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BIRD NERD with Peter Rowland

ALL AT SEA

’VE BEEN ON many pelagic birding trips and no two have been the same. They are a unique experience you must try…more than once. Serious pelagic trips can last days. But most leave early in the morning, head for deep water off the continental shelf and return late aft ernoon on the same day. Your guide will be hoping for favourable seas and moderate-to-strong winds. These conditions may not make

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