July 1, 1976, Bar Harbour, Maine to Yarmouth, N.Scotia on Bluenose Ferry. 8a.m.EDST-3p.m.ADST Heavy Fog, strong winds, good waves, cold, and RW's. From BH to Lt. House off Otter point Rain & poor visible. D.C.Cormorants and Herring Gulls. nothing else until 945-950 EDST. Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis - lt. phase (only phase seen whole trip) Greater Shearwater - Puffinus gravis - 2 Parasitic Jaeger -1 Manx Shearwater - Puffinus puffinus - 1 by 1025 EDST then 3 Wilson Petrels 1045 - adult common loon overtook the ferry. 1100 - Pomarine Jaeger chasing a petrel 1115 - 6 Wilson ?? Petrels - too far away to tell species for sure. Black-capped Petrel - Pterodroma hasitata - very light gray back and mantle with white rump andnape. Light-white below - about 12" long, 2'-3' wingspread. 1135-45 - 5 ?? petrels Cory Shearwaters ? Skua - Catharacta skua another Black-capped Petrel ? ?? jaeger Manx shearwater 1215 3 Cory, 2 Greater, Fulmar - 3, 2, 2, 1245 Sooty Shearwater - 2 Arctic Tern - 2 1 p.m. Fulmar Black-backed Gull 135 - Wilson ? Petrel Black-backed Gulls 230 near Yarmouth Lite - Dovekie Least Terns Guillemot July 1, 1976, Yarmouth-Middleton, Nova Scotia, along NW Coast. 330-8p.m. ADST. Ovc, cool, breezy, RW and fog. Wilson Snipe Tree Swallow Redstarts Willet at Annapolis Gut Barn Swallow common House Sparrows Black-backed Gull Cliff Swallow Redwings Herring Gull Winter Wren C. Grackles Rock Dove Robins C. Goldfinches DownyWoodpecker Starlings Song Sparrows Common Crow Yellowthroat July 2, 1976, Kingston to Halifax, Nova Scotia. 630-9a.m. Yellow-shafted Flicker Starlings Rusty Blackbird - Bell Pre Crows Blackburnian Warbler Cowbirds Ravens Bay Breasted Warbler C. Goldfinches Black-cap Chickadee -Bell Pre Redstarts Chipping Sparrow Hallifax to Antagonish - Common Nighthawk Gray Jay 10 mi. W of Canso Strait Ruby-crn Kinglet Magnolia Warbler July 2, 1976, Cape Breton Island -St. Peters Lock to Sydney - 345-515 p.m. ADST. Horned Grebe Yel-shafted Flickers Cliff Swallows Bobolinks Herring Gull Tree Swallow Robn C. Goldfinches Black-backed Gull Barn Swallow Starlings Chipping Sparrow Louisburg, S of Sydney, N.S. 545-815 p.m.ADST. Black Ducks Arctic Terns Evening Grosbeaks -ful plumaged M Herring Gulls Crows Savannah Sparrow Black-backed Gulls Ravens White-thrtd Sparrow Ring-billed Gull s House Sparrows Swamp Sp. Lincoln Sp. Song Sp - weird choked call notes. bright pinkish legs.