Highlights by observers in New South Wales over the last week are as 
     follows:
     
     FAIRY PENQUIN      5 Berry's Bay, McMahon's Point, Sydney 18/6 
     SHY ALBATROSS      4 Long Reef 25/6 and 2 Maroubra 25/6 
     WANDERING ALBATROSS        8 Long Reef, Sydney 26/6
     FAIRY PRION        '000s at both Long Reef & Maroubra, Sydney all week 
     FLUTTERING SHEARWATER      5000 Maroubra 25/6
     SLENDER-BILLED PRION       1 Maroubra, Sydney 27/6 
     RED-FOOTED BOOBY   1 Warnervale, Central Coast 22/6
     AUSTRALIAN BITTERN 2 daily to at least 28/6 Pitt Town Lagoon, Windsor 
     BROLGA             1 Narromine, near Dubbo 21/6
     GREY GOSHAWK       1 North Ryde, Sydney 23/6
     BEACH STONE-CURLEW 1 daily to at least 28/6 Bundeena, Royal Nat. Park 
     WHITE-FRONTED TERN 55 Mistral Point, Maroubra 25/6
     SOUTHERN SKUA      1 Maroubra, Sydney 23/6 
     SUPERB PARROT      10 Nevertire, Narromine 21/6 
     BLUE-WINGED PARROT 5 near Narromine 20/6
     SWIFT PARROT       100 daily to at least 28/6 Londonderry, Richmond 
     WHITE-HEADED PIGEON        12 Devlin's Creek, Epping 20/6
     
     
     Chris Gladwin
     Sydney, Australia
     
     
     BIRDLINE NSW (02) 9290 1778 - sponsored by Birds Australia, NSW Field 
     Ornithologists Club, Cumberland Bird Observers Club and Illawarra Bird 
     Observers Club
     
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