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

Spring 2020 Schedule Spring Blitz: DAILY trips May 27 – June 1st *Spring Blitz Update...

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Wednesday May 27, 2020 - Kate Sutherland May 28, 2020
And finally!!! We begin the Spring Blitz...with some adjustments...but regardless, it was so nice to get offshore today! Our schedule has been quite reduced by the current pandemic but we're full (a lighter full than before...) for the rest of this spring - thank you to everyone who is able to join us!Departure was before […]
Sunday February 23, 2020 - by Kate Sutherland February 25, 2020
We decided to keep the boat in Wanchese as another winter storm moved through on Thursday and Friday, knowing the weather still might be a bit unsettled to get offshore on Saturday, we again pushed back to our weather date of Sunday the 23rd. Gale force winds from the north and northwest pushed cold water […]
February 16 & 17, 2020 - Epic Winter Birding! by Kate Sutherland February 20, 2020
After our first trip of the winter season last weekend, we decided to run the boat up to Wanchese and spend Presidents' Day Weekend to the north! The weather was cooperative in the respect that it stayed true to the forecast and we knew we would run on Sunday and Monday by midweek, allowing our […]
Sunday February 9, 2020 - by Kate Sutherland February 11, 2020
After being weathered out last weekend, we were excited to see the perfect window for a trip on Saturday February 8th! But mother nature had other plans, and the weather system that moved through on Thursday night dropping inches of rain was followed by strong westerlies that pushed the water from the swollen Pamlico Sound […]
Expedition Diablotin May 2019 - by Brian Patteson February 5, 2020
*Note: This report was written by Brian Patteson just after the Black-capped Petrel capture trips in May of 2019The Black-capped petrel is the bird that put Hatteras on the map as a pelagic birding destination as early as the 1970s. Black-caps nest in the Caribbean but feed primarily in the Gulf Stream of the southeastern […]