Yesterday I witnessed the largest concentration of seabirds I have
ever seen (even counting a recent trip to Lord Howe Island) at Norah Head
on the NSW Central coast. Literally a few metres from the rock platform by
the lighthouse there were enormous flocks of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters -
feeding, sitting on the water and in flight. I could not even begin to
estimate numbers, there must have been several thousand in a small area -
the ocean was black with them. Adding to the feeding frenzy were Gannets,
Crested and Common Terns, Silver Gulls and a few Fluttering? Shearwaters.
It was an amazing sight. Is this sort of congregation so close to shore
unusual?
Alistair Poore
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Alistair G.B. Poore
School of Biological Science
University of New South Wales
NSW 2052
AUSTRALIA
ph 61 2 385 2080 fax 61 2 662 2913
email
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