{"id":11716,"date":"2022-05-28T15:11:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T19:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=11716"},"modified":"2022-05-28T15:11:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T19:11:43","slug":"24-hour-pelagic-05-23-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=11716","title":{"rendered":"24 Hour Pelagic, 05\/23\/22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last Sunday night, after a 2 1\/2 hour drive to Emmons Avenue in Brooklyn, I set sail on the American Princess<\/a>, embarking on a 24 hour pelagic birding trip. It was my third true pelagic (not counting the several whale watching excursions I’ve been on), and my first 24 hour\/overnight experience. Unfortunately, winds had shifted from south to north that evening, leading to waves that were quite disorganized, which made for a rough journey. I stayed up for a couple of hours, enjoying the fresh air and the views, before lying down on my sleeping mat to try and get some sleep. I thought I might finally be able to relax once I reclined, but that was not the case. The boat was pitching front to back and side to side severely enough to make it hard to keep from rolling over, regardless of the position I tried. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~Probably my favorite bird of the trip – Sooty Shearwater during the American Princess Cruise’s 24 hour pelagic, 05\/23\/22.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So it was a long, restless night and I got barely any sleep; I don’t think many people slept. Folks started to get up at first light, and I got up, packed up my sleeping gear, and joined them shortly after. It was the start of a long but productive day of pelagic birding. It’s not very often that I actually bird for a complete day – during this trip I was pretty actively birding from around 5:00 am until 7 or 7:30 pm. There are some times which are exciting and there are loads of birds and cetaceans, but most of the time there isn’t much going on and you’re just scanning and searching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~One of my 3 life birds from the day – Black-capped Petrel, APC 24 hour pelagic 05\/23\/22.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a list of what I consider ‘pelagic’ birds that we saw:<\/p>\n\n\n\n