SYDNEY, NSW PELAGIC TRIP REPORT 14th February 1998
Trip Summary:
Once again unusually quiet for this time of year. The volume of birds
being significantly less than usual. However the days highlights
certainly made up for this. Fine views of two great rarities.
White-necked Petrel and White-tailed Tropicbird (an immature bird).
Also unusual at least for Sydney Harbour was a record of an Australasian
Grebe. Once again the best birds were sighted close to Brown's Mountain
(a local sea mount). Also amazing was the ocean temperature recorded at
26.2 degrees celcius.
Conditions:
Fine and warm.
Water temperature 26.2C once beyond the shelf.
Departed at 7.30 am and returned at 3.00 pm.
Predominantly Northeast winds 5-10 Knots
Reached 29.7 Nautical Miles East of Sydney.
Those on Board:
Christian Dietzen, John Durante, Tobias Epple, Mateus Fehlow, Nick Hodges,
Harry Koffel, Ted Nickson, Tony Palliser, Colleen Pederson, Collin Scouler,
Tab Shimba, Andrew Stafford and Cindy Weidner.
BIRD LIST
Numbers in brackets = Highest Count at any one time.
Great-winged Petrel 30-50 (c.20+)
WHITE-NECKED PETREL 1
Short-tailed Shearwater 30+ (c.10)
Flesh-footed Shearwater 30-60 (20+)
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 150+ (30+)
Hutton's Shearwater 5-10 (4)
Crested Tern 10+ (3) Most in the harbour
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD 1
Arctic Jaeger 3 (1)
Pomarine Jaeger 10+ (3)
Silver Gull 50+ Most in the harbour
Great Cormorant 4 In the harbour
little Pied Cormorant 2 In the harbour
Australian Pelican 3 In the harbour
Australasian Grebe 1 In the harbour
MAMMAL LIST
Dolphin Sp - Not identified
Trips are always on the 2nd Saturday of each month from Sydney and
the 4th Sunday of each month from Wollongong.
To make a booking or find out more contact or
or take a look at the web site.
http://www.zip.com.au/~palliser
Regards
Tony Palliser (.....Sydney, Australia)
Phone.....+61 2 9900 1678 or Home +61 2 9427 7563
Fax.......+61 2 9900 1669
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