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

Conditions Winds WSW 10 - 12kts.; seas 2 - 4 feet
No. of Species 13

Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
photo by Giff Beaton
Audubon's Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater

photo by Earl Horn

Species Summary

Black-capped Petrel  1
Cory's Shearwater    6
Audubon's Shearwater 41
Cattle Egret         1
Red-necked Phalarope 11
Pomarine Jaeger      1
Royal Tern           15
Sandwich Tern        3
Common Tern          35
Bridled Tern         22
Sooty Tern           84
Black Tern           86
Barn Swallow         2

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
Cattle Egret
Black Tern
Common Tern
1
8
2
31 35 80 22 1
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
15
3
1
    2
(R6 Tower)
Audubon's Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Black Tern
7
1
2
31 29 80 08 3
Audubon's Shearwater 1 31 25 80 03 4
Bridled Tern 1 31 23 80 00 5
Audubon's Shearwater
Sooty Tern
Black Tern
2
8
3
31 22 79 59 6
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Tern
Black Tern
Red-necked Phalarope
3
8
4
1
31 22 79 58 7
Bridled Tern 4 31 22 79 57 8
Audubon's Shearwater 1 31 20 79 55 9
Audubon's Shearwater
Bridled Tern
Sooty Tern
18
2
12
31 18 79 52 10
Red-necked Phalarope
Audubon's Shearwater
3
2
31 18 79 51 11
Audubon's Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Bridled Tern
Sooty Tern
Black Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
1
1
4
15
4
1
31 19 79 50 12
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Black Tern
Audubon's Shearwater
Black-capped Petrel
Red-necked Phalarope
25
2
2
2
1
2
31 18 79 50 13
Sooty Tern 2 31 19 79 49 14
Audubon's Shearwater
Red-necked Phalarope
Sooty Tern
1
3
7
31 20 79 48 15
Bridled Tern 3 31 22 79 50 16
Sooty Tern
Audubon's Shearwater
Bridled Tern
4
3
1
31 23 79 52 17
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Tern
Barn Swallow
Red-necked Phalarope
1
3
1
2
31 24

79 54

18
Audubon's Shearwater 1 31 25 79 56 19
Audubon's Shearwater
Black Tern
Bridled Tern
1
3
5
31 26 79 59 20
Black Tern
Common Tern
53
32
31 35 80 21 21

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