > > -----Original Message----- > From: pelagics AT yahoogroups.com > To: pelagics AT yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tue, Sep 1, 2009 11:39 am > Subject: [pelagics] Digest Number 1192 > > Pelagic Tours > > > > > Messages In This Digest (1 > Message) > > > > 1. > > > RFI: Puffinus baroli > From: > Andy Paterson > > View All Topics | Create New Topic > > > > Message > > 1. > > RFI: Puffinus baroli > > > Posted by: 20 "Andy Paterson" > andy.birds AT gmail.com > > > rabero1943 > > > > Tue Sep 1, 2009 3:40 am (PDT) > > Hi: > > A query: Now that the splitting of the Little Shearwater complex has > > produced *Puffinus baroli*. It having been originally baptised as > *Macaronesian > > Shearwater* I note that some are now calling it *Barolo's Shearwater* - > > which is certainly a lot less clumsy - after it's finder. I would be > > interested to know what the feelings are amongst forum members as to which > > is the better English name for the beast. > > Best regards from a very warm southern Spain, > > Andy Paterson > > -- > > Torremolinos, España > > http://birding-the-costa.blogspot.com > > http://guiri-pajarero-suelto.blogspot.com NUEVO -INGLATERRA EN AGOSTO > > http://e-gulls.org/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Back to top > > > Reply to sender > | > > Reply to group > | > =2 > 0 > Reply via web post > > > Messages in this topic > (1) > > > > Recent Activity > > Visit Your Group > > > > > > > > Sell Online > > Start selling with > > our award-winning > > e-commerce tools. > > > Yahoo! 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Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Re: Digest Number 1192 From: phoebetria AT aol.com Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:56:21 -0400 In recent publications (notably "Petrels Night and Day"), Little Shearwater of the North Atlantic is split into Boyd’s Shearwater (Puffinis boydi) and Barolo’s Shearwater (P. baroli). This seems a perfectly reasonable split.  I have asked many people, including Magnus Robb (principal author of the book), about the latter bird's English name, which honors the Italian Carlo Tancredi Falletti, Marchese di Barolo, and/or his French wife Juliette Victurine Colbert di Maulévrier (eventually Marchesa di Barolo). I think because Charles Lucien Bonaparte knew Juliette (who was famous for wine-making for almost three decades after Carlo's death), the bird could be named for her as well as, or even instead of, him.  As I understand it, "di Barolo" marks the estate, and noble title, rather than functioning as a last name or surname in Italian ("Carlo and Giulietta" would not be "the Barolos" in any sense, not Mr. nor Mrs. Barolo).  "di Barolo" is already genitive, in a sense, so the species' scientific name, "baroli" (genitive of Barolo) is fine. But "Barolo's Shearwater" does not make sense to me, as, say "Boyd's Shearwater" does - Boyd is a surname, and that follows the usual patronymic convention.  I cannot think of other species named for nobility (other than Germans with " von" and "zu", which came to function as last names) in which an apostrophe 's is used.  (Sandwich Tern's name is only indirectly derived from the Earl, via the Hawaiian Islands, I think. But if it had bee n directly named for the Earl of Sandwich, would we have "Sandwich's Tern", marking the estate with 's instead of the particular person?  I do not think so.) So, would it not be more accurate to call it "Barolo Shearwater" instead, or Fallettis' Shearwater, if one wanted to preserve the attribution more clearly to the couple?  I would not want to risk confusion with the wine, but I think this would be technically more correct.  Ned Brinkley Cape Charles, Virginia, USA -----Original Message----- From: pelagics AT yahoogroups.com To: pelagics AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, Sep 1, 2009 11:39 am Subject: [pelagics] Digest Number 1192 Pelagic Tours Messages In This Digest (1 Message) 1. RFI: Puffinus baroli From: Andy Paterson View All Topics | Create New Topic Message 1. RFI: Puffinus baroli Posted by: 20 "Andy Paterson" andy.birds AT gmail.com   rabero1943 Tue Sep 1, 2009 3:40 am (PDT) Hi: A query: Now that the splitting of the Little Shearwater complex has produced *Puffinus baroli*. It having been originally baptised as *Macaronesian Shearwater* I note that some are now calling it *Barolo's Shearwater* - which is certainly a lot less clumsy - after it's finder. I would be interested to know what the feelings are amongst forum members as to which is the better English name for the beast. Best regards from a very warm southern Spain, Andy Paterson -- Torremolinos, España http://birding-the-costa.blogspot.com http://guiri-pajarero-suelto.blogspot.com NUEVO -INGLATERRA EN AGOSTO http://e-gulls.org/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | =2 0 Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity Visit Your Group Sell Online Start selling with our award-winning e-commerce tools. Yahoo! Groups Small Business Group Share experiences with owners like you Group Charity Hands On Network Volunteering has never been so easy 0A Need to Reply? Click one of the "Reply" links to respond to a specific message in the Daily Digest. Create New Topic | Visit Your Group on the Web Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar