Summer Pelagic Results 2002
SEABIRDING Pelagic Reports
Date by Day Location Common Name Count
Saturday, August 10, 2002 - Hatteras, NC
Trinidade (Herald) Petrel 1
Black-capped Petrel 66
Cory's Shearwater 119
Greater Shearwater 6
Audubon's Shearwater 45
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 130
Leach's Storm-Petrel 1
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 8
oceanodroma sp. 3
White-tailed Tropicbird 2
Red-necked Phalarope 13
Long-tailed Jaeger 1
Pilot Whale (prob. Short-finned) 4
Sunday, August 11, 2002 - Hatteras, NC
Black-capped Petrel 50
Cory's Shearwater 136
Greater Shearwater 5
Audubon's Shearwater 47
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 121
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 18
Bottlenose Dolphin 17
Saturday, August 17, 2002 - Manteo, NC
Trinidade (Herald) Petrel 1
Black-capped Petrel 28
Cory's Shearwater 41
Greater Shearwater 1
Audubon's Shearwater 6
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 242
Red-necked Phalarope 3
Laughing Gull 1
Bridled Tern 2
Sooty Tern 4
Cuvier's Beaked Whale 2
Bottlenose Dolphin 37
Sunday, August 18, 2002 - Manteo, NC
Black-capped Petrel 32
Cory's Shearwater 32
Audubon's Shearwater 20
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 492
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 1
Black-bellied Plover 1
Red-necked Phalarope 5
Laughing Gull 1
Bridled Tern 2
Sooty Tern 1
Sterna sp. (dark) 3
Black Tern 3
Cuvier's Beaked Whale 5 +
Pilot Whale (prob. Short-finned) 20 +
Bottlenose Dolphin 34
Saturday, August 24, 2002 - Hatteras, NC
Fea's Petrel 1
Black-capped Petrel 189
Cory's Shearwater 103
Audubon's Shearwater 58
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 178
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 14 +
Black-bellied Plover 1
Red Knot 7
Red-necked Phalarope 4
Bridled Tern 23 +
Sooty Tern 20 +
beaked whale sp. 2
Sunday, August 25, 2002 - Hatteras, NC
Black-capped Petrel 93
Cory's Shearwater 71
Audubon's Shearwater 29
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 53
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 13
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Black-bellied Plover 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Red-necked Phalarope 13
shorebird sp. 2
peep sp. 2
Pomarine Jaeger 1
Common Tern 21
Least Tern 2
Bridled Tern 17
Sooty Tern 84
Black Tern 1
Sperm Whale 5
Bottlenose Dolphin 4
Loggerhead Turtle 2
For lists from pelagic trips from previous seasons CLICK HERE.