Trip Dates

5/11/2006

5/12/2006

5/13/2006

5/14/2006

5/16/2006

5/17/2006

5/20/2006

5/20/2006

5/21/2006

5/22/2006

5/23/2006

5/24/2006

5/25/2006

5/27/2006

5/27/2006

5/28/2006

5/28/2006

5/29/2006

5/29/2006

5/30/2006

5/31/2006

*seen - May 27, 2006 Manteo-we are waiting on the

Port of Departure (M=Manteo H=Hatteras)

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exact #'s for this date

Species

Species

May 2006 Totals

Common Loon

5+

8

seen

1

Common Loon

13+

Herald Petrel

1 dark

1

1 to 2

2

1

1

Herald Petrel

7 to 8

Fea's Petrel

1

1

2

1

1

3 sightings

Fea's Petrel

7 to 9

Bermuda Petrel

1

Bermuda Petrel

1

Black-capped Petrel

7

72

58

64

29

73

22

47

35

90-95 est.

53

73

62

88

*seen

104

38

72

42

21

9

Black-capped Petrel

1059 to 1064

Pterodroma sp.

1

1

1

1

Pterodroma sp.

4

Cory's Shearwater

2

2

17

3

7

5

6

12

24

22

16

13

21

*seen

29

34

35

26

36

73

Cory's Shearwater

381

Greater Shearwater

6

9

6

2 to 3

Greater Shearwater

23 to 24

Sooty Shearwater

1

1

1

3

7

5

5

5

4

3

23

29

12

6

Sooty Shearwater

105

Manx Shearwater

1

3 to 4

1

Manx Shearwater

5 to 6

Audubon's Shearwater

4

48

54

34

88

23

106

31

8

2

9

8

15

*seen

12

6

6

3

6

27

Audubon's Shearwater

490

 (black & white) puffinus sp.

1

2

1

1

2

1

1

 (black & white) puffinus sp.

9

shearwater sp.

2

shearwater sp.

2

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

105

93

54

139

65

74

56

146

363

113

128

162

89

*seen

255

304

252

329

295

266

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

3288

European Storm-Petrel

1 to 2

European Storm-Petrel

1 to 2

Leach's Storm-Petrel

1

1

3

2

6

4

2

7 to 8

10

12 to 13

2

Leach's Storm-Petrel

54 to 56

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

2 to 3

2

4

4

2

*seen

6

4

7 to 9

4

14-16

5

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

54 to 59

Oceanodroma sp.

1

1

1

4

3

3

4

1

2

8

2

1

Oceanodroma sp.

31

White-tailed Tropicbird

3

White-tailed Tropicbird

3

Red-billed Tropicbird

1 subad

1 imm.

1

Red-billed Tropicbird

3

Northern Gannet

47

6

seen

seen

seen

seen

2

2

Northern Gannet

57 counted

Magnificent Frigatebird

1 ad male

Magnificent Frigatebird

1

Red-necked Phalarope

6

20

1

19

1

13

2

Red-necked Phalarope

62

Red Phalarope

1

Red Phalarope

1

South Polar Skua

1

South Polar Skua

1

Pomarine Jaeger

4

1

2

1

Pomarine Jaeger

8

Parasitic Jaeger

1

1

1

Parasitic Jaeger

3

jaeger sp.

1

3

1

1

2

jaeger sp.

8

Laughing Gull

1

9

1

1

3

2

5

3

2

2

2

6

Laughing Gull

47

Royal Tern

1

2

2

1

Royal Tern

6

Sandwich Tern

1

Sandwich Tern

1

Roseate Tern

1

Roseate Tern

1

Common Tern

2

4

1

1

5

2

1

3

2

1

1

3

Common Tern

26

Least Tern

1

3

Least Tern

4

Bridled Tern

1

3

2

1

1

1

3

Bridled Tern

12

Black Tern

2

2

2

Black Tern

6

Sterna sp. white

2

2

1

1

1

1

Sterna sp. white

8

Tern sp.

2

5

1

1

Tern sp.

9

Great Egret

2

Great Egret

2

Little Blue Heron

2

Little Blue Heron

2

Green Heron

1

Green Heron

1

Solitary Sandpiper

1

Solitary Sandpiper

1

Ruddy Turnstone

9

5

1

Ruddy Turnstone

15

Red Knot

20

2

6

Red Knot

28

Sanderling

1

Sanderling

1

Semipalmated Sandpiper

1

5

11

Semipalmated Sandpiper

17

shorebird sp.

2 groups seen

31-41

20-21

2 to 3

shorebird sp.

53 to 65 counted

sandpiper sp.

1

sandpiper sp.

1

Eastern Kingbird

1

Eastern Kingbird

1

Barn Swallow

1

1

3

Barn Swallow

5

passerine sp.

1

passerine sp.

1

Humpback Whale

1

Humpback Whale

1

Sperm Whale

3 to 4

1

1

2

pod of 8

Sperm Whale

15 to 16

Blainville's Beaked Whale

1

Blainville's Beaked Whale

1

Gervais' Beaked Whale

2

Gervais' Beaked Whale

2

Mesoplodon sp.

2

Mesoplodon sp.

2

Cuvier's Beaked Whale

6

5 to 6

4

Cuvier's Beaked Whale

15 to 16

Pilot Whale *prob. Short-finned

35-40+

5 to 6

9 to 10

9

3 to 4

3

180+

3+

6

2 to 3

81-91+

Pilot Whale *prob. Short-finned

336 to 355 +

large whale sp.

1

1

large whale sp.

2

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin

4+

21-25

15-20

120+

50-60

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin

210 to 229 +

Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin

4+

2

20-30+

16

17

6+

64-65

11 to 12

40-41

5

14

7

43-44

26

Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin

275 to 289 +

dolphin sp.

5+

4

1

dolphin sp.

10 +

small bat sp. Myotis?

1

small bat sp. Myotis?

1

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

2

3

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

5

sea turtle sp.

1

1

sea turtle sp.

2

Manta Ray

1

1

3

Manta Ray

5

Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)

2

Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)

2

Portuguese Man of War (jellyfish)

Portuguese Man of War (jellyfish)

Fish Caught: Mahi mahi

3

2

3

Fish Caught: Mahi mahi

8

Wahoo

2

Wahoo

2