Hi
Yeah - I've seen Whiskered terns off Inskip Pt among thousands of
Crested, Common, Little terns etc. Not unusual in Europe either to see
'Marsh' Terns over the sea.
Cheers
Colin
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:47:42 +1000, "Edwin Vella"
<> said:
> Yesterday morning (29th September 2007) I had a good 2 hour sea watch
> from
> Magic Pt Maroubra (approx. 10km south of Sydney CBD). Winds were mainly
> moderate westerlies during the time I was there producing very little
> swell
> but a decent breeze to get some birds in to the air.
>
>
>
> Unlike a week ago, not a single Short-tailed Shearwater was to be seen.
> They
> must have all been in a hurry to get to their breeding grounds last
> weekend!
> However, the second wave of migrating Short-tails is expected to come
> around
> November as I have been told.
>
>
>
> The close encounters of at least 2 Wandering Albatrosses that morning was
> a
> welcome sight but the highlight of all (due to its occurrence out at sea)
> was my first Whiskered Tern for the season. I initially spotted the small
> tern about 2 km out by it way of flight and jizz to rule out other
> smaller
> terns. It then came in much closer within a few hundred metres when I
> noticed it was in immaculate breeding plumage and fed in with the feeding
> flocks of both Wedge-tailed Shearwaters and Silver Gulls for about an
> hour
> until the time I left. David advised me there that he has had 1 or 2
> birds
> off Magic in October 2002. Has anyone seen Whiskered Terns out at sea?
>
>
>
> Also interesting that morning was a juvenile White-bellied Sea-eagle a km
> out at sea making several attempts to catch either fish or one of the
> feeding Shearwaters or Gulls!
>
>
>
> Also of note was the absence of any species of Skua/Jaeger giving
> Shearwaters and Gulls some peace of mind!
>
>
>
> My list and numbers of sea birds recorded that morning (time period about
> 945 to 1145) included:
>
>
>
> Black-browed Albatross (3)
>
> Shy Albatross (2)
>
> Wandering Albatross (3)
>
> Wedge-tailed Shearwater (500 plus)
>
> Hutton's Shearwater (1)
>
> Australasian Gannet (8)
>
> Silver Gull (200)
>
> Crested Tern (30)
>
> White-fronted Tern (7)
>
> Whiskered Tern (1)
>
>
>
> Until next time
>
>
>
> Edwin Vella
>
>
>
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