MARKETPLACE Mom Power: Discover the community of moms doing more for their families, for the world and for each other Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Individual | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: RFI: Puffinus baroli From: Andy Paterson <andy.birds AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:39:06 +0200 Hi: A query: Now that the splitting of the Little Shearwater complex has produced *Puffinus baroli*. It having been originally baptised as *Macaronesian Shearwater* I note that some are now calling it *Barolo's Shearwater* - which is certainly a lot less clumsy - after it's finder. I would be interested to know what the feelings are amongst forum members as to which is the better English name for the beast. Best regards from a very warm southern Spain, Andy Paterson -- Torremolinos, España http://birding-the-costa.blogspot.com http://guiri-pajarero-suelto.blogspot.com NUEVO -INGLATERRA EN AGOSTO http://e-gulls.org/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Deep Water Zen SeaBirding Trip Report from Grande Aug 24-26, 2009 From: "thunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:17:10 -0000 Greetings, Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes, nothing remains quite the same as 44 birders departed San Diego aboard Grande August 24 to spend 48 hours out to 150 miles offshore exploring the edge of the Continental Shelf to see just what seabirds might be seen out there. Our motto was, "There's just too much to see, waiting in front of me, and I know that I just can't go wrong." The trip report, trip track, trip photos and trip lists are posted: http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/sandiegoaug24262009.html EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: A first-of-its-kind trip video is posted on the site starring Todd McGrath, Jon Feenstra, Dave Povey, Tom Blackman, Jimmy McMorran (fishing), Wes Fritz, Bruce Rideout, Neil Gilbert, Steve N.G. Howell, John Garrett, Matt Sadowski, Todd Easterla, John Sterling and others in a wonderful, dazy, zen-like day deep-water seabirding off the coast of San Diego. W. Terry Hunefeld Grand Rapids, Michigan until Sept 6 Searcher Deep Water Pelagic Sept 7-11 Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands, Channel Islands to the Edge of the Continental Shelf Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SoCalBirding Subject: Hatteras Pelagic Trip ADDED Sept. 12 (13); space on August 29, 30 From: "J. BRIAN PATTESON" <patteson1 AT embarqmail.com> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:19:24 -0500 We were supposed to be out looking for White-faced Storm-Petrels over the last three days, but Hurricane Bill caused me to abort the mission. Even though the storm passed far offshore, there were hazardous conditions on the bar that were not worth the risk for Saturday, leaving us w/ a shot at maybe two days, and at best marginal weather for Sunday. Instead, we ran a Gulf Stream trip here from Hatteras on August 21, where we had actaully seen a White-faced Storm-Petrel on August 17. There were no real surprises, but we had good looks at the regularly occurring species and there were great photo ops. Our next trips here will head to the Gulf Stream from Hatteras on August 29 and 30. August 29 is nearly full, but we have plenty of space on August 30. We have also added a trip here on September 12, with a weather date the following day. Although it is not the best time of year to see a Fea's Petrel or European Storm-Petrel, late August and September can rival late May and early June in terms of species diversity and the potential for seeing a rarity. Compared to mid summer, there is more likelihood of shifting winds, which is one of the key factors that make the spring trips interesting. Late summer is also time for the northward dispersal of Bridled and Sooty Terns and the southbound migration of phalaropes, jaegers, and Sabine's Gulls. Some years there can be large numbers of shearwaters massing on or near the Continental Shelf, and this makes a good situation for seeing jaegers and sometimes South Polar Skua or Masked Booby. We have seen both White-tailed and Red-billed Tropicbirds on a number of late summer trips, and we have seen four species of gadfly petrels during this period, with sightings of Bermuda Petrel on August 28, 2006 and September 22, 2007! I enjoy running these late summer trips every bit is much as the spring trips because the potential for a surprise is so high and the dynamic with birds is so different. Instead of drifting or cruising around trying to lure passing tubenoses, jaegers, and skuas into our chum slick, we are usually on the move, scanning hard for birds feeding under natural conditions: Audubon's Shearwaters, Bridled Terns, and Long-tailed Jaegers around mats of Sargasso Weed or Cory's Shearwaters, Sooty Terns and other species chasing baitfish under attack by tunas or billfish. Sometimes the fish and marine mammals can be just as exciting to see as the birds. Recent highlights have included a pod of Cuvier's Beaked Whales surfacing right beside the boat, a breeding frenzy of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins, and a group of Atlantic Sailfish chasing a bait ball under the boat! Photographic opportunities