Still, many birders and a few deep-sea fishing charter companies are up to the task.  In the past several years, pelagic trips have been launched out of Savannah with the Gulf Stream as the destination.  Some are rather dull, some are physically challenging, but all hold a level of anticipation that can not be matched by birding on land for many people.

The GOS has compiled and provided these reports to give pelagic birding enthusiasts an opportunity to examine the species that have been observed off of the coast of Georgia.  In many cases, GPS coordinates of each sighting are provided, helpful with aligning species occurrence with Naval towers, weather buoys, marine sanctuaries, average depths and underwater features.  Maps to show the general locations of each sighting are also provided as are photographs of some of the birds observed on each trip.

For more information concerning Georgia pelagic trips, please visit Russ Wigh's Georgia Pelagic Trips web site.
 

trip date	species photographed
21 Feb 2003	Northern Gannet, Manx Shearwater, Herring Gull, Razorbill, and Red Phalarope
7 Sep 2002	Cory's Shearwater, Audubon's Shearwater, Masked Booby, Great Blue Heron
24 Aug 2002	Brown Booby, Masked Booby, and Cory's Shearwater
24 Jun 2002	White-tailed Tropicbird, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Cory's Shearwater and Greater Shearwater
28 Aug 2000	Long-tailed Jaeger, Black Tern and Bridled Tern
27 Aug 2000	Red-necked Phalarope and Audubon's Shearwater
30 May 1999	Bridled Tern, Wilson's Storm-Petrel and Osprey
30 Nov 1998	Red Phalarope, Northern Gannet and Royal Tern