This 10/1 trip just got postponed to 10/22 (october 22nd), and has openings. If you would like to join on 10/22 please go to this site and follow instructions http://trips33.blogspot.com If you have any questions/suggestions, please email me at robben99@gmail.com Thanks, Tom Robben ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thomas Robben <robben99@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 1:58 AM Subject: October 1st: new HOT-SPOTS pelagic trip To: SendEmailTo CTbirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> Cc: Thomas Robben <robben99@gmail.com> Do you want to learn more about how the ocean works, changing through the 4 seasons (while we search to find uncommon seabirds & whales)? You are invited to join a new kind of trip: OCEAN HOT-SPOTS PELAGIC TRIP: Hunting for ocean hot-spots, seabirds, whales, etc. Can we find "hot-spots" with high-activity of seabirds, whales and other marine life, sample those waters and prey items, and prove what makes them special? Is it all about food? What is being eaten, by the birds, by the whales? This 8-hour trip will try to find as many seabirds and whales as possible, and if we find any hot-spots of activity we will pause and try to determine what is special there. We will have top experts on seabirds, whales and also marine science on-board to explain and answer questions, to analyze what is happening at each hot-spot we find, and to explain the marine ecosystem (and how it is changing). DATE: October 1, 2016 saturday, from 8am to 4pm. PORT: Gloucester, MA. COST: $90 per person. ROUTE: the best ocean areas TBD that day, off the coast of New England. To sign-up or get further details, go to this website: Trips33.blogspot.com <http://trips33.blogspot.com/> Or contact this email robben99@gmail.com Tom Robben