can abound on these trips. Bridled Terns perched on flotsam and resting shearwaters often allow a close approach, and Wilson's Storm-Petrels sometimes feed on chum just a few feet off the rail. Whether it's your first pelagic trip or your fortieth, late summer holds promise for a memorable experience offshore, far from the troubles of land. It is a good time to enjoy some close looks at some birds you might not see every year. So forget about those fall warblers or shorebirds for a day or two and get on the boat with us for a change of scenery. There are no bushes for the birds to hide in and telescopes are not necessary. And most days there are no biting insects. It is well worth the price of admission. Birds seen on previous Gulf Stream trips between August 25 and September 25: Trindade (Herald) Petrel, Fea's Petrel, Bermuda Petrel, Black-capped Petrel, Cory's Shearwater, Greater Shearwater, Manx Shearwater, Audubon's Shearwater, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Leach's Storm-Petrel, Band-rumped Storm-Petrel, White-tailed Tropicbird, Red-billed Tropicbird, Masked Booby, Brown Booby, Red-necked Phalarope, Red Phalarope, Sabine's Gull, Sooty Tern, Bridled Tern, South Polar Skua, Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, Long-tailed Jaeger. For previous trip lists with species tallies, see http://www.seabirding.com/bpitrip.htm Brian Patteson Hatteras, NC brian AT patteson.com http://www.seabirding.com/ Subject: Trip results: 8 August 2009: Perpetua Bank, Oregon From: "thebirdguide" <greg AT thebirdguide.com> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:45:16 -0000 http://thebirdguide.com/pelagics/archive/08082009.htm The full report is above. Additional photos are at: http://www.pbase.com/gregbirder/20090808 Highlights include: 500 Black-footed Albatross 600 Pink-footed Shearwater 10 Buller's Shearwater 700 Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 9 South Polar Skua 3 Long-tailed Jaeger 1 Humpback Whale 80 Blue Shark 30 Salmon Shark Greg Gillson The Bird Guide, Inc. greg AT thebirdguide.com http://thebirdguide.com Subject: Zest for Birds Pelagic 15 Aug From: "John Graham" <jmgraham AT iafrica.com> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:41:48 +0200 A ZfB pelagic trip set off from Simonstown on Saturday in some unexpected rain, but onto a calm and mostly windless Bay. Conditions outside the Bay were favourable, with the rain having cleared quickly, the swell being an easygoing 3m or so and there being a light to moderate SW wind. Guides on board were Alvin Cope, Trevor Hardaker and John Graham. We had a relatively uneventful transit to the trawling waters SSW of Cape Point, producing ing the expected species with the exception of a distant view of a NORTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS at around 16nM, but unfortunately the bird continued heading away. We approached a very dispersed group of trawlers that Harry had found on the radar, and once we'd scanned the activity behind the boats that were within visual range we settled on one of the further vessels which showed a very promising cloud of activity in her wake. The fishing vessel was the MV Stevia, and she had an excellent melee of pelagic species feeding in her vicinity. Within a very short while we picked up a couple of "white-backed" albatrosses in the distance, and had great views of these two imm SOUTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSSES as they flew past the boat within a minute or so of each other. Careful scanning through the flock produced first one, and then a second very accommodating ANTARCTIC FULMAR, and shortly afterwards the second NORTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS of the day, an immature bird. It was turning into an excellent day for the great albatrosses, and before too much longer we were able to add prolonged and spectacular looks at a majestic juv SOUTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS which did a number of really close flypasts over a period of five or so minutes. While all this excitement was gripping us we were accumulating better views of all of the common species, and added both Atlantic and Indian Yellow nosed Albatrosses to bring the albatross haul for the day to an impressive six. Pintado Petrel numbers were again very good, and giant petrels and Subantarctic Skuas again much better than expected. During our transit back northwards we were very surprised to find a SOFT PLUMAGED PETREL at only 7nM south of the Point in almost windless conditions, and had great looks at the bird as it fizzed and dodged its way down into our wake. We approached the Point in very relaxed mood, reflecting on a great day's birding, but the day's spectacle was not yet over. Within 3nM or so of the Point we noticed an extensive line of froth near Bellows, and it took a few moments before we realised that it was in fact a most extraodinarily tight accumulation of COMMON DOLPHINS, charging towards us with some pace. The spectacle was overwelming, with well in excess of a thousand dolphins packed shoulder to shoulder and advancing in dense porpoising waves. Despite having seen many large schools of Common Dolphins over the years this was quite unprecedented and quite breathtaking. We paced the dolphins for some 10 minutes, during