More amazing seabird records this last week with a full summary on Birdline
(pelagic trip records not duplicated here). Highlights in NSW over the last
week or so, that have not already been posted to Birding-Aus, are as
follows:
WANDERING ALBATROSS 1 Long Reef, Sydney 2/7
SHY ALBATROSS 2 Soldier's Point, Norah Head, Central Coast 2/7
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS good numbers reported from coastal headlands in last
week
YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS many reported from coastal headlands in last week
SOUTHERN FULMAR 1 Long Reef, Sydney 4/7 - quite astonishing series of
records if accepted
GIANT PETREL 4 Long Reef, Sydney 2/7 and 1 white phase Maroubra, Sydney
2/7
CAPE PETREL 20 Long Reef 2/7 and 3 Maroubra 2/7
AUSTRALASIAN BITTERN 1 Bushell's Lagoon, Windsor 5/7
GREY GOSHAWK 1 Lady Carrington Drive, Audley 4/7
BLACK FALCON 1 between Glen Davis and Glen Alice, Capertee Valley 3/7
BUFF-BANDED RAIL 1 Royal Botanical Gardens visitor centre, Sydney 5/7
BUSH STONE-CURLEW 1 Empire Bay, Brisbane Water, Central Coast 1/7
SOUTHERN SKUA 2 Soldier's Point, Norah Head 2/7 - first Central Coast
record
TOPKNOT PIGEON 40 Lady Carrington Drive, Audley 4/7
WHITE-HEADED PIGEON 63 in one camphor laurel tree Lisarow, Central Coast
2/7
SWIFT PARROT 5 Capertee Valley 3/7
BARKING OWL 2 Glen Alice church, Capertee Valley 3/7
WHITE-BACKED SWALLOW 5 Capertee Valley (near Crown Station) 3/7
TAWNEY GRASSBIRD 1 Bushell's Lagoon, Windsor 5/7
BLACK-CHINNED HONEYEATER 2 Castlereagh NR, Windsor 5/7
BEAUTIFUL FIRETAIL 1 Capertee Valley 3/7
Chris Gladwin
Sydney, Australia
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