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Michael Todd | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> North Carolina (Outer Banks) Birding: May '07 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

North Carolina (Outer Banks) Birding: May '07

Steve McConnell and I took a quick trip to the Outer Banks of NC, for 3 days of pelagic birding with Brian Patteson. It was more successful than either of us had hoped, with each of us getting 7 lifers. The pelagic birding was truly phenominal, and we also had a good day of landbirding our last day. Our lifers for the trip were:

Black-capped Petrel (Steve)
Fea's Petrel (both) My 600th ABA bird
Trindade (Herald) Petrel: (both)
Greater Shearwater: (both)
Manx Shearwater: (Mike)
Audubon's Shearwater: (Steve)
Arctic Tern: (both)
Roseate Tern: (both)
Purple Sandpiper: (Mike)

I took a lot of photos on the pelagics, and all in all they came out better than I had hoped. There are a lot of photos in this gallery, and they are arranged chronologically, not by species as I usually do it.


Black-capped Petrel
Black-capped Petrel		 Wilson's Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrels		 Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Wilson's Storm-Petrel		 Sooty Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Pomarine Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger		 Trindade (Herald) Petrel
Trindade (Herald) Petrel		 Sooty Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater		 Trindade (Herald) Petrel
Trindade (Herald) Petrel
Black-capped Petrel
Black-capped Petrel		 Trindade (Herald) Petrel
Trindade (Herald) Petrel		 Wilson's Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrels		 Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Greater Shearwater
Greater Shearwater		 Greater Shearwaters
Greater Shearwaters		 Arctic Tern & South Polar Skua
Arctic Tern & South Polar Skua		 South Polar Skua
South Polar Skua
South Polar Skua
South Polar Skua		 South Polar Skua & Greater Shearwaters
South Polar Skua & Greater Shearwaters		 South Polar Skua
South Polar Skua		 Greater Shearwaters & Sooty Shearwater
Greater Shearwaters & Sooty Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Greater Shearwater		 Greater Shearwater
Greater Shearwater		 Greater Shearwater
Greater Shearwater		 Greater Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwaters & Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Sooty Shearwaters & Wilson's Storm-Petrel		 Cory's Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater		 Cory's Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater		 Manx & Greater Shearwaters
Manx & Greater Shearwaters
Manx Shearwater & Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Manx Shearwater & Wilson's Storm-Petrel		 Manx Shearwater
Manx Shearwater		 Greater Shearwaters & Wilson's Storm-Petrels
Greater Shearwaters & Wilson's Storm-Petrels		 Audubon's Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater		 Audubon's Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater		 Greater Shearwater
Greater Shearwater		 Greater Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Greater Shearwater		 Black-capped Petrel
Black-capped Petrel		 Greater Shearwater
Greater Shearwater		 Cory's Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Trindade (Herald) Petrel
Trindade (Herald) Petrel		 Wilson's Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrels		 Leach's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel		 Pomarine Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Pomarine Jaegers & Greater Shearwater
Pomarine Jaegers & Greater Shearwater		 Pomarine Jaeger & Greater Shearwaters
Pomarine Jaeger & Greater Shearwaters		 Pomarine Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger		 Sooty Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Greater Shearwaters
Greater Shearwaters		 Greater Shearwater
Greater Shearwater		 Pomarine Jaegers
Pomarine Jaegers		 Pomarine Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger		 Cory's Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater		 Cory's & Greater Shearwater
Cory's & Greater Shearwater		 Long-tailed Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger & Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Long-tailed Jaeger & Wilson's Storm-Petrel		 Long-tailed Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger		 Long-tailed Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger		 Long-tailed Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Fea's Petrel
Fea's Petrel		 Fea's Petrel
Fea's Petrel		 Fea's Petrel
Fea's Petrel		 Fea's Petrel
Fea's Petrel
South Polar Skua
South Polar Skua		 South Polar Skua & Pomarine Jaeger
South Polar Skua & Pomarine Jaeger		 South Polar Skua
South Polar Skua		 Pomarine Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger		 Red Knots
Red Knots		 Piping Plover
Piping Plover		 Semipalmated Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Black-bellied Plover
Black-bellied Plover		 Roseate Terns & etc.
Roseate Terns & etc.		 Roseate Tern (wing)
Roseate Tern (wing)		 Roseate Terns & etc.
Roseate Terns & etc.
Roseate Terns & etc.
Roseate Terns & etc.		 Roseate Terns & etc.
Roseate Terns & etc.		 Roseate Terns (rosy bird)
Roseate Terns (rosy bird)		 Roseate Terns & etc.
Roseate Terns & etc.
Roseate Tern tail
Roseate Tern tail		 Roseate Tern profile
Roseate Tern profile		 Royal & Common Terns
Royal & Common Terns		 Roseate Terns & etc.
Roseate Terns & etc.
Purple & Semipalmated Sandpipers
Purple & Semipalmated Sandpipers		 Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper		 Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper		 Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper		 Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper

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Nolan Walker 30-Oct-2014 23:54
I got Bermuda Petrel on May 21, 2014!This was only my second pelagic trip ever.
Guest 30-May-2007 23:31
a remarkable set of photos . . . thanks for posting them. "C" Sommer
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