PORT O'CONNOR
PELAGIC TRIP REPORT I - June 29, 1996 Aboard the Chip XI
Report Transcribed from 1997 Texas Deepwater Pelagic Trips Newsletter
Copyrighted By: Dwight Peake and Mark Elwonger
Trips from Port O’Connor provided additional verification that Band-rumped Storm-Petrels
and Bridled and Sooty Terns are in fact regular in Summer and fall over deep water off Texas
shores.
Sperm Whales nearly stole the show on two of our three trips in 1996.
In June participants were treated to good views of a rafting cow and calf.
Species Seen:
Audubon’s Shearwater – x
Leach’s Storm-Petrel – 1
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel – x
Magnificent Frigatebird – 4
Bridled Tern – x
Sooty Tern – x
