Pelagic Birding Expedition on M/V Auklet
White-faced storm petrel dazzles 17 miles off the Vineyard.
Lanny McDowell
The day was not only about bird sightings and included a common dolphin.
Ken Magnuson
Susan Whiting beams over a record day for the Vineyard.
Lanny McDowell
Shearwaters yield for a shark.
Lanny McDowell
Common dolphin on water like glass.
Ken Magnuson
Red-necked phalaropes by air and by sea.
Lanny McDowell
Gray seal joins the party.
Lanny McDowell
Cory's shearwater soars.
Ken Magnuson
Dragger Anne Kathryn has plenty of company.
Lanny McDowell
Wilson's storm petrel.
Lanny McDowell
Polo stick bird comes in for a landing.
Ken Magnuson
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Sunday, Sept. 6, was quite a day for a small group of Island birders, well offshore with Capt. Flip Harrington at the helm of the Auklet. Gliding along on glassy seas, the group saw and photographed dolphins, a shark, shearwaters and red-necked phalaropes. But the sighting of the day was a white-faced storm petrel, never before recorded this close to the Vineyard.
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