[Maine-birds] Re: Bar Harbor Whale Boat, 7/13

Hi again everyone,

After talking over the ID of our slimmer jaeger with Marshall Iliff, I wanted to correct my report to Parisitic 0, Long-tailed 1. This is not an ID challenge I've spent a lot of time with, so thanks to Marshall. Neat bird!

Good birding,

Robert Ostrowski

Bangor

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018, 1:38 PM Robert Ostrowski <rjostrowski@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Everyone,

Last Friday, my brothers and I boarded a whale & puffin boat out of Bar Harbor. The boat stopped at Petit Manan, then booked it to the SW bank of Grand Manan Bank, where we watched a group of humpbacks, before bolting directly back to Bar Harbor.

The bird highlights were:

Northern Fulmar - 3

Great Shearwater - 25

Sooty Shearwater - 4

Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 150

Leach's Storm-Petrel - 15

Northern Gannet - 1 (surprised to find only one)

SOUTH POLAR SKUA - 3

Pomarine Jaeger - 1

Parasitic Jaeger - 1

Plus, the expected alcids, terns, and gulls at Petit Manan. We also had two Puffins much further out to sea, including one that was 50+ miles out and probably in Canadian waters. Currently working on getting a few different lists w/photos into eBird to cover the trip, while avoiding having one excessively long checklist.

Good birding,

Robert Ostrowski

Bangor

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