Short-tailed Shearwaters in Antarctic waters

[Simon Mustoe <>]

Chris,

Not only that. Their migration route circumnavigates the entire Pacific. They 
travel from Australia up the western coast of the Pacific, along the Aleutians, 
down the east coast of the US and then back across the Pacific: a journey of 
about 33,000km2. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/migratio/patterns.htm

Simon.



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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Short-tailed Shearwaters in Antarctic waters
> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 19:51:05 +1100
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> Hi all
> I was given a photo and comments of S-tSws in the Bearing Sea near the
> Aleutian Islands.
> "The boat travelled at a slow speed and took almost half an hour to cross
> the flock which extended on either side of the boat as far as the eye could
> see."
> The noise was incredible and they were feeding on krill.
> So they travel from arctic to Antarctic for food, amazing.
> Cheers  Chris
>