[TN-Bird] Photos from recent pelagic trips

Fellow TN & KY birders:

If anyone is interested, I've posted a LOT of photos from a 3-day string of 
pelagics that Steve McConnell and I did last week off the Outer Banks of NC 
with Brian Patteson. We had a great trip, and if you've never done it, it 
can have some local effect in that it gives a great opportunity to get to 
know some of those birds we usually only get as Hurricane waifs here in TN 
or KY, only with much better looks.

I'm still using a Panasonic point and shoot, but the photos all in all came 
out much better than I was expecting. I have about 90 shots posted, and they 
are in chronological order, not by species as I usually do it. Among the 
birds I've posted photos of are all 5 regular east coast Shearwaters, Fea's 
and Herald (Trindade) Petrels as well as Black-capped, loads of Wilson's 
Storm-Petrels as well as poor images of both Leach's and Band-rumped, all 3 
Jaegers plus multiple Skuas and a poor shot of an Arctic Tern. We did some 
landbirding on our last day and I've posted several shots each of Roseate 
Tern and Purple Sandpiper, which are both at the end of the gallery on page 
2.

If anyone has considered doing one of these, this is my 2nd time out with 
Brian Patteson, and I couldn't recommend  him enough. Besides his own 
expertise, he usually has other experienced leaders on board, for us this 
included Steve Howell; spending 3 days with him was worth the price alone!

I apologize if anyone feels this is off-topic, feel free to delete at will.

The photos are on two pages in the following gallery: 
http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/nc_2007  Double-clicking any image will enlarge 
it.

Good Birding!!

Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd

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