[Maine-birds] Pelagic Trip Opportunity - 26-27 September 2015

Greetings!

I wanted to send a reminder to the Maine birding community about an exciting pelagic trip opportunity this fall. Although the August overnight trip is full, the Brookline Bird Club will be running another overnight trip to the continental shelf waters (around 120 miles south of Cape Cod) on Saturday-Sunday, 26-27 September.

Last year was the first year that we ran a September trip, and we weren't disappointed. A single White-faced Storm-Petrel close to the boat was the obvious highlight, but we also crushed the single day high count for Audubon's Shearwater (more than tripled it, in fact, with a total of 158 individuals on Sunday!) and had a great variety of other pelagic birds (a few juvenile Long-tailed Jaegers, lots of phalaropes, Band-rumped and Leach's Storm-Petrels, etc.) We have great chances at seeing a couple species that have never occurred in Maine, and maybe never will. Plus, who knows what mega-rarities are lurking on those deep, warm waters? My fingers are crossed for a Barolo Shearwater...

Just think about what an awesome combo platter this could be - tick off cold-water species like Great Skua on Maine Audubon's pelagic from Bar Harbor a couple weeks before, and then head down to the tropical land of Cape Cod and round out your pelagic-birds-in-the-month-of-September list!

More info from trip organizer Ida Giriunas below. I hope to see some of you there!

Best,

Luke Seitz

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DATE:  Saturday, Sunday, September 26, 27, 2015 5:30 AM Saturday – 6PM Sunday

Hyannis to Hydrographer, Veatch, Atlantis Canyon area for White-faced Storm-Petrels, other petrels, several species of shearwaters, jaegers, terns, gulls, phalaropes, possible skuas, and other interesting or rare seabirds and mammals.

We have Master birders Jeremiah Trimble, Nicholas Bonomo, Luke Seitz and Doug Gochfeld leading our trips. Our boat, the Helen H, is a very comfortable, fast, 100 foot fishing boat with a knowledgeable and enthusiastic Captain and crew. We use gallons of chum to attract the birds..  There are 38 bunks aboard which will be available to the first 38 who sign up. There is a full galley with excellent food at reasonable prices. Parking is free.

Cost: $310.00 BBC Members,  $330.00  non-members.

To reserve a space, send a check for the full amount made out to the 'BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB AGENT' along with a signed waiver to: Ida Giriunas, 83 Summer Ave., Reading, MA, 01867 and include either your email or your postal address for confirmation, boarding instructions and further information.

For further information, a Waiver Form and to register, contact:

Ida Giriunas   781-929-8772    ida8@verizon.net

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