Double-crested Cormorants

June 16, 2009

NE wind 12 to 15 kts, 2 – 4 ft seas
Vis 6 to 8 mi, 9/10 cloud cover
Race Point to southeast Stellwagen

Birds documented between 10:00 through 13:00 hrs
2 ~ Northern Fulmars
28 ~ Greater Shearwaters
25 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
100 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
20 ~ Northern Gannets
250 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
18 ~ Common Eiders
3 ~ Pomarine Jaegers
50 ~ Laughing Gulls
10 ~ Ring-billed Gulls
15 ~ Herring Gulls
30 0 ~ UI gulls
500 ~ UI terns

Mature loons

June 24, 2009

NE wind 1 to 3 kts, 2 – 4 ft swell
Vis 2 to 4 mi (less in fog), 10/10 cloud cover
Race Point to southwest Stellwagen

Birds documented between 10:00 to 13:00 hrs
250 ~ Greater Shearwaters
255 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
400 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
27 ~ Common Eiders
400 ~ UI gulls
200 ~ UI terns
Birds documented between 13:30 to 16:30 hrs
7 ~ Northern Fulmars
625 ~ Greater Shearwaters
325 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
100 ~ UI shearwaters             
775 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
6 ~ Northern Gannets
2 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
5 ~ Common Eiders
12 ~ Laughing Gulls
3 ~ Herring Gulls
5 ~ Great Black-backed Gulls
550 ~ UI gulls
250 ~ UI terns

Immatute Loon

July 1, 2009

ESE wind 5 to 7 kts, 1 – 2 ft seas
Vis 100 to 150 yds, 10/10 cloud cover
Race Point to southwest Stellwagen

Birds documented between 10:00 to 13:00 hrs
30 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
300 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
18 ~ Common Eiders
45 ~ Laughing Gulls
70 ~ Ring-billed Gulls
80 ~ Herring Gulls
2 ~ Great Black-backed Gulls
300 ~ UI gulls
250 ~ UI terns
Birds documented between13:30 to 1630 hrs
30 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
550 ~ Greater Shearwaters
400 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
650 ~ UI shearwaters          
70 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
2 ~ Northern Gannets
100 ~ UI gulls
30 ~ UI terns

1st year gannet

July 7, 2009

SE wind 15 kts, 2 – 3 ft seas
Vis 5 mi, 10/10 cloud cover
Race Point to southwest Stellwagen

Birds documented between 10:00 to 13:00 hrs
85 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
45 ~ Greater Shearwaters
30 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
10 ~ Northern Gannets
200 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
8 ~ Common Eiders
50 ~ Laughing Gulls
Birds documented between 13:30 to 16:30 hrs
100 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
650 ~ Greater Shearwaters
470 ~ Sooty Shearwaters    
125 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
30 ~ Northern Gannets
35 ~ Laughing Gulls
20 ~ Herring Gulls
45 ~ UI gulls
10 ~ UI terns

Sooty Shearwater

July 15, 2009

wind 0 kts, 0 ft seas
Vis 20 mi, 1/10 cloud cover
Race Point to Peaked Hill

Birds documented between 13:30 to 16:30 hrs
220 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
270 ~ Greater Shearwaters
90 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
100 ~ UI shearwaters
24 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
5 ~ Northern Gannets
71 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
6 ~ Laughing Gulls
10 ~ Ring-billed Gulls
25 ~ Herring Gulls
80 ~ UI gulls
125 ~ UI terns

Cory's Shearwater

July 22, 2009

Var wind - kts, 1 - 2ft seas
Vis 10 mi, 3/10 cloud cover
Race Point to BE Bouy

Birds documented between 10:30 to 13:30 hrs
25 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
3000 ~ Greater Shearwaters
25 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
25 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
220 ~ Double-crested cormorants
20 ~ Common Eiders
50 ~ Laughing Gulls
20 ~ Herring Gulls
20 ~ UI terns
Birds documented between 14:30 to 17:30 hrs
45 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
2000 ~ Greater Shearwaters
3 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
5 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
150 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
20 ~ Laughing Gulls
35 ~ Herring Gulls
20 ~ UI terns