which time we were averaging 8kts, but the dolphins were overhauling us with ease. There was no apparent fish activity within view, so we remain baffled as to what caused them to be moving in such a dense group and with such sustained haste. The full list for the day was as follows, with most numbers being approximations only: Northern Royal Albatross - 2 Southern Royal Albatross - 3 (2 imm, 1 juv) Black browed Albatross - c750 Indian Yellow nosed Albatross - 2 Atlantic Yellow nosed Albatross - 2 Shy Albatross - c250 Northern Giant Petrel - c5 Southern Giant Petrel - c10 Giant Petrel (sp) - c20 Pintado Petrel - c2500 Antarctic Fulmar - 2 Soft plumaged Petrel - 1 White chinned Petrel - c350 Sooty Shearwater - c250 Wilson's Storm Petrel - c30 Subantarctic Skua - c75 Cape Gannet - numerous at trawler Swift Tern - common coastal African Penguin - 1 off Cape Point, numbers at Boulders Bank Cormorant - 6 Crowned Cormorant - 15 White breasted Cormorant - scattered coastal Cape Cormorant - thousands roosting along shore, am Hartlaub's Gull - 4+ Kelp (Cape) Gull - small numbers pelagic Common Dolphin - 1000 - 2000 Many thanks to Harry and Astrie for a really great trip, and to all the guides. Please refer to our webpage for photo's of the above rarities, for details of upcoming trips and for comprehensive pelagic related information. Kind regards John. Subject: Zest for Birds Pelagic 15 Aug From: "John Graham" <jmgraham AT iafrica.com> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:41:48 +0200 A ZfB pelagic trip set off from Simonstown on Saturday in some unexpected rain, but onto a calm and mostly windless Bay. Conditions outside the Bay were favourable, with the rain having cleared quickly, the swell being an easygoing 3m or so and there being a light to moderate SW wind. Guides on board were Alvin Cope, Trevor Hardaker and John Graham. We had a relatively uneventful transit to the trawling waters SSW of Cape Point, producing ing the expected species with the exception of a distant view of a NORTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS at around 16nM, but unfortunately the bird continued heading away. We approached a very dispersed group of trawlers that Harry had found on the radar, and once we'd scanned the activity behind the boats that were within visual range we settled on one of the further vessels which showed a very promising cloud of activity in her wake. The fishing vessel was the MV Stevia, and she had an excellent melee of pelagic species feeding in her vicinity. Within a very short while we picked up a couple of "white-backed" albatrosses in the distance, and had great views of these two imm SOUTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSSES as they flew past the boat within a minute or so of each other. Careful scanning through the flock produced first one, and then a second very accommodating ANTARCTIC FULMAR, and shortly afterwards the second NORTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS of the day, an immature bird. It was turning into an excellent day for the great albatrosses, and before too much longer we were able to add prolonged and spectacular looks at a majestic juv SOUTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS which did a number of really close flypasts over a period of five or so minutes. While all this excitement was gripping us we were accumulating better views of all of the common species, and added both Atlantic and Indian Yellow nosed Albatrosses to bring the albatross haul for the day to an impressive six. Pintado Petrel numbers were again very good, and giant petrels and Subantarctic Skuas again much better than expected. During our transit back northwards we were very surprised to find a SOFT PLUMAGED PETREL at only 7nM south of the Point in almost windless conditions, and had great looks at the bird as it fizzed and dodged its way down into our wake. We approached the Point in very relaxed mood, reflecting on a great day's birding, but the day's spectacle was not yet over. Within 3nM or so of the Point we noticed an extensive line of froth near Bellows, and it took a few moments before we realised that it was in fact a most extraodinarily tight accumulation of COMMON DOLPHINS, charging towards us with some pace. The spectacle was overwelming, with well in excess of a thousand dolphins packed shoulder to shoulder and advancing in dense porpoising waves. Despite having seen many large schools of Common Dolphins over the years this was quite unprecedented and quite breathtaking. We paced the dolphins for some 10 minutes, during which time we were averaging 8kts, but the dolphins were overhauling us with ease. There was no apparent fish activity within view, so we remain baffled as to what caused them to be moving in such a dense group and with such sustained haste. The full list for the day was as follows, with most numbers being approximations only: Northern Royal Albatross - 2 Southern Royal Albatross - 3 (2 imm, 1 juv) Black browed Albatross - c750 Indian Yellow nosed Albatross - 2 Atlantic Yellow nosed Albatross - 2 Shy Albatross - c250 Northern Giant Petrel - c5 Southern Giant Petrel - c10 Giant Petrel (sp) - c20 Pintado Petrel - c2500 Antarctic Fulmar - 2 Soft plumaged Petrel - 1 White chinned Petrel - c350 Sooty Shearwater - c250 Wilson's