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Eden (NSW) Pelagic Report. Sunday
August 15, 1999.
Information supplied by Eric
Andrew.
Departed 8.0 am. Returned 4.30 pm.
Seas: 2.0m swell. Choppy.
Winds: 25 - 30 knots
Water temp: 17.0 Deg C. Air
temp: 10.0 Deg C.
Strong winds and rough seas
prevented reaching the shelf but stopped 10 miles out from Green Cape for very
successful burleying as results show.
On board: Eric Andrew, Ken Tucker
(UK), Barbara Longmuir (Vic), Fred T.H.Smith (Vic), Sandi Rice, Eric Rice, Rob
Berry (Vic), Gail Berry (Vic), Grahame Clark (ACT), Nicola Clark (ACT), Ian
Dowling (Vic) and Skipper John Henry.
Species with maximum at one time in
brackets.
005 Little Penguin
1
929 Southern Giant Petrel 5
(3)
937 Northern Giant Petrel 2
(2)
984 Cape Petrel 8
(5)
075 Great-winged Petrel
1
942
Slender-billed Prion 7 (2)
083 Fairy Prion 20
(12)
070 Sooty Shearwater
1
913 Hutton's Shearwater 8
(5)
086 Wandering Albatross
1
088 Black-browed Albatross 5
(2)
091 Shy Albatross 150
(100)
864 Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
16 (6)
064 Grey-backed Storm-Petrel 2
(2)
065 White-faced Storm-Petrel 5
(3)
104 Australasian Gannet 35
(18)
100 Little Pied Cormorant 3
(2)
098 Black-faced Cormorant
1
096 Great Cormorant 14
(13)
226 White-bellied Sea Eagle 2
(2)
980 Great Skua
1
126 Pacific Gull 9
(5)
125 Silver Gull
abundant
115 Crested Tern 9
(6)
114 White-fronted Tern
1
228 Whistling Kite 1
133 Masked Lapwing 2 (2)
plus 1 Fur Seal and 5 Common Dolphin
Next trip Sunday September 19, 1999. Bookings to Barbara Jones at or phone (02) 6495
7390. Regular trips arranged for your benefit by the Far South Coast
Birdwatchers on the third Sunday of each month. Depart Eden Wharf 8.0 am,
return 4.0.pm and cost $50. Cheers, Barbara.
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