Pelagic Birds in the Atlantic 9/16/2012
Cory's Shearwater On September 16th I went on my first trip out into the Atlantic Ocean to find pelagic birds. Yes, pelagic birds--those are birds that are normally out at sea, and some of them you haven't much of a prayer of seeing unless you go out there. I went on a boat with about 50 other people, and we had a great time. From what I've been told, we didn't see as many birds as are normally seen in September, but most everything I saw was new to me, and I went home with 9 life birds--birds I've never seen before in my entire life. I'm still learning about these birds, but I think I have all the identifications right. Cory's Shearwater The first birds we saw were Shearwaters. We saw three species: Audubon's, Cory's and Great Shearwaters. Most of what we saw were Cory's. In fact they were the stars of the day. We saw at least 30 of them, but only two Audubon's and one Great Shearwater. Cory's Shearwater Great S...