Storm Petrel - c30 Subantarctic Skua - c75 Cape Gannet - numerous at trawler Swift Tern - common coastal African Penguin - 1 off Cape Point, numbers at Boulders Bank Cormorant - 6 Crowned Cormorant - 15 White breasted Cormorant - scattered coastal Cape Cormorant - thousands roosting along shore, am Hartlaub's Gull - 4+ Kelp (Cape) Gull - small numbers pelagic Common Dolphin - 1000 - 2000 Many thanks to Harry and Astrie for a really great trip, and to all the guides. Please refer to our webpage for photo's of the above rarities, for details of upcoming trips and for comprehensive pelagic related information. Kind regards John. To unsubscribe from the sabirdnet please go to the web page and choose edit options at the bottom of the page. _______________________________________ Sabirdnet mailing list Sabirdnet AT lists.ukzn.ac.za http://lists.ukzn.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/sabirdnet Subject: NEWT Autumn pelagics From: "Martin Kitching" <Martin.Kitching1 AT btopenworld.com> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:14:27 +0100 Saturday 12th September 2009 A 4-hour pelagic departing Seahouses Harbour at 10:00. Cost £30/adult £20/child. Target species; skuas, shearwaters, cetaceans This pelagic trip will take place in association with Billy Shiel, owner of the Glad Tidings fleet of boats. We will sail from Seahouses in search of seabirds, whales and dolphins. We found at least 3 Minke Whales on a similar trip in September 2008, and this trip offers the best chance of seeing whales off the northeast coast. Participants should bring their own food and drink and warm/waterproof clothing. We are also arranging 2-hour trips from Seahouses on November 21st and December 5th, to view the Grey Seal colony at the height of the breeding season and to search for seaduck and Black Guillemot. To reserve a place on any of these trips, please contact Martin Kitching martin AT newtltd.co.uk or +44 (0)1670 827465 and send a deposit of £10 per person per trip (cheque payable to 'Northern Experience Wildlife Tours Ltd', non-refundable if you cancel at a later date) to NEWT Ltd, 18 Frances Ville, Scotland Gate, Northumberland, NE62 5ST. The balance of payment is due 2 weeks before sailing. Alternatively, we now offer an online payment facility Martin Kitching 18 Frances Ville, Scotland Gate, Northumberland, NE62 5ST E: martin AT newtltd.co.uk W: www.newtltd.co.uk T: +44 (0)1670 827465 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: The best-ever pelagic in the Western Palearctic by Hadoram Shirihai 2009 From: Hugo Romano <hugoromano AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:34:02 +0100 Reading for the Week, Thought for the Month, Experience for next Year... -- This year’s nine-day pelagic expedition, on 20–29 April, around Madeira was designed to find Zino’s Petrel Pterodroma madeira at sea, with the goal of learning and documenting its field characters. It followed the previous year’s success in observing and describing one bird in detail (Shirihai 2008: Birding World 21(6); see Madeira petrel photo expedition). Prior to that, the species had only been claimed on a few occasions at sea, and then usually as ‘possibly’ or ‘suspected’.There are no previous photographically documented at-sea records of Zino’s Petrel, even in the recent, highly acclaimed Petrels Night and Day by Robb et al. (2008), wherein there are images of a bird labelled an ‘apparently small-billed gadfly petrel’. However, the present expedition, during which we identified 13 Zino’s Petrels at sea, and photographed four of them, at last provided the first-ever documented at-sea record of Zino’s Petrel. Read the full Expedition diary by Hadoram Shirihai in MadeiraBirds.com http://bit.ly/16HP1m Hope everyone enjoys the reading, Hugo Romano -- Next Year Pelagics http://www.madeirabirds.com/zinos_petrel_sea_expedition email: info AT madeirabirds.com sites: www.madeirabirds.com / www.madeirawindbirds.com ph: +351-917777441 / +351-291098007 twitter: AT windbirds AT adaptive ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pelagics/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pelagics/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:pelagics-digest AT yahoogroups.com mailto:pelagics-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: pelagics-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Gulf of Mexico (Alabama) pelagic, September 12 From: Swmavocet AT aol.com Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:17:17 -0400 Folks, This note is a trolling attempt for a few more participants to fill out our September 12 boat departing from Orange Beach, Alabama.? The target location is once again the 500+ fathom waters off the Alabama continental shelf.? In June we found several storm-petrels but the lack of blue water and feeding activity conspired to skunk our attempts to find other goodies.? This 12 hr trip is $192 since we go 70+ miles offshore and spend several hours in deepwater, weather allowing of course. Past results may be seen at:? http://www.aosbirds.org/documents/PelagicTripSummary.pdf As you can see we've never taken a trip during the first half of September so there's no way to predict what will be found (but I would bet against a Cook's Petrel!).? If you have interest in this trip, please contact me ASAP at the email below.? Without several more participants, I will be forced to cancel the trip on Aug 21.? If the price?is the deciding factor that?keeps you from signing up, I would like to know that?also. I have no personal financial interest in this trip.? All $$ goes to captain, mate, and operating expenses. Thank you. STeve McConnell Hartselle, AL swmavocet AT aol.