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-----Original Message-----
From:
Barbara Jones <>
To:
birding-aus <>
Date:
Thursday, February 25, 1999 5:49 PM
Subject: Eden NSW Pelagic
Report Sun 21 February 1999
Eden Pelagic report for Sunday
21 February 1999
Departed 8am, returned 4 pm. Went out 26 miles.
Seas:
Choppy with 1m swell. Winds light to moderate. Sky clear.
Water temp: 22
degrees, air temp: 24 degrees.
On board: Eric Andrew, Mike Doyle, Peter
Crabtree, Grahame Clark, Nicola
Clark, Elizabeth Lloyd, Ken Harte and Marilyn
Harte (USA), Colin Field,
Yvonne Field, Pru Adamson, Manfred Noether and
Skipper John Henry.
Species observed: Total, with maximum seen at one
time in brackets.
Great-winged Petrel 9 (5)
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
250 (200)
Flesh-footed Shearwater 1
Short-tailed Shearwater 65
(30)
Fluttering Shearwater 9 (4)
Black-browed Albatross 1
Shy Albatross
1
Yellow-nosed Albatross 1
Australasian Gannet 14 (9)
Black-faced
Cormorant 80 (80)
Great Cormorant 16 (8)
White-faced Heron 1
Pomarine
Jaeger 20 (8)
Long-tailed Jaeger 1
Pacific Gull 3 (2)
plus Silver
Gulls and Crested Terns.
plus 1 Fur Seal, 1 Dolphin, 1 Striped Tuna
caught and 1 Bonito caught.
These trips are organised by the Far South
Coast Birdwatchers for
pelagic enthusiasts and we hope you will join us some
time. Bookings
please to Barbara Jones on phone (02) 6495 7390, or
email
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