After leaving the Sabine's Gull, a trio of Parasitic Jaegers were seen performing some aerial maneuvers together.
Stormy weather sometimes blows birds off course and after such storms having passed through the previous few days, a Ruby-throated Hummingbird passed by as well as an unidentified yellow warbler. A Praying Mantis seemed to stow aboard for the trip as well! On the way back, we slowed down to take a look at Plymouth Beach again and picked up a Piping Plover feeding along the water line.
Seabirds and Gulls:
1 White-winged Scoter
6 Common Loon
225 Cory's Shearwater (majority off Race Point and Peaked Hill)
100 Great Shearwater
10 Sooty Shearwater
2 Manx Shearwater
2 Wilson's Storm Petrel
10 Northern Gannet
32 Red-necked Phalarope
6 Parasitic Jaeger
1 Jaeger sp.
1 Sabine's Gull
75 Laughing Gull
50 Herring Gull
15 Roseate Tern
1 Piping Plover
2 Black Belly Plovers
Ring-billed Gulls (indeterminate number)
Great Black-backed Gulls
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 warbler sp. (yellowish)
Marine Mammals:
19 humpback whales
2 finback whales
6 minke whales
20 - 30 gray seals
Identified Humpback Whales:
Salt and Epson
Perseid and calf
Habenero
Shuffleboard
Ember
Follicle
Bayou
Pele
Timberline
Gunslinger
and one wayward Praying Mantis!