From: Martin on 01/08/2002 03:06 PM
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Subject: Sewage and birdlife
Koren mentions sewage outfalls and whether they would attract albatrosses.
In Victoria the old Black Rock sewage outfall for Geelong which empties into the
ocean at Breamlea used to be a spot to tick Southern Giant-Petrels Macronectes
halli (Atlas of Victorian Birds 1987). The effluent has since been somewhat
further treated I understand to the point where it is no longer as 'interesting'
food-wise for the birds and now Giant-Petrels are more rarely reported from this
locality. Although albatross are recorded from this same locality I have never
seen any feeding by albatrosses close in-shore associated with effluent.
cheers
Martin O'Brien
Executive Scientific Officer, Scientific Advisory Committee
Department of Natural Resources and Environment
4/250 Victoria Pde., East Melbourne 3002
Tel: 9412 4567 Fax: 9412 4586
(prefixes: Interstate 03 International 613)
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