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Zino's Petrel Sea Expedition - starting next year 2010... From: "Hugo Romano" <hugoromano AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:20:07 -0000 After two successful expeditions with Hadoram Shirihai to find and photograph Zino's Petrel at sea Madeira Wind Birds will start to operate its Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition in April 2010! After the recently published article of Hadoram about the "the best-ever pelagic in the Western Palearctic" the demand for this kind of pelagic trip has been great and so we are preparing a new service to offer to birdwatchers in Madeira: Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition We are now finalizing the program and details to offer Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expeditions during the next years. One thing we can guarantee you: After Hadoram's experience and knowledge Madeira Wind Birds is now the expert company in chumming on the right place to find the Zino's Petrel and some other tubenoses in Madeira sea. If you are thinking already on a trip to Madeira to join one of these pelagic expeditions, please fill the form and when we get the program ready we will send it to you! Interested in the Pelagics? http://tr.im/pform Relevant species seen in previous Pelagics: Hydrobatidae European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) Swinhoe's Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis) Wilson's Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) Madeiran Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro) * Winter & Summer Populations Leach's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) White-faced Petrel (Pelagodroma marina) Procellariidae Zino's Petrel (Pterodroma madeira) Fea's Petrel (Pterodroma feae) Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) Macaronesian Shearwater (Puffinus baroli) Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis) Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) Laridae Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini) Stercorariidae Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus) Best Regards, Hugo Romano -- email: info AT madeirabirds.com sites: www.madeirabirds.com / www.madeirawindbirds.com ph: +351-917777441 / +351-291098007 Subject: 138 Cook’s; 1 Stejneger’s Petrel - NEW TRIP THIS SUNDAY! From: "Terry Hunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:10:42 -0000 Greetings, I received a phone call today (Friday July 31) from Todd McGrath who was on Monterey Bay with Debi Shearwater. A research vessel in the Monterey sea valley recorded a Stejneger's Petrel today and Debi's trip saw 138 Cook's Petrels and 120 Long-tailed Jaegers - all within 15 miles from Point Sur. This is shaping up to be the biggest Cook's Petrel year in history, now with a Stejneger's Petrel to chase. This just in from Todd to CalBirds: "There will be a trip Sunday Aug 2 heading back into the bay to look for these and others. There were 138 Cook's and 120 LT jaegers today plus lots of other birds. email Debi or call her at (650) 401-7236. cost will be approx same as bay trip, but check with Debi. This is the chance of a lifetime, and most of the leaders from today are going as participants. Hope to see you Sun. Todd Mcgrath Sitting in my car skua AT msn" The next of Debi's trips with space available is August 7 from Monterey Bay and this is the year to be on a Debi Shearwater trip if you wish to see pterodromas. Her Fort Bragg trips have incredible success ratios for finding Hawaiian Petrel. Debi will not be home or in the office during the next week, so email her for space availability on upcoming trips. Debi's email: debi AT shearwaterjourneys.com Debi's Trip Schedule: http://www.shearwaterjourneys.com/schedule.shtml Shearwater Journeys: http://socalbirding.com/shearwaterjourneys.html The 48-hour August 24-26 Grande trip from San Diego is sold out. Two more 48-hour deep water trips are scheduled out of San Diego, one for Oct, one for Nov. October is filling fast. Details: http://socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips.html The September 7-11 deep-water trip aboard the live-aboard SEARCHER may have one spot available and provides your best chance of seeing these rarities in this exceptional year for SoCal seabirding - call Celia to get the last spot or a place on the wait list. Details: http://socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips/searchersep711.html Pterodromas forever, W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands, Channel Islands to the Edge of the Continental Shelf Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SoCalBirding Subject: 136 SoCal Cook's Petrels trip report, GPS tracks, photos and eBird lists From: "Terry Hunefeld" <thunefeld AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:51:40 -0000 Greetings, The sold-out Condor Express was brimming with more than 75 birders as it departed Santa Barbara Harbor at exactly 7:00 a.m., July 25, 2009. There were hushed whispers of pterodromas being seen in deep water by research ships earlier in the week. The day was no less than awe inspiring for all who participated – indeed, a day that will be talked about and remembered for decades. 