years, counts on Georges Bank off Massachusetts, have yielded up to 3,000 in 

 one day (Vickery 1977). 



Chumming with coarsely ground beef suet and bread generally didn't appeal 

 to fulmars, although they did mingle with the flocks of gulls which vigorously 

 fed on the chum. Most northern fulmars exhibited the pale color phase. 



E 

 o 



1=0.1-1.0 1=1.1-10 ■ =11-26 



MEAN NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS OBSERVED PER HOUR 



X = ZONE NOT SAMPLED IN THIS MONTH 



Figure 6. Seasonal abundance and seaward distribution patterns of the northern 

 fulmar in the northern Chesapeake Bight, 1971-1977. 



CORY'S SHEARWATER (Pu ffinus diomedea ) 



Status . --Fairly common, but widely dispersed summer visitant over the 

 Continental Shelf from late May to mid-October. Occasionally locally common 

 over feeding areas (Fig. 7). 



Earliest record . --29 May 1977. 



Latest record . --19 October 1974. 



Extraseasonal record. --1 at Ocean City, 18 March 1972. 



Maximum counts . --At least 125 in a feeding flock, 9 km ESE Ocean City 

 (39°18'N, 74°58'W), 4 July 1977; 130 gathered around fishing vessels, along 

 the edge of the Continental Shelf, 154 km SE Cape May, New Jersey (38°39'N, 

 73°11'W), 14 August 1975. 



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