Audubon Everglades Fall Pelagic Tour

314 East Ocean Ave,Lantana FL 33462

17 September, 2022

Description

A pelagic birding trip is done by traveling by boat offshore to view seabirds that rarely come ashore except to breed. Seabird (pelagic) species include tropical terns, shearwaters, jaegers, gannets and others. Come take a journey with Pelagic birding experts, Michael Brothers, Mitchell Harris, Larry Manfredi, & Dan Scolaro. THE DETAILSSpace is limited - 40 person maximum. People who are current Audubon Everglades and NAS members will have priority to register. COST: $105.00 per person. Includes the boat trip, tip for boat crew, pelagic leaders, snacks, water and fun. For people unfamiliar with the cost of other pelagic trips, this is a phenomenal value! Please note: All sales are final, refunds will only be given if the charter-boat operators cancel the trip due to weather and/or seas. DIRECTIONS: 314 East Ocean Ave, Lantana, FL 33462 Please park in the first parking lot beside the Key Lime House. There is no free here. The larger lot to the East is paid parking. Please make every effort to be on time. If you are unfamiliar with the area, allow travel time for misdirection’s by GPS. TOUR DETAILS: This is a 5 hour Pelagic Trip with Guides Michael Brothers, Mitchell Harris, and Larry Manfredi on board. Please check-in with Audubon Everglades Field Trip Leader, Paula Gatrell, she will provide you with a ticket to board. The tour leaves from the Lantana Marina on the Lady K, which is a 70 foot walk around deep sea fishing boat with a Licensed USCG Captain and safety equipment. She boasts a wide beam that provides an exceptionally smooth ocean ride experience even when the waters become moderately choppy. The marina has ample parking and is located next to the Old Key Lime House. There is a bathroom on board (The Head). TIME: Boarding begins at approximately 6:45 am. The boat departs at 7:00 am sharp and returns to the dock at approximately 12:00 pm. Please make every effort to be on time, the boat will not wait and there is no refund if you miss it. For boarding: Please see Paula Gatrell for check-in and a ticket for boarding will be issued. WHAT TO BRING: It is usually breezy on the water. Dress a little warmer or wear layers. It is better to be layered with clothes that you can remove than to be cold and not have a jacket or sweatshirt to ease a chill. It can also get wet. Wear close-toed shoes with a good rubber deck-gripping sole to prevent slipping or sliding as the boat deck is normally wet. Bring sunscreen or a large hat as you will be on the water for five hours. This boat will venture 10 miles out to sea, so we recommend that you take appropriate measures if you're prone to seasickness. Snacks and drinks will be provided, along with a water refilling station. CONTACT: If you have any questions or are in need of assistance, please contact Field Trip Coordinator, Paula Gatrell @ 561-248-9089. If you registered for this trip and need to cancel, please contact Paula. There will be a shared eBird list. The field guides travel 3 hours after the trip. So the list will be shared late. We are so excited to have all these wonderful Pelagic bird guides in one place and have them share their knowledge and expertise to our Audubon Everglades audience. Meet our Pelagic tour leaders:Michael Brothers - Retired as Director of the Marine Science Center in Ponce Inlet, Michael has been leading pelagic birding expeditions off Florida and Georgia for nearly 20 years and natural history tours throughout Florida, the Galapagos Islands, Kenya, and the Amazon. He is a member of the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee and is the Florida regional editor of the journal North American Birds. Mitchell Harris (Florida Ornithological Society) - Mitchell has been interested in Natural History and all things out-of-doors from his earliest memories as a small child growing up in Vero Beach Fl. He took up birding fifteen years ago, and is now an avid birder that is most interested in pelagic type birds but enjoys anything that flies. His spark bird might have been a white morph Gyrfalcon that he saw many years ago, just north of the Brooks Range on the North Slope of Alaska. Larry Manfredi - Many birders might remember his name for the Western Spindalis that showed up in his yard between January 3rd and February 26, 1992. More than 400 people came to see that amazing vagrant. Realizing the number of people that share his interest, He decided to start guiding professionally. He contributed to the book titled “A Birder’s Guide To Florida” by Bill Pranty. He wrote the chapter on Homestead and helped with the sections on Miami, the Florida Keys, and Everglades National Park. He co-authored "A Birder's Guide To Metropolitan Areas of North America" by Paul Lehman and sold by American Birding Association. Species Seen during the Spring Pelagic Trip Audubon's Shearwater Bridled Tern Brown Pelican ʻĀ - Masked Booby Eurasian Collared-Dove Fish Crow Great Egret House Sparrow Laughing Gull Magnificent Frigatebird Mallard x Mottled Duck (hybrid) Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Pomarine Jaeger Royal Tern shearwater sp. Snowy Egret Sooty/Bridled Tern Wilson's Storm-Petrel