Raft of shearwaters

July 29, 2009

SW wind - kts, - ft seas
Vis - mi, 4/10 cloud cover
Race Point to BE Bouy

Birds documented between 10:30 to 13:30 hrs
170 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
210 ~ Greater Shearwaters
25 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
55 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
22 ~ Northern Gannets
125 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
1 ~ Common Eider
240 ~ Laughing Gulls
4 ~ Ring-billed Gulls
10 ~ Herring Gulls
10 ~ Great Black-backed Gulls
90 ~ UI gulls
95 ~ Common Terns
35 ~ UI terns
Birds documented between 14:00 to 17:15 hrs
125 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
85 ~ Greater Shearwaters
25 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
55 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
11 ~ Northern Gannets
135 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
5 ~ Common Eiders
110 ~ Laughing Gulls
25 ~ Herring Gulls
20 ~ Great Black-backed Gulls
110 ~ UI gulls
65 ~ Common Terns
10 ~ UI terns

Common Eiders

August 5, 2009

SW wind 15 kts, 3 ft seas
Vis 5 mi, 4/10 cloud cover
Race Point to southeast Stellwagen

Birds documented between 0900 to 1200 hrs
15 Cory’s Shearwaters
650 Greater Shearwaters
20 Sooty Shearwaters
20 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
7 Northern Gannets
200 Double-crested Cormorants
1 ! Parasitic Jaeger
1 ~ Pomarine Jaeger
50 ~ Laughing Gulls
3 ~ Ring-billed Gulls
80 ~ UI gulls
40 ~ Common Terns
90 ~ UI terns
Birds documented between 1230 to 1530 hrs
15 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
400 ~ Greater Shearwaters
7 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
40 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
4 ~ Northern Gannets
75 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
1 ~ Parasitic Jaeger
3 ~ Pomarine Jaegers
5 ~ UI jaegers
50 ~ UI gulls
20 ~ Common Terns

August 12, 2009

NE wind 10 kts, 2 ft seas
Vis 6 to 8 mi, 10/10 cloud cover
Race Point to southeast Stellwagen

Birds documented between 09:00 to 12:00 hrs
10 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
150 ~ Greater Shearwaters
1 ~ Sooty Shearwater
5 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
255 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
30 ~ Herring Gulls
4 ~ Common Terns
Birds documented between12:30 to 15:30 hrs
25 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
175 ~ Greater Shearwaters
22 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
7 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
3 ~ Northern Gannets
200 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
55 ~ Herring Gulls
20 ~ Common Terns

Mature Gannets

August 19, 2009

SW wind 2 to 4 kts, <1 ft seas
Vis 4 to 6 mi, 5/10 cloud cover
Race Point to southeast Stellwagen

Birds documented between 09:00 to 12:00 hrs
30 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
75 ~ Greater Shearwaters
15 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
50 ~ UI shearwaters
15 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
1 ~ Northern Gannet
220 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
6 ~ Common Eiders
6 ~ UI phalaropes
20 ~ Laughing Gulls
3 ~ Ring-billed Gulls
1 ~ Great Black-backed Gull
15 ~ UI gulls
50 ~ UI terns
Birds documented between12:30 to 15:30 hrs
8 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
15 ~ Greater Shearwaters
4 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
10 ~ UI shearwaters
5 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
200 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
1 ~ Parasitic Jaeger
10 ~ Laughing Gulls
40 ~ UI gulls
60 ~ UI terns

Common Terns

August 26, 2009

SW wind 8 to 10 kts, 1 to 2 ft seas
Vis 6 to 8 mi, 3/10 cloud cover
Race Point to southeast Stellwagen

Birds documented between 09:00 to 12:00 hrs
5 Cory’s Shearwaters
7 Greater Shearwaters
1 Sooty Shearwater
1 Manx Shearwater
15 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
90 Double-crested Cormorants
7 Common Eiders
25 UI gulls
45 UI terns

Adult Jaeger chasing turn for food

To A Sea-Bird
By Bret Harte

Sauntering hither on listless wings,
Careless vagabond of the sea,
Little thou heedest the surf that sings,
The bar that thunders, the shale that rings,--
Give me to keep thy company.

Little thou hast, old friend, that's new;
Storms and wrecks are old things to thee;
Sick am I of these changes, too;
Little to care for, little to rue,--
I on the shore, and thou on the sea.

All of thy wanderings, far and near,
Bring thee at last to shore and me;
All of my journeyings end them here:
This our tether must be our cheer,--
I on the shore, and thou on the sea.

Lazily rocking on ocean's breast,
Something in common, old friend, have we:
Thou on the shingle seek'st thy nest,
I to the waters look for rest,--
I on the shore, and thou on the sea.

