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Amazing New York State Pelagic Trip

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We had three species of storm-petrel keeping us busy: Wilson’s Storm-Petrel , Band-rumped Storm-Petrel , and Leach’s Storm-Petrel. The latter two species were a pleasure as I had only previously made their acquaintance during Hurricane Irene. a beautiful dawn sky. And what birds! storm-petrels feeding next to the boat.

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Life Along The Delaware Bay: A Book Review

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Life Along the Delaware Bay starts with a brief cultural history of the Bay, showing the sod dikes farmers built to drain the marshes, and how Cape May went from being a whaling town to a Victorian beach resort to the home of the Cape May Hawk Watch. Most articles on the Delaware Bay focus on horseshoe crabs and Red Knots.

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