The Windy Charterboat

Birding
Hand feed the PELAGIC SPECIES in the waters off MONTAUK POINT, LONG ISLAND. Spring and fall is a hands on experience, viewing the many species that pass within easy range of the WINDY. I've been watching the PELAGICS for more than 25 years. Ever since a friend of mine, Jim Ash, a Master Birder handed me a copy of Petersen's Field Guide and asked me to tell him what I saw offshore. This opened up a whole new world to me. I always knew that all the birds I saw out there weren't just Sea Gulls. I just didn't know what species they were. Since then, I've amassed quite a list for a guy that doesn't do any world traveling. Every year while chumming offshore we see hundreds of SHEARWATERS, PETRALS, JAEGERS, GULLS, TERNS & GANNETS at arms length, and every once in a while we get a real exotic. The WINDY can take you quickly, comfortably and safely to these species. Remember from the time the boat leaves the dock to the time we return it's an experience you'll always remember.
Species	Best
Wilson's Storm Petral	Abundant, June & September
Sooty Shearwater	Very common, June & September
Greater Shearwater	Abundant, June & September
Cory's Shearwater	Very common, Late June through September
Manx Shearwater	A few dozen every year, July, August, September
Audobon's Shearwater	Two or three every year
Northern Fulmar	A dozen every year, May, June & September
Parasitic Jaeger	Common offshore June, inshore September through November
Pomarine Jaeger	Common June through October
Long-Tailed Jaeger	Two or three every June
South Polar Skua	Several every June
Great Skua	Occasional late September
Laughing Gull	Abundant June through November
Bonaparte's Gull	Very common October & November
Herring Gull	Abundant year round
Greater Black Back Gull	Abundant year round
Lesser Black Back Gull	Occasional October & November
Black-Legged Kittiwake	Very common October & November
Also to the credit of the WINDY some of the other species we have observed at close hand include Cape Petral (1), White Faced Petral (1), Glaucous Gull (2), Iceland Gull (many), Ivory Gull (2), Ross' Gull (2), Sabine's Gull (5) The ocean is a big place and these PELAGIC SPECIES can show up any where at any time you just have to be out there. So give us a call and we will put you in the right spot for the bird you want for tour list.