'ARABIAN' Shearwaters in Bonapartes Gulf - CONGRATULATIONS

[Simon Mustoe <>]

Mike,

Thanks hugely!

Just to reiterate, I've put information about these birds up here: 
http://bird-o.com/2010/10/22/is-arabian-shearwater-a-new-wintering-seabird-for-australia/.
 This also includes a link to more images at 
http://birdo.wildiaries.com/trips/10330.

A reminder to Aussie birders - I have until the end of this week to confirm 
whether the trip to see these birds will go out on the 6th November. This may 
be the only chance this year to see them. Call me on 0405 220830.

Regards,

Simon.

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> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:37:27 +1100
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] 'ARABIAN' Shearwaters in Bonapartes Gulf -     
> CONGRATULATIONS
>
> Kimberley Birdwatching's annual trip to Ashmore Reef returned to Broome on
> Saturday so the earliest most of us arrived home was yesterday evening with
> the opportunity to view the photos of Arabian Shearwaters posted last week.
> Like the Peregrine Bird Tour group we also had an exceptionally successful
> trip and I will post a report later this week.
>
> Having now seen the photographs we're gob-smacked. Those Shearwaters they
> saw are something special! They are not Hutton's Shearwaters - we had
> excellent views and obtained many photographs of 575 Hutton's in a variety
> of plumages just three days ago. None resembled those birds. So
> congratulations to Simon Mustoe, Chris Doughty and the others in that group
> on their discovery. What a find!
>
> To us they do look basically like Arabian Shearwaters and are undoubtedly
> new to Australia. Moreover, they could be new to science as a separate
> taxon. With so many birds together who knows, there could be a population
> breeding somewhere in northern Australia or Indonesia. There are 3,000
> islands in the Kimberley alone let alone the NT. That Audubon's, Tropical,
> Little Shearwater group is notorious for having small populations scattered
> over a wide area and there is no general consensus regarding their taxonomic
> relationships. Indeed, even modern texts suggest new breeding sites await
> discovery. So well done!
>
> Mike Carter, Rohan Clarke & George Swann
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