Hatteras, NC - Late May 2008 Photo Gallery by Jeff Poklen at pbase.com

Hatteras, NC - Late May 2008

THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN DURING AN 8-DAY VISIT TO CAPE HATTERAS WHERE I WENT ON FIVE 11 HOUR PELAGIC TRIPS OUT TO THE GULF STREAM ABOARD THE STORMY PETREL II OWNED AND OPERATED BY BRIAN PATTESON. SPOTTERS WERE BRIAN PATTESON, STEVE HOWELL, TODD MCGRATH, DAVID SHOCH AND KATE SUTHERLAND. THANKS TO ALL CONCERNED FOR A REWARDING ADVENTURE!

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Exodus from Hatteras Inlet at 0618 edt	Northern Gannet, 1st cycle	Cory's Shearwater	Cory's Shearwater	Cory's Shearwater
Greater Shearwater	Greater Shearwater	Greater Shearwater	Sooty Shearwater	Audubon's Shearwaters
Trindade Petrel	Black-capped Petrel	Black-capped Petrel	Black-capped Petrel	Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Wilson's Storm-Petrels	Wilson's Storm-Petrels	Pomarine Jaeger, juv.	South Polar Skua (#1 of 3)	South Polar Skua (#2 of 3)
South Polar Skua (#3 of 3)	Atlantic Spotted Dolphin	Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, (#1 of 2)	Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (#2 of 2)	Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Bridled Tern, 1st cycle	Bridled Tern, basic adult

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