[texbirds] 2015 Texas Pelagic Trips Status Update

  • From: "Garett Hodne" <garyhodne@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'Texbirds Posts'" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 17:44:51 -0500

Hi Texbirders and Pelagic Fanatics
Sign-ups for the 2105 season have been brisk. At this point we have enough
people to run 3 trips. And a fourth trip is going ahead even though it's a
little short on participants because the leaders are really interested in
exploring this under-birded season.



The June 13th Texas Pelagic will be run even though we are short on
participants signed-up. All of our leaders believe this season has good
potential so they are all chipping in for full fare to make this trip go. As
one of our leaders John O'Brien stated "I am particularly keen to get an
early season trip in because that is the time that corresponds to a very
interesting diversity of Pterodroma in North Carolina. We can always hope."
And I completely agree. I hope some more people will sign-up so we can
really reach full participation, but never-the-less we are going! It really
is a season that deserves to be explored more frequently offshore Texas. The
recent sighting of a Great Shearwater from a fishing trip off Port Aransas
just underscores this point.



The July 11th Texas Pelagic now has almost enough people signed-up that we
are ready to call this trip a go. I'm confident that this first ever 16 hour
Texas Pelagic from South Padre will get the remaining support it needs to
fill the boat. So why not join us for the first Texas Pelagic to explore out
to the Camel's Head Seamount!



The August 29th Texas Pelagic is a definite go as we have almost filled the
boat and there is only one opening left. This will be the second 16 hour
Texas Pelagic run ever to the Camel's Head Seamount. I'm not aware of a
Texas Pelagic that has ever almost sold out so far in advance of the trip
date. A good sign I hope.



The Sept 19th Texas Pelagic trip has also reached the minimum number of
participants needed to make this trip go. There are still spaces available
on this trip at this prime time of the year, but I can't guarantee how long
they will last. This is a regular 12 hour trip.



http://texaspelagics.com/2015/05/10/2015-trips-status-update/



Good Seabirding,

Gary Hodne





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