Portland (Vic.) pelagic, Sunday 15 February 1998.
Departed 0735. Reached 25 N Mi S of Lawrence Rocks. Docked 1700. Observers
present:
Mike Carter (organiser), Peter Lansley, Rohan Clark, Murray Grant, Ian
Ashton, Roger & Jenny Taylor, Beth Williams, Trevor Cowie and another from
SA (sorry), Mike Doyle, Peter Crabtree.
Weather. In wake of cold front, SW wind 15 knots moderating to 5 knots by
afternoon. Swell 4-5 metres moderating to 1-2 m later in day. Cloudy with
occasional filtered sunlight in middle of day. Light drizzle in harbour,
but almost none once at sea. Air temp. circa 8-15 deg. C, cold for this
time of year.
Birds:
Little Penguin 4
Giant-Petrel sp.? 1
Great-winged Petrel 6
White-chinned Petrel 4
Flesh-footed Shearwater 80
Sooty Shearwater 1
Short-tailed Shearwater 170
Fluttering Shearwater 2
Hutton's Shearwater 2
[Flutton's] Shearwater 6
Wandering Albatross 5
Black-browed Albatross 70
Shy Albatross 16
Yellow-nosed Albatross 80
BULLER'S ALBATROSS 1
SOOTY ALBATROSS 2
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 1
White-faced Storm-Petrel 70
Australasian Gannet 5000
Black-faced Cormorant 110
Pomarine Jaeger 1
Arctic Jaeger 7
LONG-TAILED JAEGER 1
Pacific Gull 1
Silver Gull 50
Crested Tern 22
also in harbour: Great Cormorant 1, Pied Oystercatcher 1, Sooty
Oystercatcher 2, Sacred Kingfisher 1.
Mammals: Aust. Fur Seal 5
Full details available from Mike Carter, phone 03 9787 7136. Next trip
Sunday 15 March. December and January trips cancelled due to unfavourable
weather conditions.
Peter Lansley, Melbourne.
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