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SYDNEY NSW Pelagic Trip Report - 11th November 2001

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Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 22:47:46 +1100
SYDNEY NSW Pelagic Trip Report - 11th November 2001


TRIP SUMMARY:

Once again a very pleasant trip - very calm seas - but bird numbers were down on previous years.  Just the one stage 4 'Wandering' type albatross.  Most likely gibsoni. Common Dolphin's put in quite a performance and it was good to see significant numbers of Great-winged Petrel out beyond the shelf.  The hyperlinks represent birds photographed on this trip. 


CONDITIONS:

Fine
Water temperature was 20.9deg on the shelf.
Swell less than a Metre.
Reached 26NM east of Sydney Heads.
Departed at 07.10 and returned at 15.15.

BIRD LIST:
847...Wandering Albatross 1 (probably gibsoni)
971...Providence Petrel   1
073...Great-winged Petrel 100+
069...Wedge-tailed Shearwater  100+
071...Short-tailed Shearwater 10-15
070...Sooty Shearwater  2
072...Flesh-footed Shearwater  5
068...Fluttering Shearwater  2
913...Hutton's Shearwater   10-15
xxx...Hutton's/Fluttering type   10+
063...Wilson's Storm Petrel 1
104...Australasian Gannet  1
945...Pomarine Jaeger  4-6
xxx...Long-tailed Jaeger 1 POSSIBLE sighting?
125...Silver Gull  50+
115...Crested Tern 9-10

953...Common Tern 8
097...Little Black Cormorant 1
099...Pied Cormorant  1
106...Australian Pelican  6

MAMMALS/FISH:

Hump-backed Whale   1
Common Dolphin    30+

For more information regarding pelagics
http://users.bigpond.net.au/palliser/

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