Greater Shearwater

7/4

Wind: South West
Temp: high 50s - low 60s
Visibility: Clear for several miles

Interesting birds seen from port or within the harbor:
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 in the Provincetown Harbor parking lot
Brant - 1 sleeping on the beach in front of Longpoint Light

Birds seen while "at sea":
Northern Gannet ~ 45 (incl. 1 ad)
Wilson's Storm-petrel ~ 73
Common Tern - 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 4
Sooty Shearwater ~ 1833
Greater Shearwater ~ 3035
Manx Shearwater ~ 12
Parasitic Jaeger – 1

Herring Gull on Humpback Whale

7/11

Temp: 60s-70s on the 9:30am, the 1:30pm held stronger winds with temps around low 50s
Wind: South West
Wave Conditions: Somewhat choppy
Visibility: ~ 5 miles

Port and within Race Point:
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 (1s)
Common Eider - present and accounted for
Black-crowned Night-heron - 1
Northern Gannet - 1
Whimbrel - 1
Short-billed Dowitchers - 7
Least Tern - 3
Black Tern - 1ad
Flock 'o Terns ~ 500 too far away to ID to species

Ocean/Stellwagen Bank:
Sooty Shearwater ~ 3,215
Greater Shearwater ~ 5,631
Manx Shearwater - 14
Wilson's Storm-petrel ~ 1,329
Northern Gannet - 13
Parasitic Jaeger - 3 (all imms)
Pomarine Jaeger - 1 (imm)

Wilson's Storm Petrels

7/18

Wind: SW
Temp: 60s
Wave Conditions: Partially choppy
Visibility: ~ 5 miles

Port and within Race Point:
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 (both 1s)
Black-crowned Night-heron - 1
Black Tern - 2 (1ad 1 imm)
Least Tern - 2
Roseate Tern - 5
Osprey - 1

Greater Shearwater and Manx Shearwater
Photo by Dan Berard

Ocean:
Greater Shearwater ~ 3,492
Sooty Shearwater ~ 2,454
Manx Shearwater - 72
Cory's Shearwater - 1
Common Tern ~ 25
Wilson's Storm-petrel ~ 1,200
Parasitic Jaeger - 3 (1ad 2 imm)
Northern Gannet - 15 (1ad)
Sanderling ~ 2 (heard only as they flew over)

Immature Herring Gulls

7/25

Wind: SW
Visibility ~ 7.8 miles
Water Conditions - fairly calm
Temp ~ 60s

Here is the list of birds seen from port and
just about 4 miles off of Race Point:
Black-crowned Night-heron - 3
Black Tern - 1
Barn Swallow - 2
Least Tern - 2
Roseate Tern - 1
Northern Gannet ~ 20 (all imms)
Greater Shearwater ~ 300
Sooty Shearwater ~ 150
Manx Shearwater - 6
Cory's Shearwater - 1
Parasitic Jaeger - 2 (1ad 1 imm)
Pomarine Jaeger - 3 (2ad 1 imm)
Sanderling - 2

Sooty Shearwaters

Great Black-backed Gulls

8/8

Wind: NW
Temp: 60s
Water Conditons: Fairly Calm
Visibility ~ 7 - 8

Birds (nothing different recorded from port):
Northern Gannet ~ 9 (2ads)
Greater Shearwater ~ 600
Sooty Shearwater ~ 200
Manx Shearwater - 4
Wilson's Storm-petrel ~ 2,000
Laughing Gull ~ 10
Herring Gull ~ 200
Great Black-backed Gull ~ 15
Common Tern ~ 100
Roseate Tern - 2
Double Crested Cormorant - 1
Least Sandpiper - 6

Jaegers seen on 9:30am trip:
Parasitic Jaeger - 2 (both adults)
Pomarine Jaeger - 3 (1ad 1sub 1imm)
Jaeger spp - 1

Jaegers seen on 1:30pm trip out to the large group of whales and birds:
Parasitic Jaeger - 2 (both imm)
Pomarine Jaeger - 3 (2imm 1ad)

Jaegers seen on 1:30pm trip in the midst of the feeding whales and birds:
Parasitic Jaeger - 5 (2imm 1sub 2ad)
Pomarine Jaeger - 4 (2ad 2imm)
Long-tailed Jaeger - 1sub
Stercorarius spp - 1

Northern Gannets

8/15

Within Race Point:
Black Scoter - 1f (Provincetown Harbor)
Common Eider - present
Black-crowned Night-heron - 1ad
Common Tern - present
Least Tern - present
Roseate Tern - present
Parasitic Jaeger - 1
Pomarine Jaeger - 2ad (1 light 1 dark)
Wilson's Storm-petrel ~ 50
Greater Shearwater - 1
Northern Gannet - 1imm

Stellwagen Bank:
Greater Shearwater ~ 200
Sooty Shearwater ~ 50
Manx Shearwater ~ 5
Cory's Shearwater - 2
Wilson's Storm-petrel ~ 1200
Parasitic Jaeger ~ 5
Pomarine Jaeger ~ 3
Red-necked Phalarope ~8
Northern Gannet ~ 15
Black-legged Kittiwake - 1imm
Laughing Gull - present
Herring Gull - present
Great Black-backed Gull - present
Ring-billed Gull - 1ad

Herring Gulls, Laughing Gulls and Greater Shearwaters with Feeding Humpback Whale

8/22

Port and within Race Point:
Common Eider - present
American Black Duck - 3
Black-crowned Night-heron - 5
Northern gannet - 14 (1ad)
Bonaparte's Gull - 1imm
Common Tern - present
Black Tern - 2 (1ad 1 imm)
Least Tern - 8
Roseate Tern ~ 15
Parasitic Jaeger - 1ad
Jaeger spp - 1
Sanderling ~ 20
Ruddy Turnstone - 6
Least Sandpiper - 3
Black-bellied Plover - 1
Semipalmated Plover ~ 10
Short-billed Dowitcher ~ 20
Common Loon - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 1imm
Tree Swallow ~ 50
Barn Swallow - 6
Bank Swallow - 1

Adult Pomarine Jaeger
Photo by Dan Berard

Stellwagen Bank:
Greater Shearwater ~ 100
Sooty Shearwater - 8
Manx Shearwater - 3
Cory's Shearwater - 1
Wilson's Storm-petrel – 5,000
Red-necked Phalaropes - 9
Parasitic Jaeger - 5 (1ad 4imm)
Pomarine Jaeger - 3 (1ad 2imm)
Pine Warbler - 1

Double-crested Cormorants

8/29

Port and within Race Point:
Black-crowned Night-heron - 2
Common Tern ~ 200
Roseate Tern ~ 25
Least Tern - 1
Black Tern - 3imm
Forster's Tern - 1
Bonaparte's Gull - 1imm
Northern Gannet - 15
Wilson's Storm-petrel - 26

Stellwagen Bank:
Greater Shearwater ~ 50
Sooty Shearwater - 4
Manx Shearwater - 6
Cory's Shearwater - 3
Northern Fulmar - 1 light morph
Wilson's Storm-petrel ~ 3,000
Leach's Storm-petrel - 2
Parasitic Jaeger - 3 (2ad 1 juv)
Pomarine Jaeger - 2 (1ad 1 juv)
Long-tailed Jaeger - 1juv
Red-necked Phalarope - 8
Red Phalarope - 6
Phalarope spp ~ 10
Northern Gannet – 87
Sabine's Gull - 1 in breeding plumage