Back in mid-May Steve had an off-shore trip to Georges Bank. He's a marine biologist and goes off-shore at least a couple times a year. He and his co-worker Dave got some great pictures of the birds they saw while out there. Georges Bank itself is about 60 miles offshore, and then the area itself is 150 miles long by 75 miles wide. For more info: http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Georges_Bank Apparently they get a lot of avian ocean hitch-hikers , which I think is a great term for it, although not widely used. Sometimes birds get blown out to sea in a storm and are exhausted and need to stop and take a rest. As you can see, they picked up a migratory warbler, and they also had an Eastern Kingbird stop to take a rest. They also saw plenty of pelagic birds. I wrote another post earlier this week about what I believe to be an Audubon's Shearwater . Can anyone help on this I.D.? Unfortunately this storm petrel (I believe a Wilson's Storm Petrel- the one most commonly s...
Adventures in New England birdwatching.