PELAGIC BIRDING TRIPS

New for 2025!  Come aboard the "Gulf Eagle" out of Deep-Sea Headquarters in Port Aransas, TX for an exciting pelagic birding experience.  The Gulf Eagle is a 72 foot offshore boat that ventures up to 200 miles offshore.  These trips provide a rare opportunity to see pelagic bird species that are rarely seen from land.  You may also encounter rare marine mammals, which are seldom seen in the Gulf.  

We are offering 6 different pelagic trips in 2025.  We will have 4 12 hour trips and 2 48 hour trips scheduled this year. 

The 12 hour trips will leave at 6am and get back to the dock at 6pm.  These trips give you about 5-6 hours of birding in the deep water off the continental shelf.  We need at least 12 people to sign up to make the trip go and we will have a maximum of 40 people on board.

The 48 hour trips will leave on Friday at 6am and return on Sunday at 6am.  These trips offer a very rare opportunity to spend almost 2 full days in the deep water off the Texas coast.  Everyone on board would have their own bunk and may bring ice chests with food and drinks.  These trips are a must for experienced birders looking to add to their life list.  

PRICES AND DATES

12hr trip dates: AUGUST 8, 2025, AUGUST 29, 2025, SEPTEMBER 12, 2025, and OCTOBER 3, 2025.  Price is $173 per person and can be booked here:  https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/deepseaheadquarters/items/617355/?full-items=yes&flow=997364

48hr trip dates: MAY 16-18, 2025 and NOVEMBER 7-9, 2025.  These trips have a minimum of 10 people and a maximum of 18 people.  Price is $840 per person and can be booked here:  https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/deepseaheadquarters/items/617353/?full-items=yes&flow=997364 

TARGET SPECIES: Cory's Shearwater, Scopoli's Shearwater, Sargasso (Audubon's) Shearwater, Band-Rumped Storm-Petrel, Masked Booby, Brown Booby, Magnificent Frigatebird, Pomarine Jaeger, Bridled Tern, and Sooty Tern.

RARE SPECIES THAT MAY BE ENCOUNTERED: Yellow-Nosed Albatross, Black-Capped Petrel, Manx Shearwater, Great Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Wedge-Tailed Shearwater, Leach's Storm-Petrel, Red-Billed Tropicbird, Red-Footed Booby, Red Phalarope, Parasitic Jaeger, Long-Tailed Jaeger, South Polar Skua, Sabine's Gull, Arctic Tern, Brown Noddy, and more.

Call or email for more information.

(361) 549-5677

mcintyrebirds@hotmail.com