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SYDNEY PELAGIC TRIP REPORT 14th March 1998

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Subject: SYDNEY PELAGIC TRIP REPORT 14th March 1998
From: palliser <>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 22:47:50 +1100
14th March 1998 SYDNEY PELAGIC TRIP REPORT  
 
Very similar to last months trip. Highlights included a very confiding  
White-necked Petrel and a single (always good to see) Gould's Petrel and  
a distant view of an unidentified tropicbird. A few fresh plumaged  
Providence Petrel were early arrivals and Wedge-tailed Shearwater numbers  
were well down - presumably because they have started to migrate North.  
Any trip with White-necked Petrel is a great trip.   
 
Departed at 7.00 am and returned at 2.30 pm.   
1 Metre swell, 15-20 knot winds, from the SE  
We reached 27 Nautical Miles E of Sydney Heads.  
Water temperature up to 24.3 C beyond the shelf. 
  
Those on board:  
Rod Gardner, Nick Hodges, Peter Lansley, Bill McLean, Pete Milburn, Ted  
Nixon, Tony Palliser, Robert Quoinan, David Siems, Andrew Stafford and  
Bob Way. 
 
 
  
THE BIRDS  
  
  
Great-winged Petrel 50-80+ (20+) 
Providence Petrel 2  
WHITE-NECKED PETREL 1   
GOULD'S PETREL 1  
Flesh-footed Shearwater 30-50 (18) 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 10-15 (6)  
Fluttering Shearwater 2 (1) 
Fluttering Type? 3 (1) 
Short-tailed Shearwater 5-10 (2) 
Tropicbird Sp? 1  
Australasian Gannet 3  
Silver Gull 50+ in the Harbour  
Pomarine Skua 5-10 (3) 
Arctic Skua 3 (1)  
Crested Tern 30-40 in the harbour 
  
Australasian Pelican 5 in the Harbour  
Great Cormorant 2 in the Harbour  
White-faced Heron 2 (6 miles from shore)  
Reef Egret 1 (dark phase in the harbour) 
 
MAMMALS 
 
None reported 
 
Sydney Pelagics depart on the 2nd Saturday of each month and Wollongong  
Pelagics depart on the 4th Sunday of each month. If you would like to  
join one of these trips please contact either Tony Palliser or Pete  
Milburn to make a booking. 
 
Tony Palliser Ph; 02-99001678 (w), 02-4277563  (h)  
http://www.zip.com.au/~palliser  
 
 
Pete Milburn Ph; 0416-249501 or Wk 06-2494326 
 
  
  
  
Regards   
Tony 


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