Fall Pelagic Results 2001

 

Fall '01
Saturday, August 04, 2001 - Hatteras, NC

Common Name Count

Black-capped Petrel 70

Cory's Shearwater 1847

Greater Shearwater 134

Manx Shearwater 1

Audubon's Shearwater 401

Wilson's Storm-Petrel 288

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 38

White-tailed Tropicbird 2

Ruddy Turnstone 1

South Polar Skua 4

Pomarine Jaeger 3

Long-tailed Jaeger 4

Common Tern 1

Bridled Tern 1

Black Tern 2

Barn Swallow 3

Sperm Whale 2

Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi) 1

Wahoo 2

Yellowfin Tuna 3
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Sunday, August 05, 2001 - Hatteras, NC

Common Name Count

Black-capped Petrel 104

Cory's Shearwater 766

Greater Shearwater 118

Manx Shearwater 4

Audubon's Shearwater 458

Wilson's Storm-Petrel 242

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 63

White-tailed Tropicbird 1

Semipalmated Sandpiper 1

South Polar Skua 2

Pomarine Jaeger 3

jaeger sp. 2

Bridled Tern 2

Sooty Tern 1

Black Tern 1

Sperm Whale 1

whale sp. 1

Bottlenose Dolphin 1

Risso's Dolphin 1

sea turtle sp. 1

White Marlin 1 +
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Saturday, August 11, 2001 - Hatteras, NC

Common Name Count

Black-capped Petrel 54

Cory's Shearwater 91

Greater Shearwater 3

Audubon's Shearwater 26

Wilson's Storm-Petrel 191

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 14

Lesser Yellowlegs 2

Pectoral Sandpiper 1

shorebird sp. 12

South Polar Skua 2

Bridled Tern 1

Black Tern 5

Bottlenose Dolphin 8 -10

Loggerhead Turtle 1
Sunday, August 12, 2001 - Hatteras, NC

Common Name Count

Black-capped Petrel 18

Cory's Shearwater 53

Audubon's Shearwater 9

Wilson's Storm-Petrel 73

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 5

White-tailed Tropicbird 1

Black-bellied Plover 5

dowitcher sp. 1

shorebird sp. 1

Common Tern 2

Sooty Tern 4

 

Saturday, August 18, 2001 - Manteo, NC

Common Name Count

Black-capped Petrel 16

Cory's Shearwater 496

Greater Shearwater 6

Manx Shearwater 1

Audubon's Shearwater 82

Wilson's Storm-Petrel 186

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 24

Red-necked Phalarope 6

South Polar Skua 1

Pomarine Jaeger 2

Common Tern 2

Bridled Tern 6

Sooty Tern 27

Black Tern 9

Sperm Whale 1

Cuvier's Beaked Whale 5

Bottlenose Dolphin 41

Leatherback Turtle 1
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Saturday, August 25, 2001 - Manteo, NC

Common Name Count

Trinidade (Herald) Petrel 1 to 2

Black-capped Petrel 62

Cory's Shearwater 258

Greater Shearwater 2

Audubon's Shearwater 64

Wilson's Storm-Petrel 270

Masked Booby 1

Ruddy Turnstone 1

Red-necked Phalarope 16

Common Tern 1

Bridled Tern 2

Sterna sp. (dark) 1

Cuvier's Beaked Whale 4

Pilot Whale (prob. Short-finned) 14

Bottlenose Dolphin 3
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Saturday, September 01, 2001 - Manteo, NC

Common Name Count

Black-capped Petrel 23

Cory's Shearwater 29

Audubon's Shearwater 23

Wilson's Storm-Petrel 189

Ruddy Turnstone 4

Least Sandpiper 3

Red-necked Phalarope 1

Sabine's Gull 1

Common Tern 1

Bridled Tern 4

Sooty Tern 51

Black Tern 6

Pilot Whale (prob. Short-finned) 26 +

Bottlenose Dolphin 18 +
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Sunday, September 02, 2001 - Manteo, NC

Common Name Count

Black-capped Petrel 36

Cory's Shearwater 343

Audubon's Shearwater 37

Wilson's Storm-Petrel 256

Red-necked Phalarope 13

Common Tern 1

Bridled Tern 8

Sooty Tern 51

Black Tern 1

Cuvier's Beaked Whale 4

Pilot Whale (prob. Short-finned) 30 +

Bottlenose Dolphin 16

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Sunday, September 23, 2001 - Virginia Beach, Virginia

Common Name Count

Cory's Shearwater 13

Audubon's Shearwater 6

Wilson's Storm-Petrel 1460

White-faced Storm-Petrel 1

Great Blue Heron 1

Sanderling 2

Red-necked Phalarope 2

shorebird sp. 1

Pomarine Jaeger 3 +

Herring Gull 1

Bridled Tern 9

Palm Warbler 1

Common Yellowthroat 2

warbler sp. 8

Pilot Whale (prob. Short-finned) 20

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin 3 or 4

Bottlenose Dolphin 6

Loggerhead Turtle 2

Leatherback Turtle 2

Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi) 4 caught

Swordfish 1 seen

White Marlin 2 seen

Ocean Sunfish 4 + seen
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