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Pelagic Trip (Savannah, GA, Departure)
28 August 2000
data provided by Giff Beaton
photos provided by Bruce Hallett and Earl Horn

Conditions: Winds WSW 15 - 20 kts.; seas 4 - 5 ft., occasionally 7 ft.
No. of Species: 14

Long-tailed Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
photo by Bruce Hallett
Black and Bridled Terns
Black Tern (left) and Bridled Tern

photo by Earl Horn

Species Summary

Cory's Shearwater     4
Audubon's Shearwater  12
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 1
Ruddy Turnstone       2
Red-necked Phalarope  6
Long-tailed Jaeger    1
Royal Tern            27
Sandwich Tern         10
Common Tern           13
Forster's Tern        7
Bridled Tern          14
Sooty Tern            18
Black Tern            5
Barn Swallow          12

The table below shows the latitude and longitude of each sighting.  The numbered circles on the map above correspond to the Map Location number of each sighting.

Species Number Latitude
(deg min) N
Longitude
(deg min) W
Map
Location
Cory's Shearwater 1 31 38 80 09 1
Red-necked Phalarope
Barn Swallow
4
1
31 37 80 08 2
Cory's Shearwater 1 31 37 80 05 3
Audubon's Shearwater
Black Tern
Common Tern
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
1
1
2
1
2
31 37 80 03 4
Bridled Tern
Sooty Tern
Common Tern
Audubon's Shearwater
Black Tern
1
6
5
3
1
31 36 79 59 5
Black Tern
Sooty Tern
Royal Tern
Audubon's Shearwater
3
5
7
3
31 37 79 55 6
(R8 Tower)
Audubon's Shearwater
Black Tern
Sooty Tern
2
2
2
31 40 79 55 7
Audubon's Shearwater
Red-necked Phalarope
Sooty Tern
2
2
4
31 42 79 56 8
Bridled Tern 3 31 42 79 59 9
Black Tern
Bridled Tern
Ruddy Turnstone
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
3
1
2
1
1
31 44 80 08 10
Audubon's Shearwater
Black Tern
Sooty Tern
1
2
1
31 46 80 13 11
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Forster's Tern
20
10
7
31 48 80 16 12
(R7 Tower)
Long-tailed Jaeger
Black Tern
1
1
31 51 80 25 13

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Reviewed 31 Dec 2002