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Hi All.
Spent about 3 hours this morning sea-watching at my
usual spot. Picked up my first Giant-Petrels and Great (Brown, Southern) Skuas
for the season. Also reasonable numbers of Albatross, including a possible
Grey-headed, but I didn't get the scope onto it before it disappeared in
the strong winds. Virtually completely black undwerwing and dark grey head but
without the bill colour I can't say for sure.
Shy Albatross 8 (best no. for a few
years)
Yellow-nosed Alb 13
Black-browed Alb 1 (unusually low no.)
Giant-Petrel sp. 1-3 (could have been the same bird
each time)
Great Skua 1-3 (as above)
Fluttering/Huttons Shearwaters lots (mostly too far
for me to pick which, but looked all Fluttering)
Gannets ~30-50 (inc. plenty of
immatures)
White-fronted Tern up to 7 on rocks with another
10-20 feeding offshore
Unidentified Albatross ~10
Rob Quinan
Central Coast, NSW.
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