News from Macquarie Island

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Subject:	News from Macquarie Island
From:	"Rohan Clarke" <>
Date:	Mon, 8 Sep 2003 12:24:30 +1000

Hi all,

Just a quick snippet from Martin Schultz who remains on Macquarie island
(~1500 km SE Hobart). Yesterday 7th September Martin had a pod of 25+ Pilot
Whales accompanied by 380+ Cape Petrels, 2 ANTARCTIC PETRELS flying amongst
them, and about a km to the north 15+ unidentified dolphin/porpoise.

Antarctic Petrels turn up infrequently as beach washed specimens but there
are just a handful of sightings of live birds from Macquarie in the past 50
years.
Cheers
Rohan


Rohan Clarke
Threatened Mallee Bird Project
Zoology Department
La Trobe University
Bundoora 3086
Ph: 03 9479 1672 Mobile 0408 947001


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