Date: 11/1/25 9:29 am From: John Edmondson <johnhedmondson...> Subject: [NHBirds] BBC December Full-Day Pelagic out of Hyannis
Hi,
Posting this with permission of the moderator.
Thanks
John Edmondson (for the Brookline Bird club)
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The BBC will be running one last pelagic trip this year, a day trip on Dec
6 (weather date Dec 7) from Hyannis to the Nantucket Shoals. It's a great
time of year to get out on the water, with the potential for lingering
shearwaters and a good chance of encountering alcids, including dovekie and
maybe even a puffin.
Every trip is different, and early December can offer a range of species.
Often there are spectacular congregations of sea ducks in Nantucket Sound –
tens of thousands are possible. It is a real wildlife spectacle. Winter
gulls may be around (Iceland, Glaucous, Lesser Black-backed, Black-legged
Kittiwake), as may Northern Gannets and Northern Fulmar. As we get to the
Nantucket Shoals, a shallow, sandy-bottomed area southeast of Nantucket,
there should be lingering shearwaters (Manx, Great, Cory’s, Sooty) and
storm-petrels (Wilson’s and Leach’s) with the possibility of jaegers
(Parasitic, Pomerine) or even a skua. Alcids are tough but possible,
dovekie is a goal- and there is always a chance of a puffin. There are
opportunities to see a number of other sea creatures as well – whales,
dolphins, sharks, turtles, Mola-mola, Tuna, and Portuguese Man o’ War.
