Pelagic Birding in Molly and Larry's Big Year Pelagic Birding
Big Year birders meet in San Diego 2024 Pelagic Trips and a few Pre and Post Pelagic Quickies. Hatteras Pelagic Have you ever seen a Sooty Shearwater at your feeder. How about an Albatross? I didn't think so. Shearwaters, Auklets, Albatrosses spend most of their life over the seas. they don't come to birders we come to them. And if you want to find a lot of birds in a big year have to take to the sea. Luckily, Molly and I live on the west coast and have access to some of the best pelagic trips in the county. The pelagic season on the Pacific Coast runs from June to October. But this year we got a head start on May 10th in Hatteras North Carolina. Let's look back. Hatteras North Carolina May 10th Pelagic #1 Wilson Storm Petrels abounded on the Atlantic A Big Year is all about planning. You have to love the planning. On our big Spring-Migration trip we did a mini-pelagic/song bird day on May 5...