Report of Dunnalley pelagic trip on 10 January 2001
Group seabird excursion on "Pauletta"; people on board: Jo Weinecke, Rohan
Clarke and Rebecca, Ken Cross, his mother and father and brother, Dennis
Abbott, Tim Reid, plus an English couple and two men, the name of whom
escapes me.
Weather: Fine and sunny (~0/8 cloud). Wind NE force 5-6. Sea F4 with 2m
swell from NE rising to 2-3m.
Sea temps 17.3-17.6oC (CSIRO sattellite map gave temperatures of 18.4oC in
the area).
Departed Dunnalley jetty 0810, through Marion Narrows at 0835. Reached
shelf at 1100 at 42o49'S 148o19'E. Surfed in through Marion Narrows at 1530
(that was fun!). Returned to Dunnalley jetty at 1600.
Many Short-tailed Shearwaters seen, low numbers of albatrosses recorded.
Most birds apart from the Procellarias didn't seem very co-operative and
were not highly interested in the vessel.
Birds seen (with maximum in brackets):
Wandering Albatross 5(2)
Royal Albatross 1(1)
Shy Albatross 25(10)
Black-browed Albatross (impavida) 2(1)
(subsp) 1(1)
Buller's Albatross 5(3)
Great-winged Petrel (gouldi) 5(1)
White-headed Petrel 5(1)
Providence Petrel 2(1)
Herald Petrel 1(1) 2nd Tas record
Gould's Petrel 1(1)
Soft-plumaged Petrel 1(1)
White-chinned Petrel 10(5)
Westland Petrel 1(1)
Short-tailed Shearwater tens of '000s (10,000)
Sooty Shearwater 1(1)
Buller's Shearwater 2(1)
Hutton's Shearwater 7(6)
White-faced Storm-petrel 5(3)
Common Diving-petrel 2(1)
Australasian Gannet 30(20)
Black-faced Shag 5(2)
Dominican Gull 5(2)
Crested Tern 1(1)
Arctic Jaeger 1(1)
Additions inside Blackman Bay
Pacific Gull
Silver Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
Australasian Pelican
Pied Oystercatcher
Red-necked Stint
Mammals seen
Fur-seal 4
Unidentified large whale 1
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Tim Reid.
Nature Conservation Branch (Marine)
Department of Primary Industry, Water and Environment
PO Box 44a
Hobart
Tasmania
Australia
phone: 0011-61-3-62336018
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