Seabirding – Excellence in Pelagic Birding

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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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Three more winter trips in 9 days by Brian Patteson March 6, 2025
We didn't have a midweek trip scheduled following our trip on February 8th, so our next opportunity to get out was on the 15th. Fortunately that day coincided with a lull in the weather and we had reasonable sea conditions and fairly warm air. It was a bit choppy during the morning and it made […]
Early February 2025: Three trips in a week! February 12, 2025
This is our 20th year of running pelagic trips aboard our own vessel, and we are fortunate to have some flexibility when it comes to running the winter trips aboard the Stormy Petrel II. We actually have a choice of ports for running the trips, but we tend to favor going out via Oregon Inlet, […]
October and Our Gulf Stream Specialties! Oct 12 & 15th - by Kate Sutherland October 19, 2024
Brian began running trips in October for Dr. Fred Alsop of Eastern Tennessee State University who offered a fall course in Coastal Biology back in 1994. Each year, or sometimes every other year, this course featured a trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina where students could immerse themselves in the field and learn […]
September Seabirds - Sept 1st & 28th - by Kate Sutherland October 8, 2024
We only ran two trips this September, our trip the weekend of the 14/15 was cancelled due to weather, but that didn't keep us from finding NINETEEN pelagic species out there on the two days we did make it offshore!! Pretty incredible diversity for us here on the east coast and this rivals some of […]
Summer "Blitz" from Oregon Inlet 20 to 29 August 2024 by Kate Sutherland September 25, 2024
It's always fun to plan some time "up the beach" heading offshore east of Hatteras Island and while the run is a bit longer to get to the deeper water (and this summer the hot, Gulf Stream water!) you never know what you'll find and it's a really fascinating ecosystem with the confluence of two […]