[TN-Bird] OT: NC Pelagics

  • From: Chris Sloan <csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: TN-Bird Listserv <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, birdky <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 19:12:48 -0500

Today was my last day of an 8 day run helping lead pelagic birding trips for
Brian Patteson (www.seabirding.com).  I am posting highlight photos to a
gallery at my photo web site (www.chrissloanphotography.com).

Had you been on the same 8 trips, you would have seen the following pelagic
birds and other animals:

Black-capped Petrel
Fea's Petrel (4)
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped (two forms, probably separate species)
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Red-billed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird
Bridled Tern
Arctic Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
South Polar Skua
Masked Booby
Brown Booby

Pilot Whale (Short-finned)
False Killer Whale
Bottlenose Dolphin
Spotted Dolphin
Gervais' Beaked Whale
Manta Ray
Portuguese Man O'War
Green Sea Turtle
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Mahi Mahi
Tripletail
Blue Marlin
Shark sp.
Flying fish
Flying squid

Chris Sloan
Nashville, TN
http://www.chrissloanphotography.com

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