Yes indeed Jeff and Owen were the pioneers back in the "dark ages" 😄
What I really like is that Paul has assembled enough data so that the
seasonality of several species is now much more complete. One has a much
better idea of what to expect during certain months of the year. There are
certainly no guarantees when you are out on the ocean though!
Too bad Tim Shelmerdine couldn't fill up the boat this past December, that
appears to be a good time for Mottled Petrel (not to mention a couple other
rare petrels) one of which Oregon Pelagic Tours has found previously if I
remember correctly.
Too bad I live so far from major airports and Vancouver BC. A repositioning
trip ends up taking me an entire week of time and involves many hours of
driving- still working so I only have so much free time each year so I
still like to go out on tradition pelagics instead which I can do without
using up a significant hunk of my yearly vacation time (which as I get
older more and more involves seeing family instead of birding although I
try to do both).
Anyhow, very interesting article. If you do not get North American Birds
magazine you are missing out! As I mentioned I spend a lot of time visiting
family these days. Whenever I am off to see family in whatever state that
may be, I like to pick up a copy of N Am Birds to see what was reported
from that state during the same time the year before or two years before.
Kind like people do with eBird but a little quicker and with lots of great
info from regional editors. You can usually figure out where some of the
best birding locations are too.
Merry mid-February!
Tim Rodenkirk
Coos Bay
On Wednesday, February 8, 2017, Gerard Lillie <gerardlillie@xxxxxxxxxxx
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','gerardlillie@xxxxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
I haven't gotten too far into the article yet, but I am happy to see that
Paul has given credit to where its due for the idea of pelagic birding
from a cruise ship. Jeff Gilligan came up with the idea and he and Owen
Schmidt did the first pelagic cruise many years ago. Now it is a world-wide
form of pelagic birding. It was a great idea that has worked out
phenomenally well.
Gerard Lillie
Portland, OR
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*Subject:* [obol] Re: re South Coast update
Just reading the "Pelagic Birds from Cruise Ships Along the Pacific
Coast" article in latest North American Birds magazine, a fascinating
article by Paul Lehman (I am currently stuck at home with the crud).
Interestingly under CA Gull it says: "This is the dominant Larus gull
offshore near the shelf edge, including in winter, October-March."
I guess that answers my question.
Special thanks to all the Oregon and Washington editors including Dave
Irons who compiles all our Oregon data- thanks Dave!
Tim Rodenkirk
Coos Bay
On Monday, February 6, 2017, Lars Per Norgren <larspernorgren@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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A flock of 400 California Gulls in February seems like
a lot. They are a conspicuous pelagic species in Oregon
in the fall. But there are currently atypically large numbers
in Portland. A hold over from fall rather than storm effect
I'd guess. Maybe more lingered offshore as well.
Lars
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