Offshore Sightings 
during FONT Pelagic Trips
from New Jersey and Delaware, USA

In the Years 2000 - 2005

 (Link for Years: 1992 - 1999)

Codes:

BL: from Barnegat Light, New Jersey
BR: from Brielle, New Jersey
CM: from Cape May, New Jersey
LE: from Lewes, Delaware
PP: from Point Pleasant, New Jersey 

The 3-letters following the 2-letter codes indicate months of the year.

The number of birds during the month in parentheses.

Oceanic Birds 
Birds normally non-pelagic seen offshore 
Marine Mammals 
Other Sea-life 
 Other Life offshore

PHOTO GALLERIES:

SEABIRDS GALLERY I

SEABIRDS GALLERY II

OTHER MARINE-LIFE

 

Oceanic Birds :

 

2000

 2001

2002

2003

2004

 

2005

 

Common 
Loon

LEjun(16)
CMsep(2)
BRdec

 BLmay(1)
LEjun(1)
BRdec(4)

PPmay19(24)
PPmay27(2)
LEjun(1)
BLdec(4)

LEmay(24)

BLdec(15)

BLsep(1)

Red-throated 
Loon

   BRdec(2)

BLdec(6)

 

BLdec(15)

 

Northern 
Fulmar

   BLmay(39)
BRdec(52)

PPmay19(50)
PPmay27(13) 

BLmay(150)

BLmay(4)

 
Brown 
Pelican		 LEjun(4)  

 

 

 

 
Northern 
Gannet		 LEjun(15)
BRdec		 BLmay(2)
LEjun(3)
BRdec(134)

PPmay19(8)
PPmay27(6)
BLdec(75)

BLmay(75)
LEmay(17)

BLmay(2)
BLdec(150)

BLsep(4)

Cory's 
Shearwater

 LEjun(18)
BRsep(8)
CMsep(11)
LEsep(25)		 BLmay(5)
LEjun(5)
BLsep(32)
CMsep(53)

PPmay27(6)
LEjun(3)

BLsep(40)

BLmay(1)
BLsep(150)

BLsep(20)

Greater 
Shearwater

 LEjun(327)
BRsep(33)
CMsep(15)
LEsep(15)		 BLmay(32)
LEjun(2)
BLsep(23)

PPmay19(1)
PPmay27(6)
LEjun(3)
BLdec(2)

BLmay(240)
DEmay(113)

BLmay(2)
BLsep(2)

 

Audubon's 
Shearwater

 BRsep(8)
CMsep (2)		 BLsep(15)

 

BLsep(1)

BLsep(2)

BLsep(25)

Sooty 
Shearwater

 LEjun(595) BLmay(13)
LEjun(5)

PPmay19(30)
PPmay27(145)
LEjun(83)

BLmay(180)
LEmay(663)

BLmay(30)

 

Manx 
Shearwater

 LEjun(1) BRdec(2) PPmay19(1)
PPmay27(22)
LEjun(1)
BLdec(1)		  

BLmay(2)
BLdec(1) 

  

Wilson's 
Storm-Petrel

 LEjun(575)
BRsep(580)
CMsep(60)
LEsep(120)		 BLmay(950)
LEjun(24)
BLsep(1500)
CMsep(100+)		 PPmay19(300)
PPmay27(220)
LEjun(112)
PPaug(200)		 BLmay(900)
LEmay(127)
BLsep(140)

BLmay(150)
BLsep(300)

 BLsep(200)

Leach's Storm-Petrel

 LEjun(1) BLmay(5)
LEjun(1)		 PPmay27(1) BLmay(5)
BLsep(2)

BLmay(3)

  

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

        

 

  

White-faced Storm-Petrel

   BLsep(1)    

 

  

Oldsquaw

        

BLdec(350)

  

Surf Scoter

        

 

  

White-winged 
Scoter

        

 

  

Black Scoter 

        

BLdec(5)

  

Red-breasted 
Merganser

     BLdec(1)  

BLdec(10)

  

Red-necked 
Phalarope

 BRsep(15)
LEsep(15)		 BLmay(4)
BLsep(1)
CMsep		   BLmay(5)
BLsep(3)

BLsep(25)

 BLsep(6)

Red 
Phalarope

   BLmay(32)
BRdec(451)		 BLdec(200) BLmay(20)