September 2, 2009

0 wind, 0 seas
Vis 20 mi, 3/10 cloud cover
Race Point to southeast Stellwagen

Birds documented between 10:30 to 13:30 hrs
25 ~ Greater Shearwaters
7 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
1 ~ Manx Shearwater
45 ~ UI shearwaters
20 ~ Wilson’s Storm-Petrels
75 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
32 ~ Common Eiders
1 ~ Parasitic Jaeger
15 ~ UI jaegers
60 ~ UI gulls
30 ~ UI terns

Storm petrel

September 8, 2009

SE wind 5 to10 kts, 1 to 2 ft seas
Vis 8 to 10 mi, 7/10 cloud cover
Race Point to southeast Stellwagen

Birds documented between 10:00 to 13:15 hrs
40 ~ Greater Shearwaters
1 ~ Sooty Shearwater
17 ~ Manx Shearwaters
30 ~ UI shearwaters
5 ~ Northern Gannets
200 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
30 ~ Common Eiders
4 ~ Black Scoters
6 ~ Red Phalaropes
8 ~ UI phalaropes
2 ~ Pomarine Jaegers
15 ~ UI jaegers
70 ~ Herring Gulls
50 ~ Great Black-backed Gulls
80 ~ UI gulls
10 ~ Common Terns
2 ~ Forster’s Terns
10 ~ Least Terns
17 ~ Black Terns
35 ~ UI terns
Birds documented between 13:30 to 16:30 hrs
19 ~ Greater Shearwaters
6 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
25 ~ UI shearwaters
1 ~ Northern Gannet
225 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
40 ~ Common Eiders
100 ~ Herring Gulls
150 ~ Great Black-backed Gulls
175 ~ UI gulls
20 ~ Common Terns
65 ~ UI terns

2 greater Shearwaters

September 23, 2009

SW wind 7 to 9 kts, 2 to 3 ft seas
Vis 12 to 14 mi, 8/10 cloud cover
Race Point to northeast of Peaked Hill

Birds documented between 10:00 to 13:15 hrs
10 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
40 ~ Greater Shearwaters
10 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
20 ~ UI shearwaters
155 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
10 ~ Common Eiders
5 ~ Parasitic Jaegers
1 ~ Pomarine Jaeger
15 ~ UI jaegers
40 ~ Herring Gulls
50 ~ Great Black-backed Gulls
120 ~ UI gulls
50 ~ Common Terns
40 ~ UI terns
Birds documented between 13:30 to 16:30 hrs
30 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
80 ~ Greater Shearwaters
1 ~ Manx Shearwater
25 ~ UI shearwaters
200 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
15 ~ Common Eiders
30 ~ UI jaegers
40 ~ Herring Gulls
60 ~ Great Black-backed Gulls
80 ~ UI gulls
200 ~ Common Terns
185 ~ UI terns

Kittywake

September 30, 2009

WNW wind 10 kts, 2 to 3 ft swell
Vis 20 mi, 6/10 cloud cover
Race Point to Triangle

Birds documented between 12:00 to 15:00 hrs
150 ~ Greater Shearwaters
5 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
2 ~ Manx Shearwaters
12 ~ Northern Gannets
250 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
20 ~ Common Eiders
10 ~ Herring Gulls
75 ~ Great Black-backed Gulls
10 ~ UI gulls
2 ~ Common Terns

Black-Backed Gulls on Long Point

October 9, 2009

SW wind 5 to 8 kts, 1 ft sea
Vis 20 mi, 10/10 cloud cover
Race Point to southeast of Stellwagen

Birds documented between 12:00 to 14:45 hrs
3 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
15 ~ Greater Shearwaters
3 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
15 ~ UI shearwaters
40 ~ Northern Gannets
290 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
75 ~ Common Eiders
10 ~ White-winged Scoters
1 ~ Red Phalarope
1 ~ Parasitic Jaeger
20 ~ Laughing Gulls
25 ~ Ring-billed Gulls
35 ~ Herring Gulls
150 ~ Great Black-backed Gulls
65 ~ Black-legged Kittiwakes
150 ~ UI gulls
175 ~ UI terns

Northern Fulmar

October 14, 2009

NW wind 14 to 18 kts, 3 to 5 ft seas
Vis 20 mi, 3/10 cloud cover
Race Point to southeast Stellwagen

Birds documented between 12:00 to 14:45 hrs
3 ~ Cory’s Shearwaters
15 ~ Greater Shearwaters
3 ~ Sooty Shearwaters
15 ~ UI shearwaters
40 ~ Northern Gannets
290 ~ Double-crested Cormorants
75 ~ Common Eiders
10 ~ White-winged Scoters
1 ~ Red Phalarope
1 ~ Parasitic Jaeger
20 ~ Laughing Gulls
25 ~ Ring-billed Gulls
35 ~ Herring Gulls
150 ~ Great Black-backed Gulls
65 ~ Black-legged Kittiwakes
150 ~ UI gulls
175 ~ UI terns