Just an fyi, in two weeks there is a pelagic trip out of Newport that is
heading offshore, sign up and join the petrel hunt!
Bob Archer
On May 2, 2015, at 9:49 PM, Shawneen Finnegan <shawneenfinnegan@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Here are the Oregon offshore highlights for the repo cruise on 29 April 2015:
GREATER SCAUP
flock of 7 flying north, 76 km off Lane Co. (44.062, 125.055)
LAYSAN ALBATROSS
1-- 42.407, 124.977 (ca. 46 km off Gold Beach)
1-- 43.139, 125.011 (ca. 49 km off Bandon)
2-- 44.552, 125.096 (ca. 83 km off Newport) (together)
MURPHY'S PETREL
total of 29, between 43.415, 125.024 (ca. 53 km off Coos Bay) and 45.556,
125.152 (ca. 92 km off mouth of Tillamook Bay)
several of these were photo'd, and I can provide lat/long for EVERY bird, in
case someone would like that level of detail; certainly seen in numbers off
every county between Coos and Tillamook
DARK-RUMPED (HAWAIIAN) PETREL
1-- 41.966, 124.957 (ca. 53 km WSW of s. Curry Co.)
1-- 42.245, 124.969 (ca. 48 km W of s. Curry Co.)
1-- 42.431, 124.977 (ca. 45 km W of Gold Beach)
1-- 42.932, 125.001 (ca. 38 km WNW of Cape Blanco)
LONG-TAILED JAEGER
1-- 44.742, 125.110 (ca. 83 km W of Newport)
tight flock of 14 adults-- 45.399, 125.149 (ca. 93 km off Netarts Bay)
SABINE'S GULL
very high count of 730 birds for the day, with flock after flock feeding on
the surface or flying north
ARCTIC TERN
1-- 43.558, 125.031 (ca. 57 km WNW of Coos Bay)
1-- 43.959, 125.049
—Paul Lehman
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