BLsep(2)

  

Pomarine 
Jaeger

 LEjun(7)
BRsep(13)
LEsep(6)
BRdec		 BLmay(49)
LEjun(1)
BLsep(10)
BRdec(19)		 PPmay19(6)
PPmay27(1)
LEjun(2)		 BLmay(14)
LEmay(1)

BLmay(1)
BLsep(3)

  

Parasitic 
Jaeger

 LEjun(3) BLmay(3)
BRdec(1)		 PPmay27(1) BLmay(1)

 

  

Long-tailed 
Jaeger

 LEsep(2) BLmay(1)
BLsep(1)		 PPmay27(1) BLmay(2)

BLsep(3)

 BLsep(2)

jaeger sp.

     PPmay27(3)  

 

  

South Polar 
Skua

 LEjun(1)
LEsep(2)		 BLmay(1)
LEjun(1)		 PPmay19(4) BLmay(6)
LEmay(1)

BLsep(1)

  

Great Skua

 BRdec(1)      

 

  

Black-legged 
Kittiwake

 BRdec BLmay(1)
BRdec(1260)		 BLdec(30)  

BLdec(15)

  

Glaucous Gull

     BLdec(1)  

 

  

Iceland Gull

     BLdec(1)  

 

  

Great 
Black-backed 
Gull

 BRsep(18)
LEsep(6)
BRdec		 BLmay(6)
BLsep
BRdec		 PPmay27(4)
LEjun(2)
BLdec(60)		 BLmay(6)
LEmay(25)

BLmay(25)
BLdec(25)

  

Lesser 
Black-backed 
Gull

 BRdec BLmay(1)
LEjun(1)
BRdec(4)		 BLdec(1) BLsep(1)

BLsep(2)
BLdec(1)

  

Herring 
Gull

 LEsep(3)
BRdec		 BLmay(2)
BLsep
CMsep
BRdec		 LEjun(1)
BLdec(xx)		 Blmay(5)
LEmay(36)

BLmay(5)
BLdec(5000)

 BLsep(4)

Ring-billed 
Gull

 BRdec     LEmay(1)

 

  

Laughing 
Gull

 LEjun(7)
BRdec		 BLmay(2)
LEjun(36)
BRdec(3)		   LEmay(5)

BLdec(1)

  

Bonaparte's 
Gull

 BRdec BRdec(128) BLdec(10)  

BLdec(300)

  

Common 
Tern

 LEjun(25)
BRsep(1)
CMsep(6)		 BLmay(17)
LEjun(7)
BLsep(6)
CMsep		 PPmay27(4)
LEjun(6)		 BLmay(30)
BLsep(4)

BLmay(15)

  

Arctic 
Tern

   BLsep(2)   BLmay(15)

BLmay(1)

  

Forster's 
Tern

        

 

  

Royal Tern

 LEjun(12) LEjun(12) LEjun(6)  

BLmay(1)

  

Least Tern

        

 

  

Black Tern

 BRsep(1)
LEsep(4)		   PPmay19(3)
PPmay27(1)		  

 

  

Bridled 
Tern

 LEjun(1)
BRsep(5)
CMsep(23)
LEsep(15)		 CMsep(1)    

 

  

Razorbill

 BRdec BRdec(3) BLdec(10)  

BLdec(9)

  

Common 
Murre

        

 

  
Thick-billed 
Murre		   BRdec(1)    

 

  

Dovekie

     BLdec(10) BLmay(3)

 

  

Atlantic 
Puffin

 LEjun(3)
BRdec(2)		 BLmay(2)
BRdec(1)		 BLdec(2) BLmay(1)

BLdec(1)

  

alcid sp.

