We recently saw a South Polar Skua on the Hillarys pelagic trip from
Perth. Apart from writing a submission for the Birds Australia Rarities
Committee (BARC), I have been asked to write an article for WA Bird Notes.
HANZAB reports two at Geraldton in Nov 1980, nine at Two People's Bay
Albany in May 1986, and one at The Gap Albany in May 1986. Ron Johnstone's
Handbook of WA Birds reports one found dead at Rockingham Perth in June 1994.
Does anyone know of any other records (published or unpublished) in Western
Australia? I am also interested in the dates of other sightings (other
than those in HANZAB) in Australia to compare to our sighting on 8th August
(i.e. mid July to late August).
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Frank O'Connor Birding WA http://birdingwa.iinet.net.au
Phone : (08) 9386 5694 Email :
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