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December 30 - February 5 Trips

Location VB VB VB VB WNC HNC VB WNC VB VB VB VB HNC Location
Date 12/30/95 1/16/99 1/18/98 1/19/97 1/24/98 1/28/96 1/29/00 1/30/99 1/31/88 2/2/91 2/2/97 2/5/94 2/5/00 Date
Common Loon   15                    Common Loon
Red-throated Loon    2                       Red-throated Loon
Yellow-nosed Albatross                         1 Yellow-nosed Albatross
Black-browed Albatross                           Black-browed Albatross
Northern Fulmar     30  2 74   2        41+  2 11 Northern Fulmar
Sooty Shearwater               1           Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater       12   1  12 18  1     Manx Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater      1                     Short-tailed Shearwater
Northern Gannet  328   585   500+  200+ 285 245 Northern Gannet
Red Phalarope       10   6 20    240 53     87 Red Phalarope
Phalarope sp.                         Phalarope sp.
Great Skua  1    1 5+ 1 1       2 2+    4 Great Skua
Pomarine Jaeger                         Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger               1           Parasitic Jaeger
Herring Gull    300                350 Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull    129                180 Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull    5        11 3        1 1 14+ Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull    1                     2 Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull    1        1 1           1 Glaucous Gull
Bonaparte's Gull   467          3-4 112       3 Bonaparte's Gull
Little Gull            7        1     1 Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake 60    600+ 200+ 111 90 276 13 110 40 68+ 9 11 Black-legged Kittiwake
Dovekie  8    1  23   11 8    2 290 118 42   Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre                     1     Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill  12    1 1 3 308 23     1 7 70 4 Razorbill
Atlantic Puffin  2   1 1     2  2   2 1 6   Atlantic Puffin
alcid sp.       3                   alcid sp.
Ocean Sunfish           2               Ocean Sunfish
Loggerhead Turtle           2               Loggerhead Turtle
Bottlenose Dolphin           40             Bottlenose Dolphin
Common Dolphin    210                     Common Dolphin
Risso's Dolphin                    6       Risso's Dolphin
Humpback Whale           4                Humpback Whale
Fin Whale                 3     Fin Whale
Date 12/30/95 1/16/99 1/18/98 1/19/97 1/24/98 1/28/96 1/29/00 1/30/99 1/31/88 2/2/91 2/2/97 2/5/94 2/5/00 Date
Location VB VB VB VB WNC HNC VB WNC VB VB VB VB HNC Location

= Seen but numbers not recorded. HNC= Hatteras, NC; NENC= North East NC; WNC = Wanchese, NC; VB = Virginia Beach, VA

ph.= photographed

*Note - Exceptionally large numbers of gannets were observed moving north.

February 6 - March 14 Trips

Location VB VB HNC VB HNC VB NENC HNC VB VB HNC VB VB NENC HNC VB VB VB HNC Location
Date 2/6/93 2/6/99 2/9/97 2/10/96 2/11/95 2/13/94 2/13/94 2/13/99 2/14/93 2/15/92 2/15/94 2/15/97 2/18/95 2/18/95 2/20/00 2/21/98 2/22/92 2/27/99 3/14/98 Date
Common Loon      38  3  31 45     60  3    1      35  18   Common Loon
Red-throated Loon      1    42  22    6  15+          26     Red-throated Loon
Black-browed Albatross    1                                   Black-browed Albatross
Northern Fulmar 5  4 200+     31 13   1   3 42+   1 (VA waters) 124 83    1  549 Northern Fulmar
Black-capped Petrel         36            13                 Black-capped Petrel
Greater Shearwater      1                                 Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater     2                         1       Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater   5 1   1      7  4   3   1             Manx Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater         9           2                 Audubon's Shearwater
Northern Gannet 219 500+ 242 10,000+  62 800+ * Northern Gannet
American White Pelican                               1       American White Pelican
King Eider                               1       King Eider
Red Phalarope       1 11            13 15 2 91 55   1     Red Phalarope
Great Skua 1  1 9+         3   1   1 6 3 4 1   1-2 1 Great Skua
Herring Gull          352  250          312+           Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull          144  45+          68+           Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull          1    2 12      2       20  2 1   Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull           1         1                 Iceland Gull
"Nelson's" Gull               1 ph.              3      1   "Nelson's" Gull
California Gull                             1         California Gull
Bonaparte's Gull       527   2  3 607      1,000's    1  23    16  24  ~100   Bonaparte's Gull
Little Gull   3           1      12       2    1     Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake 110  2 20+  14 8 49 39   70 78 22 129 2 7 2 164 40  8   Black-legged Kittiwake
Dovekie       488   212 257    7 32 3 8 2 1   6 14     Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre                                 1     Thick-billed Murre
Common Murre           1                           Common Murre
Razorbill 30 1 14 31 2 34 12   27 17  516+ 2 3 1 584 3 12 38  3 Razorbill
Atlantic Puffin    3   34   1       32       1   9 13  58   Atlantic Puffin
alcid sp.                           1   4       alcid sp.
Man-o-war                     1                 Man-o-war
Ocean Sunfish          1     3                       Ocean Sunfish
Basking Shark               1                       Basking Shark
Hammerhead Shark         2                             Hammerhead Shark
Loggerhead Turtle                1      1       14         Loggerhead Turtle
Bottlenose Dolphin          41     73    4  6       30         Bottlenose Dolphin
Common Dolphin   24   40     4  75      16        42      12     Common Dolphin
Sperm Whale                                   1   Sperm Whale
Humpback Whale                   3 12     1           Humpback Whale
Fin Whale        4                    1        2   Fin Whale
Location VB VB HNC VB HNC VB NENC HNC VB VB HNC VB VB NENC HNC VB VB VB HNC Location
Date 2/6/93 2/6/99 2/9/97 2/10/96 2/11/95 2/13/94 2/13/94 2/13/99 2/14/93 2/15/92 2/15/94 2/15/97 2/18/95 2/18/95 2/20/00 2/21/98 2/22/92 2/27/99 3/14/98 Date

= Seen but numbers not recorded. HNC= Hatteras, NC; NENC= North East NC; WNC = Wanchese, NC; VB = Virginia Beach, VA

ph.= photographed

*Note - Exceptionally large numbers of gannets were observed moving north.

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