Wild New Jersey Exclusive: See Life Paulagics offers trip to Hudson Canyon August 9th
A South Polar Skua Photo credit: See Life Paulagics
See Life Paulagics will be running a pelagic trip out of Belmar, NJ on Sunday, August 9 to the Hudson Canyon at the edge of the Continental Shelf. The primary birds being targeted this time of year are White-faced storm petrel and Long-tailed jaeger. There's also a good chance of finding Audubon’s shearwater and Bridled tern or South Polar skua.
Other species that have been spotted at this time include Arctic tern, Cory's shearwater, Greater shearwater, Wilson's storm-petrel, Pomarine jaeger, and Red-necked phalarope. According to See Life founder Paul Guris, this is also a good time for Fin whales, Risso's dolphins, Common dolphins, Bottlenose dolphin, sea turtles, Ocean sunfish, sharks, rays, and other marine life.
See Life Paulagics is dedicated to providing an appropriate number of friendly, helpful, and approachable leaders for all of our trips. They use radios with headsets to get the word of any sightings around the boat quickly. It is important to the organization to have participants to sight the birds and be comfortable with the identifications.
The trip will be aboard the Suzie Girl, an 80' boat with a cabin, bench and table space, full walk-around below, an upper deck, and separate rest room for the ladies. The boat is fully Coast Guard approved, with the equipment and experienced people to run a safe and productive offshore trip.
The trip is scheduled to run from 5:00 AM to about 7:00 PM. The cost is $185 per person and the boat will be sailing from the Belmar Marina in Belmar, NJ, off Rt. 35.
Be sure to check out the See Life Paulagics website for information on how to sign up for the trip. For more information or questions, contact See Life Paulagics at info@paulagics.com or 215-234-6805.
Check out our exclusive of a previous paulagic trip with Sea Life Paulagics highlighting different species found during the winter.
Categories: WNJ Exclusives, Birds, Events and Premieres
Tags: White-faced storm petrel Long-tailed jaeger Audubon's shearwater See Life Paulagics South Polar skua Hudson Canyon
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