Subject: WBC Pelagic Trip Results - 29 July 2005
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:13:47
From: Sumita Prasad
The seas were calm again for the 2nd World Birding Center 2005 Texas Pelagic Trip.
It was a beautiful day, and lots of critters seen.
Other birds seen included Royal, Sandwich and Black terns. A nice school of about 15 Black-tipped Shark
were observed feeding on shrimp by-catch. There was also a good showing of cetaceans on this trip-
Bottle Nosed Dolphin and spectacular views of 11 Sperm Whale (seen on 5 different occasions!), including 2 rather large bulls.
Many thanks to our 21 participants and our fabulous trip leaders who make this all possible:
Eric Carpenter, Petra Hockey, Brad McKinney, Mike Overton, and Dwight Peake.
There are 3 more pelagic trips scheduled for this season: 17 Sept, 8 Oct, 5 Nov.
Sumita Prasad,
Director of Birding
Fermata, Inc. and World Birding Center
