New shearwater pelagic opportunity

[Simon Mustoe <>]

Jeff,

Thanks for your words of support!

We are aware that the flycatcher is a '1st' but also that someone Chris Doughty 
knows, reportedly saw one on Cocos in 2008. It's likely this wasn't submitted 
to BARC but we were not sure. If not, I guess we can claim it as a first.

As for the shearwaters. I have 6 - 8 spaces on a 2.5 day pelagic leaving Darwin 
on about the 6th November. It will be an overnight to the location, a day of 
birding, then back overnight. Note, we saw lots of Arabian Shearwaters in many 
places over similar habitat. So I believe there is a very good chance to refind 
them. The final price will depend on the number of people who want to go but 
will be somewhere in the region of $700-900 per person ex Darwin harbour. Note, 
this will be the only reliable chance this year.

I am currently taking expressions of interest. Call me on 0405 220830.

Regards,

Simon.


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> To: ; 
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Ashmore Update and ... new seabird for Australia?
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:25:13 +1100
>
> Congratulations Simon and Chris your Arabian Shearwaters look good to me,
> you also don't seem to realize the Grey streaked Flycatchers you got on
> Ashmore are also new for the OZ list.
>
> Cheers Jeff.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
>  On Behalf Of Simon Mustoe
> Sent: Friday, 22 October 2010 2:09 PM
> To: 
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Ashmore Update and ... new seabird for Australia?
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>
> Hi,
>
> We've just got back from the most awesome Ashmore Reef trip. The details are
> on the Bird-O front page. There's also a brief article on what we think is a
> wintering ground for Arabian Shearwater in Australian waters - which would
> be a new bird for the continent.
>
> More to come
> later...http://bird-o.com/2010/10/22/is-arabian-shearwater-a-new-wintering-s
> eabird-for-australia/
>
> Simon.
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