more dead Short-tailed Shearwaters

["Chris Brandis" <>]

The pelagic trips off Wollongong this week had 100s of Short-tailed 
Shearwaters following the boat fighting over the burley of minced meat and 
fat and pieces of fat, obviously starving. A couple fell on board and 
appeared to have reasonable breast condition but many flying past appeared 
to have crops prominent from the breast line.
In my experience this is unusual as they normally stream past heading south 
with the Wedge-tailed being the prominent Shearwater, but this time they 
were in the minority.
Cheers  Chris