136 Cook's Petrels were seen well by all participants with close passes by the boat, flocks of petrels on the water and petrels readily coming in to chum slicks. The complete play-by-play trip report including GPS trip track, eBird species lists, trip totals and incredible photos of the pterodromas in flight is now posted at: http://socalbirding.com/tripreports/santabarbarajul252009.html Saturday was 2009's third seabirding trip on the Condor Express. The first trip recorded Parakeet Auklets. The second saw a Horned Puffin. This third trip recorded a tropicbird and 136 Cook's. One more trip is scheduled this year on the Condor Express: an 8 hour trip on September 26 that will head out past the Channel Islands at the peak of fall seabird migration. A Streaked Shearwater was seen near Santa Cruz Island on September 7, 2002. Can we keep our "streak" going? We hope you will join us and find out. Details: http://socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips/santabarbarasep262009.html The 48-hour August 24-26 Grande trip from San Diego is sold out. The September 7-11 deep-water trip aboard the live-aboard SEARCHER may have one spot available and provides your best chance of seeing these rarities in this exceptional year for SoCal seabirding - call Celia now to get the last spot or a place on the wait list. Details: http://socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips/searchersep711.html 2009 is proving to be an outstanding seabirding year. The Queen of Seabirding, Debi Shearwater, has several trips designed especially to find rarities and pterodroma. Her Fort Bragg trips have incredible success ratios for finding Hawaiian Petrel. This is the year. Carpe Diem. Shearwater Journeys: http://socalbirding.com/shearwaterjourneys.html Other SoCal pelagic trips are scheduled in Sept, Oct and Nov from San Diego and Dana Point. Two are 48-hour deep water trips, two are day trips. Details: http://socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips.html W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands, Channel Islands to the Edge of the Continental Shelf Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SoCalBirding Subject: Re: Wandering Albatross in Lima? From: "russellcannings" <russellcannings AT shaw.ca> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:12:22 -0000 Hi Guys, I guess I'm a little late on this one but I'd say it's deffinitely a White-chinned Petrel. It's a little fuzzy of course but it's the opening of nasal tube that's dark, not the bill tip. Cheers, Russell Cannings Penticton, British Columbia, Canada --- In pelagics AT yahoogroups.com, "Trevor Hardaker" wrote: > > Hi Gunnar, > > > > Difficult to get a lot of detail out of the photo, but I tried lightening it > up a little and am not convinced that it has a dark tip to the bill either > as suggested by Richard. I agree that it is definitely not a Wandering > Albatross nor a Giant Petrel, but my gut feel is that it is probably a > White-chinned Petrel. > > > > Kind regards > > Trevor > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > TREVOR HARDAKER > Cape Town, South Africa > > See my wildlife photos at www.hardaker.co.za > > > ZEST for BIRDS > Trevor Hardaker and John Graham > Pelagics, rarity photos, listing clubs and more > www.zestforbirds.co.za > > > SA RARE BIRD NEWS > Get the latest rarity news by joining at: > http://groups.google.co.za/group/sa-rarebirdnews > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Subject: RE: Wandering Albatross in Lima? From: "Trevor Hardaker" <hardaker AT mweb.co.za> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 07:40:51 +0200 Hi Gunnar, Difficult to get a lot of detail out of the photo, but I tried lightening it up a little and am not convinced that it has a dark tip to the bill either as suggested by Richard. I agree that it is definitely not a Wandering Albatross nor a Giant Petrel, but my gut feel is that it is probably a White-chinned Petrel. Kind regards Trevor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TREVOR HARDAKER Cape Town, South Africa See my wildlife photos at www.hardaker.co.za ZEST for BIRDS Trevor Hardaker and John Graham Pelagics, rarity photos, listing clubs and more www.zestforbirds.co.za SA RARE BIRD NEWS Get the latest rarity news by joining at: http://groups.google.co.za/group/sa-rarebirdnews ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: [pelagics] Wandering Albatross in Lima? From: Gunnar Engblom <kolibriexp AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 03:16:40 -0500 Thanks all for help on my brain malfunction.... I saw a bird flying away on the photo....but as many have pointed out, the bird is flying towards the photographer. I have updated the blog post to include some of your suggestions.... At the end of this dscussion I lean also towards White-chinned Petrel - which was the only one in question that was positively identified on the pelagic...thus the most likley of the candidates. Saludos Gunnar