Laurie,
If you found 20-30 pale morph Wedge-tailed Shearwaters I would expect there
to have been over 5,000 dark morphs. Were there? In which museum did you
deposit these specimens? Although not common, the rather similar Buller's
Shearwater would be more common along that coast, could you perhaps be
mistaken?
Was it onshore gales when you were at Picnic Point? Tahiti Petrels are not
common and almost unknown close inshore. Did you satisfactorily eliminate
Phoenix Petrel and Taiko?
Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mt Eliza VIC 3930
Ph: (03) 9787 7136
Email:
----- Part Original Message -----
From: Lawrie Conole <>
To: Birding Aus <>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 2:12 AM
Subject: Very short trip report: Mimosa Rocks NP, NSW South
Coast
> Hi folks
>
> Just back from a week of mental health leave at Mimosa Rocks National
> Park between Bega and Bermagui on the NSW South Coast. Too busy already
> to post a proper report!!! ... but from a week of bumming around at
> Picnic Point (PP) campground, the highlights were as follows:
>
> Tahiti Petrel - one seen flying along the breaker line off PP
>
> Shearwaters - squillions offshore - mostly Short-tailed with some
> Wedge-tailed, Fluttering and at least one Huttons - about 20-30
> beachwashed pale morph Wedge-tails around PP headland
> =================================
> Lawrie Conole
> Senior Ecologist
> Ornithology & Terrestrial Ecology
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