[va-richmond-general] Va. Beach Pelagic Trips: PARTICIPANTS NEEDED

From: Larry R Lynch <birder6@xxxxxxxx>
To: VA-Richmond-General@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:14:57 -0400
Richmonders....

Here is an opportunity to see some year-birds and "life birds".  Plus, it

is a great way to get away from Richmond for a couple of days.  Just 
remember that the catamaran leaves at 5am from Rudee Inlet. 

The August 16th trip is on a modern 55 ft. catamaran and has a full 
galley and snack bar. What a way to go! Here is a link to read about 
the boat and to see a photo:  

http://www.vabeachfishing.com/index.cfm?page_ID=4500&CFID=36876&CFTOKEN=6
868618

For full details, see Brian Patteson's webpage... and sign up "quickly". 
Time is running out!

Larry Lynch
birder6@xxxxxxxx

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From: "J. BRIAN PATTESON" <patteson1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Patteson Brian" <patteson1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 12:32:58 -0400
Subject: Va. Beach Pelagic Trips: PARTICIPANTS NEEDED

Dear Virginia Birders,

This e-mail will have to be shorter than I had originally planned,
because my original screed got zapped by a power outage, but the crux 
of my message is that we still do not have enough registrants to run our
Va. Beach pelagic trips on August 16 or September 6, let alone on Aug.
17 or Sept. 7.

This is prime time for WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL.  Already this 
summertwo White-faceds have been seen in the canyons off southern 
New England.The August trip should also be at a good time for finding 
Band-rumpedStorm-Petrel.  There have been more Red-billed Tropicbirds 
around this year off Cape Hatteras than I have ever seen before, and we 
even saw one south of Nantucket last month, so who knows there is not 
one somewhere off the Viginina Capes.  Of course the list of other 
possibilities is substantial, and the eminent sense of discovery and
adventure 
that accompanies a sea trip should alone be enough to entice anyone who
is
able to join us on these trips.

I cannot see offering these trips on a regular basis in the future if it
is this much of a struggle to run them, so don't count on having this
opportunity next year.  Take advantage of these trips while they are
available.  We could charge more money and run the trips with less
passengers, but I have endeavored to keep the cost as low as possible,
in fact lower than some of the trips we offered over ten years ago!  The
cost of passage on a one day trip which will probably be 12 hours in
duration is $100.  Registration forms and essential trip information can
be found on our website at http://www.seabirding.com/.  I can handle
simple inquiries over e-mail, but please read the web info first, and if
you have a series of questions or one which might generate discussion,
it is probably better to call me at (252) 986-1363 (before 10 PM please)
as I do not always have a lot of time for e-mail every day.

I hope that some of you will take advantage of this opportunity to add
our knowledge and understanding of the distribution and occurence of
pelagic birds off the Va. Capes.

Brian Patteson
Seabirding
brian@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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