Fall Pelagic Results 2002
SEABIRDING Pelagic Reports
Date by Day Location Common Name Count
Saturday, August 31, 2002 - Manteo, NC
Black-capped Petrel 17
Cory's Shearwater 877 +
Greater Shearwater 84
Audubon's Shearwater 86
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 1,208
Red-necked Phalarope 1
South Polar Skua 1
Pomarine Jaeger 1
Common Tern 7
Sooty Tern 39
Black Tern 3
Bobolink 1
Pilot Whale (prob. Short-finned) 9 +
Sunday, September 01, 2002 - Manteo, NC
Black-capped Petrel 7
Cory's Shearwater 725
Greater Shearwater 24
Audubon's Shearwater 84
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 947
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Red-necked Phalarope 10
Pomarine Jaeger 2
Sooty Tern 5
Black Tern 2
Pilot Whale (prob. Short-finned) 70 +
Bottlenose Dolphin 2
Saturday, September 07, 2002 - Virginia Beach, VA
Cory's Shearwater 9
Audubon's Shearwater 32
shearwater sp. 1
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 258
Red-necked Phalarope 8
Pomarine Jaeger 4
Long-tailed Jaeger 7
jaeger sp. 4 +
Common Tern 4
"Commic" Tern 5
Black Tern 124
Bottlenose Dolphin 17 +
Leatherback Turtle 3
Ocean Sunfish 5 +
Monday, September 16, 2002 - Hatteras, NC
Trinidade (Herald) Petrel 2 light morphs
Black-capped Petrel 26
Pterodroma sp. 3
Cory's Shearwater 128
Audubon's Shearwater 29
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 68
yellowlegs sp. 26
Red-necked Phalarope 44
Common Tern 1
Sooty Tern 9
Black Tern 10
Bottlenose Dolphin 36
Loggerhead Turtle 1
Saturday, October 12, 2002 - Hatteras, NC
Black-capped Petrel 63
Cory's Shearwater 126
Audubon's Shearwater 17
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 11
Peregrine Falcon 1
Pomarine Jaeger 8
Herring Gull 1
Common Tern 1
sterna sp. (white) 2
Sperm Whale 1
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin 3
Bottlenose Dolphin 27