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December 30 - February 5 Trips

Location VB VB VB VB WNC HNC VB WNC VB VB VB VB HNC Location
Date 12/30/95 1/16/99 1/18/98 1/19/97 1/24/98 1/28/96 1/29/00 1/30/99 1/31/88 2/2/91 2/2/97 2/5/94 2/5/00 Date
Common Loon   15          ✔ 4            Common Loon
Red-throated Loon    2                       Red-throated Loon
Yellow-nosed Albatross                         1 Yellow-nosed Albatross
Black-browed Albatross                           Black-browed Albatross
Northern Fulmar     30  2 74   2        41+  2 11 Northern Fulmar
Sooty Shearwater               1           Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater     1    12   1  12 1  18  1     Manx Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater      1                     Short-tailed Shearwater
Northern Gannet ✔  328   585   ✔ 500+  200+ ✔ ✔ 285 245 ✔ Northern Gannet
Red Phalarope       10   6 20    240 53     87 Red Phalarope
Phalarope sp.   4                        Phalarope sp.
Great Skua  1    1 5+ 1 1       2 2+    4 Great Skua
Pomarine Jaeger     1                      Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger               1           Parasitic Jaeger
Herring Gull    300         ✔ ✔        350 ✔ Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull    129         ✔ ✔        180 ✔ Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull    5        11 3        1 1 14+ Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull    1                     2 Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull    1        1 1           1 Glaucous Gull
Bonaparte's Gull   467          3-4 112       3 ✔ Bonaparte's Gull
Little Gull            7        1     1 Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake 60    600+ 200+ 111 90 276 13 110 40 68+ 9 11 Black-legged Kittiwake
Dovekie  8    1  23   11 8    2 290 118 42   Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre                     1     Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill  12    1 1 3 308 23     1 7 70 4 Razorbill
Atlantic Puffin  2   1 1     2  2   2 1 6   Atlantic Puffin
alcid sp.       3                   alcid sp.
Ocean Sunfish           2               Ocean Sunfish
Loggerhead Turtle           2               Loggerhead Turtle
Bottlenose Dolphin           40     ✔         Bottlenose Dolphin
Common Dolphin    210   ✔                   Common Dolphin
Risso's Dolphin                    6       Risso's Dolphin
Humpback Whale           4                Humpback Whale
Fin Whale                 ✔ 3 ✔     Fin Whale
Date 12/30/95 1/16/99 1/18/98 1/19/97 1/24/98 1/28/96 1/29/00 1/30/99 1/31/88 2/2/91 2/2/97 2/5/94 2/5/00 Date
Location VB VB VB VB WNC HNC VB WNC VB VB VB VB HNC Location

✔ = Seen but numbers not recorded. HNC= Hatteras, NC; NENC= North East NC; WNC = Wanchese, NC; VB = Virginia Beach, VA

ph.= photographed

*Note - Exceptionally large numbers of gannets were observed moving north.

February 6 - March 14 Trips

Location VB VB HNC VB HNC VB NENC HNC VB VB HNC VB VB NENC HNC VB VB VB HNC Location
Date 2/6/93 2/6/99 2/9/97 2/10/96 2/11/95 2/13/94 2/13/94 2/13/99 2/14/93 2/15/92 2/15/94 2/15/97 2/18/95 2/18/95 2/20/00 2/21/98 2/22/92 2/27/99 3/14/98 Date
Common Loon   ✔    38  3  31 45  ✔    60  3    1      35  18 ✔   Common Loon
Red-throated Loon   ✔    1    42  22 ✔    6  15+          26   ✔   Red-throated Loon
Black-browed Albatross    1                                   Black-browed Albatross
Northern Fulmar 5  4 200+     31 13