Pelagic Trip from Black Point Marina, 9/20/2014
Sunrise over Miami Canon Powershot G7 X Sunday I went with some friends on a pelagic trip out to Miami. I've never birded in Miami-Dade County before, so I was hoping for some lifers. We went out on Roberto Torres' boat, the Xenia V, out of the Black Point Marina, and he was fantastic. He has a great boat, he knows what he's doing, and he's a birder who's as interested in the birds as we are. It's a great combination. You can see his summary of our trip here . Royal Terns Near the Jetty We had west winds all day, though, so birds were sparse. We didn't see a single shearwater the whole day, and we saw only a handful of Sooty Terns--no Bridled Terns, noddies or tropicbirds. We did see a few jaegers though: one Pomarine Jaeger, one Long-tailed Jaeger, one other jaeger flying with it that was likely also a Long-tailed Jaeger (though we didn't get a good enough look to rule out Parasitic Jaeger definitively). White-crowned P...