Silver Gulls breeding in Sydney Harbour at Pyrmont

[Andrew Taylor <>]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 03:47:06PM +1100, Mark Young wrote:
>    I wondered at the time if they were local birds, or if they had come
>    from afar. I guess if they are breeding in the inner city it might well
>    be possible that they are local, but how could you tell for sure?

I'm sure there no way of knowing - because its not much longer a flight from 
Five Islands than from Sydney Harbout to Long Reef.

I wonder if any Crested Terns breed in the harbour - apparently there are
a dozen colonies on off-shore islands including Five Islands.

Andrew