On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Trevor Hardaker wrote: > Hi Gunnar, > > > > Difficult to get a lot of detail out of the photo, but I tried lightening > it up a little and am not convinced that it has a dark tip to the bill > either as suggested by Richard. I agree that it is definitely not a > Wandering Albatross nor a Giant Petrel, but my gut feel is that it is > probably a White-chinned Petrel. > > > > Kind regards > > Trevor > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > TREVOR HARDAKER > Cape Town, South Africa > > See my wildlife photos at www.hardaker.co.za > > > ZEST for BIRDS > Trevor Hardaker and John Graham > Pelagics, rarity photos, listing clubs and more > www.zestforbirds.co.za > > > SA RARE BIRD NEWS > Get the latest rarity news by joining at: > http://groups.google.co.za/group/sa-rarebirdnews > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- Gunnar Engblom-Lima, Peru. Gunnar's Blog - updated frequently. http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/ Follow me on www.twitter.com/kolibrix http://www.facebook.com/Gunnar.Engblom/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seabird News" group. To post to this group, send email to Seabird-News AT googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to Seabird-News+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Seabird-News?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- Subject: Re: RE: [pelagics] Wandering Albatross in Lima? From: Gunnar Engblom <kolibriexp AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 03:16:40 -0500 Thanks all for help on my brain malfunction.... I saw a bird flying away on the photo....but as many have pointed out, the bird is flying towards the photographer. I have updated the blog post to include some of your suggestions.... At the end of this dscussion I lean also towards White-chinned Petrel - which was the only one in question that was positively identified on the pelagic...thus the most likley of the candidates. Saludos Gunnar On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Trevor Hardaker wrote: > Hi Gunnar, > > > > Difficult to get a lot of detail out of the photo, but I tried lightening > it up a little and am not convinced that it has a dark tip to the bill > either as suggested by Richard. I agree that it is definitely not a > Wandering Albatross nor a Giant Petrel, but my gut feel is that it is > probably a White-chinned Petrel. > > > > Kind regards > > Trevor > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > TREVOR HARDAKER > Cape Town, South Africa > > See my wildlife photos at www.hardaker.co.za > > > ZEST for BIRDS > Trevor Hardaker and John Graham > Pelagics, rarity photos, listing clubs and more > www.zestforbirds.co.za > > > SA RARE BIRD NEWS > Get the latest rarity news by joining at: > http://groups.google.co.za/group/sa-rarebirdnews > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seabird News" group. > To post to this group, send email to Seabird-News AT googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > Seabird-News+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Seabird-News?hl=en > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > -- Gunnar Engblom-Lima, Peru. Gunnar's Blog - updated frequently. http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/ Follow me on www.twitter.com/kolibrix http://www.facebook.com/Gunnar.Engblom/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: [Seabird-News:1014] RE: [pelagics] Wandering Albatross in Lima? From: Gunnar Engblom <kolibriexp AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 03:16:40 -0500 Thanks all for help on my brain malfunction.... I saw a bird flying away on the photo....but as many have pointed out, the bird is flying towards the photographer. I have updated the blog post to include some of your suggestions.... At the end of this dscussion I lean also towards White-chinned Petrel - which was the only one in question that was positively identified on the pelagic...thus the most likley of the candidates. Saludos Gunnar On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Trevor Hardaker wrote: > Hi Gunnar, > > > > Difficult to get a lot of detail out of the photo, but I tried lightening > it up a little and am not convinced that it has a dark tip to the bill > either as suggested by Richard. I agree that it is definitely not a > Wandering Albatross nor a Giant Petrel, but my gut feel is that it is > probably a White-chinned Petrel. > > > > Kind regards > > Trevor > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > TREVOR HARDAKER > Cape Town, South Africa > > See my wildlife photos at www.hardaker.co.za > > > ZEST for BIRDS > Trevor Hardaker and John Graham > Pelagics, rarity photos, listing clubs and more > www.zestforbirds.co.za > > > SA RARE BIRD NEWS > Get the latest rarity news by joining at: > http://groups.google.co.za/group/sa-rarebirdnews > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seabird News" group. > To post to this group, send email to Seabird-News AT googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > Seabird-News+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Seabird-News?hl=en > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > -- Gunnar Engblom-Lima, Peru. 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