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Eden Pelagic Report. November 21, 1999.
Information supplied by Eric Andrew.
Departed 8.00 am. Returned 3.45 pm.
Seas choppy. Wind 25 knots.
Overcast.
Water temp. 18.4 Deg.C Air temp. 15
Deg. C
On board: Eric Andrew, Geoff Duggan, Jeff Poklen (US), Graham O'Connor,
Grahame and Nicola Clark, Kelvin Thomson, Todd McGrath and Pam Stringer (US),
Sue Rees, Tris Teesdale, David and Penny Gerrard (UK), Manfred Noether and
Skipper John Henry.
Species seen with maximum at one time in brackets.
005 Little Penguin 1
984 Cape Petrel 5 (2)
075 Great-winged Petrel 200 (160)
078 Gould's Petrel 1
917 Black Petrel 3 (2)
069 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 30 (20)
071 Short-tailed Shearwater 300+ (200)
086 Wandering Albatross 9 (7)
088 Black-browed Albatross 6 (4)
859 Campbell Albatross 1
091 Shy Albatross 8 (4)
063 Wilson's Storm Petrel 2 (2)
104 Australasian Gannet 8 (4)
098 Black-faced Cormorant 3 (3)
096 Great Cormorant 16 (14)
106 Australian Pelican 1
945 Pomarine Jaeger 1
128 Arctic Jaeger 1
933 Long-tailed Jaeger 1
126 Pacific Gull 2 (2)
125 Silver Gull present
115 Crested Tern 12 (7)
228 Whistling Kite 1 in harbour
Plus: 2 Bottlenosed Dolphin, 10 Common Dolphin, 2 Australian Fur Seals, 2
Sunfish.
Next trip Sunday January 30, 2000. Please note. Dates for year 2000
trips are Jan 30, April 30, July 30 and October 29. (This is a change from
second Sunday to FIFTH Sundays only.) Why not make an advance booking for all
trips and make sure of your place? These trips are arranged for you by the Far
South Coast Birdwatchers Inc. Bookings to or phone me on (02) 6495
7390. Thank you, Barbara Jones. Happy Christmas, see you in the New Year.
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