Google Maps has a much better search engine, though it seems a little
Amero=centric.
EB
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> What is the Latitude and Longitude Graham? It make it much easier to find on
> Google Earth.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Clifford
>
> On 20/06/2008, at 5:51 PM, Graham Buchan wrote:
>
>> Just in case Nikolas is reading this, I supply details of location..; )
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Just back from spending an enjoyable day's birding with Ray Gobbe at
>> Maroubra. The bird highlight of the day were an adult Northern Giant
>> Petrel
>> in full sunlight this afternoon (clearly saw the grey eye, deep red tip to
>> pinkish beak, mottled white around the cheek and chin). That makes the
>> first
>> adult Northern seen by us – after seeing juveniles for years, the adults
>> must be rare around Sydney - last year we saw a white morph Southern Giant
>> Petrel, again the sole adult amongst many birds seen over the years. In
>> the
>> morning we both observed a surface feeding shark which disappeared then
>> breached by about 1m. This was perhaps the same one I saw yesterday, and
>> which a shark expert of Sydney Aquarium considers likely to be a Thresher
>> –
>> lobed pectoral, requiem tail with a much longer upper part with a notched
>> look towards the end, sharp pointed head, c. 2m long). It was quite a
>> sight
>> seeing it so dramatically show off its strength. In addition we saw many
>> Humpbacks going north including one group of 8 (including a frisky adult
>> breaching and tail-slapping). Culinary highlight was Dory & Chips at
>> Danny's
>> Restaurant at La Perouse.
>>
>>
>>
>> Who needs pelagics? Oops, used the now somewhat sullied P word…
>>
>>
>>
>> Toodley-pippley birderinos!
>>
>>
>>
>> Graham Buchan
>>
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