Hi All,
Just to advise some additions and corrections to the recent Birds Australia
Victoria Port Fairy pelagic trip that took place on 3rd July 2005.
Firstly we had four species of prion on the day, not three as originally
reported. In addition to Antarctic Prion, Fairy Prion and Slender-billed Prion
we also had at least one Salvin's Prion at the second berley point. At least
two photographs show one bird that displayed a very wide base to the bill and
displayed a clear bow along the cutting edge.
Thanks to Frank Pierce for pointing this one out.
Secondly I must apologies to Jim Caine as I omitted him from the participant
list.
Thirdly the tern reported as an Arctic Tern has generated much interest and two
weeks later debate is still flowing freely between a number of "ternophiles".
At the moment some contributors have confidently ruled Common Tern and some
have confidently ruled out Arctic Tern (but some people in both these camps
reckon it may be the other species). Nobody has yet said it is definitely not
an Antarctic Tern, though we are struggling given there is little information
out there on Antarctic Tern plumages. I intend to post a more detailed summary
of the debate at a later stage but in the interim thought I should bring this
very interesting bird to peoples attention (again). What makes it all the more
interesting is we have a series of excellent photographs of the bird taken by
at least 4 different people and after two weeks discussion the identification
is far from resolved! The discussion has been extremely informative and
positive to date and I look forward to it continuing.
If interested, an image of the bird is still posted under the label of Arctic
Tern on ABID.
http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdimage&bid=540&fid=41&p=2&pagesize=1
Regards
Rohan
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Zoologist
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Biosis Research Pty. Ltd.
Natural and Cultural Heritage Consultants
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Port Melbourne, Vic 3207
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