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Sunday 23rd May 2010, 18:22
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World traveller courtesy of the RN, Hants lister, Trainee ringer and Moth newbee
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Yesterday was a beautiful day in the sun but very quiet on the bird front, in fact in the whole day I only saw two birds, both within a minute of each other. The first was a Storm-petre sp. and the second was a
43 - Sooty Shearwater which took flight as the ship approached. Unfortunatley no camera at hand. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Wednesday 26th May 2010, 00:50
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World traveller courtesy of the RN, Hants lister, Trainee ringer and Moth newbee
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A few days have gone past without any sightings as we have been
extremely busy and the weather hasn't been great. A couple of days ago I did sight a single bird flying away from the ship and camera in hand took some shots. Once downloaed I was pleased to find that it was a 44 - Brown Booby which I seperated from Masked by the amount of white on the underwing. We also had about 15 to 20 dolphins around the ship and these I identified as Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Friday 4th June 2010, 18:36
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World traveller courtesy of the RN, Hants lister, Trainee ringer and Moth newbee
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Finally abroad in Mayport, Florida. The waether is extremely hot and we are in the middle of a large naval base.
I immediately spotted some reed beds and water just a little way from the ship. I will list the birds seen from the ship, with a little detail on each. 45 - Brown Pelican Four birds seen flying in the distance 46 - Double-crested Cormorant Single bird flyting across bay 47 - Laughing Gull Abundant around portside 48 - American Crow Few seen around harbour 49 - Fish Crow Less common than American, few seen 50 - Common Grackle Couple seen on jetty 51 - Boat-tailed Grackle Common on jetty 52 - Northern Mockingbird Couple seen on jetty Not a fantastic list for such a great state but I did spend a few days away from tthe ship and had some othere species in othre parts of the dockyard. This is after all just a list of species seen from the ship. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Friday 11th June 2010, 09:45
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World traveller courtesy of the RN, Hants lister, Trainee ringer and Moth newbee
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Not seen any birds for a few days now, but today we had a single
53 - Wilson's Storm-petrel Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo Last edited by Matelot birder : Friday 11th June 2010 at 09:49. |
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Saturday 3rd July 2010, 19:16
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World traveller courtesy of the RN, Hants lister, Trainee ringer and Moth newbee
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A long time has passed since I had a new bird but it is summer in the Northern Hempishpere. Last night whilst transfering stores from ship to ship, I caught sight of a small passerine, afetr a chase, thsi turned out to be a
54 - Brown-headed Cowbird I think its probably a juvenile or a female. It flew from ship to ship until the dark set in completely. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo Last edited by Matelot birder : Saturday 3rd July 2010 at 20:28. |
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Tuesday 31st August 2010, 16:08
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World traveller courtesy of the RN, Hants lister, Trainee ringer and Moth newbee
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I am now back in the Uk but towards the end of the deployment we didnt have any internet connection so i have a few birds to add seen from the ship in the last month or so.
We docked in Fort Lauderdale on the 27th of July and immediatley i noticed that a small tern was present throughout. These turned out to be 55 - Least Tern Later in the week they were joined by a pair of larger terns, these appeared to be a adult and a young bird, they were 56 - Royal Tern These were the only birds senn from the ship whilst here. On the trip back across the Atlantic, I only had one bird. This was a small group of four 57 - Cliff Swallow They followed us out into the Atlantic and I am afraid probably persihed on the way. They spent at least two whole days with the ship and dwindled from four down to one as we moved East. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Thursday 9th September 2010, 12:38
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World traveller courtesy of the RN, Hants lister, Trainee ringer and Moth newbee
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Somehow I had missed off a common enough bird that I see often from the ship.
We were at the ammunition bouy yeasterday and I had quite a few 58 - Oystercatcher feeding on a patch of mud that completly dissapears at high tide Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Sunday 26th December 2010, 18:45
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World traveller courtesy of the RN, Hants lister, Trainee ringer and Moth newbee
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I am off the ship tomorrow for the last time this year.
So the total ends on a poor 58. Next year I intend to do two lists, my local patch and my deployment to the Mediterranean. Who knows what 2011 will bring ? Happy New Year to you all Mark C. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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