August 2003 Miss Hatteras Pelagic Trip


Here are some pics I took (August 23-24, 2003) from a pelagic trip aboard the Miss Hatteras with Brian Patteson of Seabirding Pelagic Trips. These photos were taken with a Nikon Coolpix 4500 digital camera with a 4x optical zoom (not ideal for bird photography!), so most are small and fuzzy. Brian's got incredibly good pics on his website, though.


Black-capped Petrel Black-capped Petrel
Black-capped Petrel Black-capped Petrel

Cory's Shearwater Cory's Shearwater

Audubon's Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater crossing under the bow. Audubon's Shearwater

Wilson's Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrels on the fish oil "slick" put out behind the boat by Slick Veteran Butch Pearce.
Wilson's Storm-Petrels

Bridled Tern Bridled Tern
Bridled Tern sitting on flotsam and then taking flight.
Pomarine Jaeger Pomarine Jaeger

And the bird of the trip . . . Masked Booby!!
Masked Booby Masked Booby
Masked Booby Masked Booby

Jeff spotting birds from the point.

Here's a few Bottlenose Dolphin that came in to play under the bow of the boat.
Bottlenose Dolphin
Bottlenose Dolphin

There's Kate, Natalie, and Rebecca checkin' out the dolphins!
Dolphin-watchin'

And here's a dorsal fin of a pretty good-sized Hammerhead Shark that came looking for a snack . . .
Hammerhead Shark fin

Raccoon at Pat & Neal's And thanks again Pat & Neal!!


Created on ... August 28, 2003 | jspippen@duke.edu