SOOTY TERNS - MISTRAL POINT MAROUBRA, SYDNEY

["Evan Beaver" <>]

Excellent news Graham, thanks for the report.

Since I'm heading down to Kurnell on Saturday I might pop over to
Mistral Point on saturday. Yes I have plenty of Goretex. Is anyone
else going to be around? Dave? Edwin? Graham? Your expertise (and
glassware) would be greatly appreciated. If not, I'll take it on solo,
and hope they come in for easily identifiable views, preferably
roosting quite near-by.

EB

On 2/4/08, Graham Buchan <> wrote:
> Folks,
>
>
>
> With the strengthening N-E/E winds and lots of rain falling, I went down to
> Mistral Point where I met David Mitford. The winds were 20-25 knots, gusting
> to 30 knots. We set up in the cave overlooking the seabaths. Before 7pm
> David spotted a distant adult Sooty Tern, which I managed to find about a
> minute later before it disappeared southward beyond Magic Point – my first
> Sooty outside of Qld. But wait there's more – about 15 minutes later we saw
> an adult and a juvenile some 50m off the cliff in front of us.
>
>
>
> There were literally thousands of Wedge-tails, tens of Short-tails, a few
> Fluttering SW, many Pomarines and at least 2 Long-Tailed Skuas.
>
>
>
> With the winds expected to both increase and move more North-Easterly
> between now and late tomorrow afternoon, there should be plenty of goodies
> on show (but do bring waterproof clothing as well as tissues to clean the
> glass).
>
>
>
> One happy birder in Sydney – Graham Buchan
>
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