My first scheduled boat trip was cancelled due to strong winds coming from the West. I was able to re-schedule and thus went two straight days !
Unfortunately for me the strong westerlies had blown all of the deep-water specialty birds further east and away from the Gulf Stream. Nevertheless I did manage one life bird in the Black-Capped Petrel.
We saw dozens of these birds, and at quite close range over the two days.
Other species seen were Sooty Shearwaters, Cory's Shearwaters, Audubon's Shearwaters, Wilson's Storm-Petrels, and several Band-Rumped Storm-Petrels.
So, it was not quite the adventure I had hoped for, but the one that I had expected. The open ocean of the Gulf Stream that is 30-miles offshore is rather like a liquid-desert. There's a lot of territory between where you are & where the birds are...
Band-Rumped Petrels:
Sooty Shearwater:
Black-Capped Petrel:
Audubon's Shearwater
