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WOLLONGONG, NSW Pelagic Trip Report 28th February 1999
Conditions,
Departed at 7.15 am and returned at 5.00 pm.
Seas slight, Winds variable & light 5-10 Knots
Reaching 28 Nautical Miles E of Wollongong.
Water temperature 24.1 Degrees
Primary chumming location 34.34'S 151.24'E
Those on Board,
Barry Burton, Pauline Burton, Sue Bresnhan, Peter Crabtree, Chris
Corben, Anna Glasser, Leonard Glasser, Malcolm Goodman, Dion Hobcroft,
Lisa Hugg, Alister Lethbridge, kerri Louis, Pete Milburn, Chris Padley,
Helen Padley, Tony Palliser, Lindsay Smith, Andrew Stafford and Louise
Tierney,
Summary,
A brilliant February Trip with some great birds. A very pleasant day
with slight seas and very warm conditions. A trip that contrasted
remarkably with the Sydney trip only a few weeks earlier. A lot more
birds present this time including large numbers of Flesh-footed
Shearwaters. The Kermadec Petrel and the Streaked Shearwater being
the highlights for most on board, even though the sightings were
somewhat brief. The Kermadec Petrel was an intermediate plumaged
bird first thought to be a Tahiti Petrel due to similarities in
plumage. The pale shafts visible on the upperwing and the overall
shape and flight mannerism finally clenching the identification.
Although one or two on board felt that they saw Tahiti Petrel? and it
was suggested by several that two birds may have been in view at the
same time. Overall though a fabulous and most memorable day.
Birds,
(numbers in brackets = highest count at any one time)
(numbers before the name assist in the recording process)
073-Great-winged Petrel 40-60(15+)
922-KERMADEC PETREL 1
853-STREAKED SHEARWATER 1
069-Wedge-tailed Shearwater 20+(12)
075-Buller's Shearwater 1
072-Flesh-footed Shearwater 250+(100+)
070-Sooty Shearwater 5(3)
071-Short-tailed Shearwater 6-10(3)
068-Fluttering Shearwater 2-4(2)
913-Hutton's Shearwater 6(1)
104-Australasian Gannet 6-10(3)
100-Little Pied Cormorant 2 Near harbour
106-Australian Pelican 2 Near harbour
945-Pomarine Jaeger 30+(10)
128-Arctic Jaeger 5(2)
933-Long-tailed Jaeger 3-4(1)
981-Kelp Gull 3(2)
125-Silver Gull 20+ inshore
115-Crested Tern 5+ inshore
120-Sooty Tern 1
982-GREY TERNLET 2
MAMMALS
Risso's Dolphin/Pygmy Killer Whale? 2
Sydney Pelagics depart on the 2nd Saturday of each month, Wollongong
Pelagics depart on the 4th Sunday of each month and Eden Pelagics on
the 3rd Sunday of each month thru 1999. If you would like to join one
of these trips please contact either Tony Palliser or Pete Milburn to
make a booking.
Regards
Tony Palliser
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Ph wk..... 02-99001678 fx..... 02-99001669
Ph mb..... 0416 095875
Ph hm..... 02-94277563
email: wk:
http://www.zip.com.au/~palliser
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