Atlantic Seabird Photo Journal: Off New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland Coasts to Canyons 1967-2006

This collection of notes and photographs of offshore trips and sightings along thecoast, along with some photos outside the study area were made from the late sixtiesonward.

My sea-birding companion Armas Hill and I have made the effort to collectivelycollate the many thousands of sightings.

All the photographs made out of our study areaare so marked.

I thank Ken Kitson for assisting in the production of the distribution andpopulation chart, as well as Elizabeth Brady for drawing the map of the covered area,and Sally Brady for her drawing of the European Storm-Petrel. Without Captain John Larson and his Miss Barnegat Light and the great captainsand crews aboard, as well as all the Ebles with their Doris Mae, this would have beenan impossible task.

The Atlantis and the White Star as well as Captain Garrisonsboat in 1967 that found us an albatross (even though the captain was too embarrassed toadmit to his fellow captains that he was taking out a group of bird watchers!) Thingshave changed. Kate Brethwaite, John Danzenbaker and Jim Merrit were almost always aboardwhen we began the pelagic trips.

Laurie Larson, Doug Gill, Irvin Black, William Boyle,Joseph Burgiel, Pete Dunne, Richard Kane, Alan Keith and Harry Wallum were amongthe many on early trips.

Several thousands more have been on the approximately threehundred fi fty canyon trips it took to complete the information and photos covering thisstudy.

All these birders are a great part of this book. Other mentors who showed us the way and corrected my mistakes with grace wereRobert Ake, James Akers, Paul duMont, Peter Harrison, Paul Lehman, Brian Patteson,Jon Pearson, Betty Phinny, Richard Roulete, Will Russel and David Wingate. For the scanning and processing of photos and text and the time devoted to theproject, I thank Elaine and Chuck Crunkleton, excellent birders and good friends. Elaines son, Tim Ryan, also deserves much thanks for providing his computer expertisefor the layout process.

A special thanks to Kathy Horn, whos impecable eye smoothedout many, many problems. Photographs by the author.