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SOSSA pelagics off Wollongong, NSW: no rare petrels but Pygmy Killer Wha

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Subject: SOSSA pelagics off Wollongong, NSW: no rare petrels but Pygmy Killer Whales
From: Nikolas Haass <>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:26:38 -0700 (PDT)
Hi all,

SOSSA pelagics off Wollongong, NSW, this past weekend (22nd/23rd October):
Northern hemisphere meets Southern hemisphere:
Brown Skua on Saturday, Arctic and Pomarine Jaeger on Sunday.
White-fronted Tern on Sunday, (Siberian) Common Terns on both days.

5+ Wandering Albatross, 3 Shy/White-capped Albatross, 10+ Black-browed 
Albatross, 2 Cape Petrels (australe)
Plus the "usual" species, expected in October.

Highlights were the cetaceans:
a small pod of Pygmy Killer Whales
a large pod of Risso's Dolphins
Short-beaked Common Dolphins
Inshore Bottlenose Dolphins
and a great Humpback show!


Several Sunfish.

Lowlight: We totally missed out on the great Pterodroma/Procellaria show I was 
hoping for :-(      See Eden Pelagic report (also 22nd/23rd October)!

Cheers,

Nikolas

 
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Nikolas Haass

Sydney, NSW
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