       BLmay(1)

 

  

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Birds seen offshore, normally non-pelagic:

  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005    

Great Blue Heron

       BLsep

BLmay
BLdec

 BLsep    

Black-crowned Night-Heron

        

 

      

Double-crested Cormorant

   BLmay LEjun  

BLdec

      

Great Cormorant

         BLdec      

Canada Goose

        

 

      
Black Duck BRdec      

BLdec

      

Blue-winged Teal

        

 

      

Greater Scaup

     PPmay19  

 

      

Osprey

        

 

      

Clapper Rail

        

 

      
American Coot        

 

      

Black-bellied Plover

        

 

      

Semipalmated Plover

        

 

      

Solitary Sandpiper

        

 

      

Semipalmated Plover

        

 

      

Semipalmated Sandpiper

        

 

      

Least Sandpiper

        

 

      
Sanderling        

 

      
Ruddy Turnstone BRsep   PPmay19  

 

      

Red Knot

        

 

      

American Woodcock

        

 

      

Mourning Dove

   CMsep    

 

      
Yellow-billed Cuckoo       BLmay

 

      
Chimney Swift BRsep   LEjun  

 

      

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

        

 

      

Common Nighthawk

        

 

      
Belted Kingfisher LEsep      

 

      

Eastern Kingbird

        

BLmay

      
Purple Martin     PPmay27  

 

      
Tree Swallow   BLmay PPmay27 BLmay

 

      
Barn Swallow        

 

      

Marsh Wren

        

 

      

Red-breasted Nuthatch

        

 

      
American Robin BRdec      

BLdec

      

Red-eyed Vireo

        

 

      

Cedar Waxwing

        

BLmay

      

Black-and-white Warbler

        

 

 BLsep    

Yellow Warbler

     LEjun  

 

      

Nashville Warbler

        

 

      

Black-throated Blue Warbler

        

 

      

Chestnut-sided Warbler

        

 

      

Yellow-rumped Warbler

        

 

      

Magnolia Warbler

       BLmay

 

      

Bay-breasted Warbler

        

 

      

Pine Warbler

        

 

      
Palm Warbler           BLsep    

Cape May Warbler

        

 

      

Northern Waterthrush

        

 

      

Mourning Warbler

        

 

      

American Redstart

 BRsep      

BLsep

      

Common Yellowthroat

 BRsep     BLsep

 

      

Yellow-breasted Chat

        

 

      

Lincoln Sparrow

        

 

      

American Tree Sparrow

        

 

      

Scarlet Tanager

        

 

      

Baltimore Oriole

        

 

      

Brown-headed Cowbird

 BRsep   LEjun  

 

      

Bobolink

        

 

      

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Marine Mammals:

  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Common (Saddleback) Dolphin

 LEsep(30) BLmay
LEjun(30)
BRdec(180)		 PPmay19
BLdec (6)		  

BLmay(250)
BLsep(6)

 BLsep(2)

Offshore
(Short-beaked) Bottlenose Dolphin

 LEsep(6) LEjun(4)
BLsep(70)		   LEmay(30)
BLsep(50)

BLdec(7)

 BLsep(12)

Atlantic White-sided Dolphin

        

 

  

Gray Grampus/
Risso's Dolphin

   BLsep(8)   BLmay(1)

BLsep(6)

 BLsep(40+)

Long-finned Pilot Whale

 

      

 

  

Fin Whale

 BRsep(7) LEjun(9)
BLsep(7)		 LEjun(2) BLmay(1)

BLmay(1)

 BLsep(1) 
Humpback Whale   BLsep(1)   BLmay(1)

 

  

Minke Whale

        

 

 BLsep(1)

OTHER MAMMALS:

        

 

  
Red Bat   CMsep        

Silver-haired Bat

        


BLsep(1)

  

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Other Sea-life:

  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005    

Portuguese Man-o'-war

   BLsep     BLsep      

Oceanic Sunfish
(Mola Mola)

 LEsep(2) BLmay PPmay27 LEmay(6)

BLmay(20)

BLsep(2)

    

Blue Shark

     PPmay27  

BLmay(1)

 

    

Nurse Shark

        

 

 

    

Basking Shark

        

 

 

    

Hammerhead Shark

  

BLsep(6)
    

 

 

    
Swordfish   BLsep(1)    

 

 

    
Wahoo           BLsep(1)    
Manta Ray   Blsep(6)    

 

 

    

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

 BRsep(8)
LEsep(2)		 BLmay
LEjun(4)		 PPmay27
LEjun(2)		 LEmay(1)

 

BLsep(3)

    

Leatherback Sea Turtle

       BLsep(1)

 

 

    

Other sea turtle (Green)

        

 

 

    

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Other Life (offshore):

  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005    

Monarch Butterfly

          

 

    
Green Darner Dragonfly BRsep