All - this is an awesome combo of trips available for Ohio (and abroad) birders.
Local Patch trips, this year, are focused on early Fall rarities: Sabine's Gull and Long-tailed and Parasitic Jaegers.
BSBO's November and December trips offer the chance for rare: Pomarine Jaeger, Purple Sandpiper, Black-headed and Little Gull, kittiwake, Long-tailed Duck, scoters, and winter species including the "white-winged" gulls.
Make sure you take a look at the trip styles - Local Patch trips are 7 hours and cover a large amount of open water, hunting down fast-moving jaegers offshore Vermilion/Huron/Lorain. BSBO's trips focus on the inner harbors of Cleveland, the outer CLE breakwall (a jackpot for Purple Sandpiper), and if weather permits, 3 miles out to the Crib.
No other state offers such a breadth of opportunities to get out on a Great Lake!
Jen [log in to unmask]
Cleveland, Ohio
330-701-6452
> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:43:06 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] LAKE ERIE PELAGICS JAEGERS/GULLS
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Thanks for mentioning BSBO's trips, Jen. I did want to mention that the
> BSBO's Pelagic Trip dates were established back in January and posted on our
> website. http://www.bsbo.org/events/current_events.HTM
> We do all that we can to keep the cost of these trips low and any proceeds
> benefit BSBO's research projects and education programs.
>
> The dates are:
>
> Saturday, November 23rd
> BSBO LAKE ERIE PELAGIC
> 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
> Cleveland, Ohio
> Cost is $50 per BSBO member // $65.00 for nonmembers // $25 per student
> Trip includes a hot lunch on board the boat
> Preregistration required by calling
> 419 898-4070
>
> Saturday, December 7th
> BSBO LAKE ERIE PELAGIC
> 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
> Cleveland, Ohio
> Cost is $50 per BSBO member // $65.00 for nonmembers // $25 per student
> Trip includes a hot lunch on board the boat
> Preregistration required by calling 419 898-4070
>
> Good birding,
>
> Kimberly Kaufman
> Executive Director
> Black Swamp Bird Observatory
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of jen
> brumfield
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 2:13 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [Ohio-birds] LAKE ERIE PELAGICS JAEGERS/GULLS
>
> Greetings all - There's still a few spots open on the FALL 2013 Local Patch
> pelagics. See details and dates below. We're filling up fast --Ohio birders
> have the opportunity to attend multiple "pelagics" this year, on Lake Erie,
> seeking jaegers, rare gull species and other uncommon and exciting
> waterbirds. Ohio leads the Great Lakes region in these offshore
> opportunities - no other state offers boat trips throughout the Fall/Winter
> period for open-water specialty birds. These birding trips are hands down
> utterly thrilling, and are making history in our state and abroad. Last
> year, Local Patch Birding pelagics recorded multiple point-blank Sabine's
> Gulls and Parasitic Jaegers (5 Pomarine Jaegers in 2011), and a Black Swamp
> Bird Observatory's trip had fantastic views (for all) of King Eider, with
> point-blank Pomarine Jaeger and Purple Sandpiper in years past.
> This year, a whole new set of trips are offered. Local Patch Birding is
> running four trips in late summer/early fall that target Sabine's Gull,
> Parasitic Jaeger, and Long-tailed Jaeger. Local Patch Birding (LPB) trip
> dates are: August 25th, September 1st, September 8th, and September 15th,
> 2013, falling within the prime period for Sabine's Gull, Long-tailed and
> Parasitic Jaegers. A fifth trip, offered during the Midwest Birding
> Symposium, is full.
> Each Local Patch boat trip is 7 hours in total, covering 40+ miles of open
> Lake Erie waters, and if weather permits, heading out to 14 miles on Lake
> Erie, towards the Canadian border. LPB trips leave port out of Vermilion,
> Ohio.
> For more details (itinerary, photos) on Local Patch Birding late summer/Fall
> 2013 boat trips seeking prime rarities, visit:
> http://www.jenbrumfield.com/?page_id=1775
> Stay tuned for late-season BSBO trip dates to be announced, seeking Pomarine
> Jaeger, Purple Sandpiper, Black-legged Kittiwake and other key rarities
> (Little and Black-headed Gulls possible, plus Iceland and Glaucous Gulls),
> and leaving port in Cleveland. Black Swamp Bird Observatory's boat trip
> dates have yet to be determined and will be announced within the summer
> period.
> best of birding - jb
>
> Jen [log in to unmask]
> Cleveland, Ohio
> 330-701-6452
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