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SOOTY TERNS - MISTRAL POINT MAROUBRA, SYDNEY

Subject: SOOTY TERNS - MISTRAL POINT MAROUBRA, SYDNEY
From: "Evan Beaver" <>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:20:45 +1100
Where is Mistral point by the way? I've checked some maps and can't
find a mention of it.

EB

On 2/5/08, Evan Beaver <> wrote:
> Excellent news Graham, thanks for the report.
>
> Since I'm heading down to Kurnell on Saturday I might pop over to
> Mistral Point on saturday. Yes I have plenty of Goretex. Is anyone
> else going to be around? Dave? Edwin? Graham? Your expertise (and
> glassware) would be greatly appreciated. If not, I'll take it on solo,
> and hope they come in for easily identifiable views, preferably
> roosting quite near-by.
>
> EB
>
> On 2/4/08, Graham Buchan <> wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> >
> >
> > With the strengthening N-E/E winds and lots of rain falling, I went down to
> > Mistral Point where I met David Mitford. The winds were 20-25 knots, gusting
> > to 30 knots. We set up in the cave overlooking the seabaths. Before 7pm
> > David spotted a distant adult Sooty Tern, which I managed to find about a
> > minute later before it disappeared southward beyond Magic Point – my first
> > Sooty outside of Qld. But wait there's more – about 15 minutes later we saw
> > an adult and a juvenile some 50m off the cliff in front of us.
> >
> >
> >
> > There were literally thousands of Wedge-tails, tens of Short-tails, a few
> > Fluttering SW, many Pomarines and at least 2 Long-Tailed Skuas.
> >
> >
> >
> > With the winds expected to both increase and move more North-Easterly
> > between now and late tomorrow afternoon, there should be plenty of goodies
> > on show (but do bring waterproof clothing as well as tissues to clean the
> > glass).
> >
> >
> >
> > One happy birder in Sydney – Graham Buchan
> >
> >
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> --
> Evan Beaver
> Lapstone, Blue Mountains, NSW
> lat=-33.77, lon=150.64
>


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