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Boat trip from St. Brides > off Cape St. Mary's October 24, 2022
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ILJones
Oct 24, 2022, 5:50:34 PM10/24/22
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We departed St. Brides at 0630h and returned at 1230h, checking west and SW of town and well off Cape St. Mary's - seabird search. Excellent viewing conditions, high overcast, sea < 1m, wind light N, air temperature unseasonably warm. No forage fish schools apparent. Hagdowns still congregating around commercial fishing boats.
Great Shearwater 4000
Cory's Shearwater zero
Sooty Shearwater 100+
Northern Fulmar 200
Manx Shearwater 1 at the boat at 46.917733°N -54.264235°W, weak, getting pecked at by fulmars, exhibiting distinctive avian flu symptoms unfortunately (lethargic, head shaking, repeatedly looking back over shoulder in exaggerated twitching manner, gaping, uncoordinated swimming, bedraggled appearance low in water - photographed - we are not aware of any report of this for this species in North American waters - significant)
storm-petrels zero
Northern Gannet 100+ adults (1 immature bird)
cormorant +
HERG and GBBG 500 around fishing boats
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 (1 ad, 2 first winter at the boat)
Black-legged Kittiwake 250 (95% adult winter, 5% juvenile-first winter)
Pomarine Jaeger 3 (1 first winter, 1 subadult, 1 adult)
skua sp. 1, looked like Great (successfully attacked an unfortunate gannet 2 nm SW of St. Brides harbour)
Common Murre 3
Thick-billed Murre zero
Razorbill 2
Dovekie 2
Black Guillemot 10
Atlantic Puffin 12 (both 'winter' type adults and juveniles present)
Red Phalarope 4
no sea ducks
no cetaceans
Bluefin Tuna 4+ scavenging offal near fishing boats
no floating carcasses
pl, ilj
Great Shearwater 4000
Cory's Shearwater zero
Sooty Shearwater 100+
Northern Fulmar 200
Manx Shearwater 1 at the boat at 46.917733°N -54.264235°W, weak, getting pecked at by fulmars, exhibiting distinctive avian flu symptoms unfortunately (lethargic, head shaking, repeatedly looking back over shoulder in exaggerated twitching manner, gaping, uncoordinated swimming, bedraggled appearance low in water - photographed - we are not aware of any report of this for this species in North American waters - significant)
storm-petrels zero
Northern Gannet 100+ adults (1 immature bird)
cormorant +
HERG and GBBG 500 around fishing boats
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 (1 ad, 2 first winter at the boat)
Black-legged Kittiwake 250 (95% adult winter, 5% juvenile-first winter)
Pomarine Jaeger 3 (1 first winter, 1 subadult, 1 adult)
skua sp. 1, looked like Great (successfully attacked an unfortunate gannet 2 nm SW of St. Brides harbour)
Common Murre 3
Thick-billed Murre zero
Razorbill 2
Dovekie 2
Black Guillemot 10
Atlantic Puffin 12 (both 'winter' type adults and juveniles present)
Red Phalarope 4
no sea ducks
no cetaceans
Bluefin Tuna 4+ scavenging offal near fishing boats
no floating carcasses
pl, ilj
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