Rod,
I regret that I erroneously omitted Sooty Tern from the pelagic report
yesterday. We did in fact see a minimum of 12 birds on Saturdays pelagic.
Another error was the number of Great-winged Petrel in total we had about 40
birds not the 120 quoted. Good to see you are still out sea watching. I
wouldn't worry to much about dipping on Tahiti Petrel you are still reveling
in the joys of sighting Antarctic Petrel from land last year. No I haven't
forgotten!
All the best
Tony
Rod Gardner wrote:
> Hi birding-ausers,
>
> Here's an illustration of how quickly things can change when it comes to
> seabirds.
>
> I didn't make it to Saturday's Sydney pelagic (see Tony's report), but
> overnight a strong south-easterly wind picked up (i.e. onshore), and in
> a couple of hours of watching from Mistral Point, Maroubra, in the south-
> east of Sydney, (split between morning and evening) the following good
> birds were seen that weren't seen on Saturday: an immature Brown Noddy,
> an adult Sooty Tern, fifteen (yes, fifteen) Long-tailed Jaegers (which
> compared nicely with just five each of Pomarine and Arctic). There was
> also a single Great-winged Petrel. Early this morning an out-of-season
> sub-adult Black-browed Albatross (melanophrys) passed by.
>
> Didn't quite make up for dipping on the Tahiti Petrel, which would have
> been a lifer, but almost, with the two terns being seabird species
> 51 and 52 for Maroubra.
>
> Rod Gardner
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