MONTAUK TO NYC SWIM WILDLIFE INVENTORY (on-the-water sightings by Crew Chief Andy Norris and our trusty volunteers September 2016 - June 2017)
Above: Atlantic Sturgeon (dead)
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Algal Bloom (a few 20' X 10' brownish red areas mid-swim on 9/23)
Atlantic Menhaden a.k.a Bunker
Atlantic Sturgeon (dead; floating at surface; see photo above)
Black-Crowned Night Heron
Belted Kingfisher
Great White Shark (a tagged female named "Montauk" courtesy of OCEARCH on 9/23/2016)
Insects (many varieties have visited the swim escort boat including parasitic wasps, stable flies, and an unidentified yellow butterfly)
Monarch Butterfly (migrating?)
Red-Spotted Purple Butterfly (open ocean)
Showy Egret
Tree Swallows (Catching insects on the wing, most likely migrants heading south)
Unidentified Comb Jellies
Also:
Homo sapiens (standing atop various vessels, including a US Navy submarine traveling on the surface)