Seabirding – Excellence in Pelagic Birding

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P.O. Box 772 Hatteras, NC 27943

Seabird Diversity

Listing of species seen for each two week period that we run trips from Hatteras,...

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Black-capped Petrel

Learn more about our Gulf Stream signature species and why it is possible this could...

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Gulf Stream Trips

2025 Spring Schedule Single trip registrants (people who want to take just one trip with...

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Monday 2 June 2025 June 3, 2025
And such a finale for our Spring Blitz that was plagued by bizarre weather patterns and off timing for our usually dependable seabirds of the spring! We weathered out four days during this set: May 21, 26, 28 and 31st. But today we ended it with the spectacular species that kicked it all off on […]
Sunday 1 June 2025 June 2, 2025
Today was a gorgeous day offshore, though this morning the sea still held a bit of swell from the wind yesterday and last night. While diversity was a bit low, we found really great numbers of Sargasso Shearwaters out there past the shelf break! They were definitely the seabird highlight today with the highest number […]
Friday 30 May 2025 May 31, 2025
It was a great day out there today with some wind, squalls, and nice flying seabirds! We started the day adding another species to the list for the spring with a young Masked Booby! While the light was challenging, most everyone on board was able to see this large sulid circling over the feeding shearwaters […]
Thursday 29 May 2025 May 29, 2025
It was a nice day out there today with not too much wind...so birds were sitting around and it was challenging to recruit them to the chum! But overall we had most of the species we hoped to see and had good views of them. Arctic Terns were a highlight with eight seen over the […]
Tuesday 27 May 2025 May 28, 2025
Well it seems the weather is going to be challenging this spring! Westerlies and then weather! But we made up for it all today with 15 pelagic species including a few new ones for the spring: Trindade Petrel, South Polar Skua, and Great Shearwater all made their first appearances! Winds were from the east for […]