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This is Mike Carter's report for the trip 2/07/00
which left Port Fairy ( not Portland ).
Aboard :-
Mike Carter (leader), Rob & Gail Berry, Neil
Macumber, Phil Maher, Dave Webb, Steve Seymour, Laurie O'Connor, Tom Fletcher,
Harry (the dude) Zwacke, Kelvin & Kim Jakes.
Weather :-
Sunny periods, partly cloudy with drizzle showers,
cool wind 0 - 12 knots NE. Sea slight on low ( to 2 metre ) swell in a.m. Small
chop in p.m.
The good ship Michael J lV left at 0745, docked at
1720. Headed out SSW ( 203 degrees ) at 13.3 knots. Occasional pauses inshore.
Burlied in 73 fathoms for 20 minutes before crossing shelf break at 1040.
Burlied over 260 fathom canyon. At 1130, 30nm from Port Fairy joined a feeding
flock of birds and seals in 150 fathoms until 1300. Moved south to 300 fathoms
before heading towards home at 1345. Visited Lady Julia Percy Is on
return.
Mammals:-
Common Dolphin 20.
Seals (thousands).
Birds:-
Little Penguin 7
Common Diving Petrel 2
Southern Giant Petrel 1
Northern Giant Petrel 3
Cape Petrel 7
Great-winged Petrel 10
Slender-billed Prion 3
Fairy Prion 50
Sooty Shearwater 3
Short-tailed Shearwater 1
Fluttering Shearwater 1
Huttons Shearwater 1
Wandering Albatross 2
(Northern) Royal Albatross 1
Black-browed Albatross 100
Bullers Albatross 1
Shy Albatross 110
Yellow-nosed Albatross 8
Wilsons Storm-Petrel 2
Grey-backed Storm-Petrel 4
Australasian Gannet 60
Black-faced Cormorant 2
Kelp Gull 25
Crested Tern 13
White-fronted Tern 3
Silver Gull 8
Pacific Gull 1
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