Just wondering if these birds could have been blown across the Indian Ocean
on unusually strong ocean gales? If the Arabian (Persian) Shearwaters forage
in the Indian Ocean, say as far south as the Seychelles or the northern tip
of Madagascar, then it is conceivable that they've been blown directly east
to waters off the coast of Darwin. I guess we will never know unless DNA
samples are taken.
Stephen Ambrose
Ryde, NSW
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From:
On Behalf Of robert morris
Sent: Monday, 25 October 2010 4:29 PM
To: simon mustoe; ; birding aus
Subject: 'ARABIAN' Shearwaters in Bonapartes Gulf -
CONGRATULATIONS
I have to say Simon that when I was looking through the photos I was
wondering about a new 'Audubon's' taxa. It seems amazing that that many
Arabian Shearwaters are sitting off Darwin when they should be breeding off
Oman. I guess they could be non-breeding birds? Or the Comoro taxa - which
is even less known? Or quite possibly, a completely new taxa?
Rob Morris
Brisbane, Australia
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CONGRATULATIONS
> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:24:32 +1000
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>
> 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-f
or-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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> > From:
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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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