The best bird of the day was a Monarch Butterfly!
Most bird and nature posts (mine included) are about successful discoveries. Alas, once in a while, one has to report the opposite. Sunday's Whale Watch, sponsored by SOFO through CRESLI (Costal Research and Education Center of Long Island) on a Viking Starship off Montauk was virtually a complete bust. No whales, no cetaceans of any sort and very few birds (a couple of glancing views of Cory's Shearwaters, a distant dark shearwater (possibly a Sooty) and three or four Wilson's Storm Petrels (barely glimpsed).
Plus a few Tree and Barn Swallows (what are they doing out here on the ocean?). And that Monarch Butterfly, something of a rarity these days.
Lots of Sargasso Seaweed -- presumably drifting in from the far-off Sargasso Sea. A couple of sharks were called but I didn't see any of them.
Oh well, CRESLI did their best and it was a nice boat ride on a hot day.
Eric Salzman
P.S.: The same Viking Starship went on a three-day, two night off-shore trip after our return on Sunday so maybe we'll hear some better reports from that expedition!
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