All sounds great Jim, but you fail to mention the high proportion of
birders who chuck up during pelagic trips, thus detracting from the
"joy" of seeing the big sea birds. I have seen people so sick and
dehydrated that they are seriously ill, often lying under cabin tables
with glazed eyes and green looking tight skin on their faces. Sort of
takes the joy out of it. I always get sick, but fortunately not as bad
as I've just described. None of the " tried and true" remedies work for
me, and I fear sometimes make things worse. I've done quite a lot of
pelagics over the years, last year's Ashmore Reef trip probably being my
last. It just ain't worth it anymore.
Tony.
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From:
On Behalf Of Jim and Sonia
O'Shea
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 1:34 PM
To: birding-aus
Subject: Pelagic trips
Hi birders.
Edwin Vella wrote amongst other things on 22nd August 2007:
PS - It is great when you can see these birds from land and get good to
excellant views from time to time. Do you really need to go on a pelagic
trip!!!
There are many reasons why all birders should go on a pelagic trip.
New birders in particular generally don't have scopes, nor would they
have the experience to identify Seabirds as a speck in the ocean, some
Kilometres out to sea.
All the Pelagic trips I have been on, have had experts on board to
assist with Identification.
You can enjoy good close up views most of the time, of Storm petrels,
Dolphins, Whales, Seals etc. Of course there are excellent views, when
the birds are at the back of the boat, and you can hear their calls, as
they squabble over the available food.
On the Wollongong pelagic trips, you can watch as the birds are caught,
banded, have various measurements taken, and recorded, knowing that all
this information is helping towards our further understanding of these
magnificent creatures.
Wonderful photo opportunities are availble of birds in the water, in
hand on the boat, and flying around the boat.
You can meet overseas birders, swap stories, and enjoy with them their
first views of Albatross, petrels and shearwaters etc.
In short, we should support the various groups that regularly go to sea
from Southport,Newcastle,Sydney,Wollongong,Eden and Port fairy, so that
future birders can experience the joys of being out on the Continental
shelves of the East and South coasts of Australia.
Jim O'Shea
Pelagic tragic
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