A big weekend for seawatching at Pt Lookout!
Saturday's seawatch from 8 - 12 produced a Yellow-nosed Albatross
lazily circling north and a Providence Petrel initally shearing
south against the wind, only to turn and hammer north as well,
with the 15 - 20 know southeasterly behind it. 2 Artic Skuas
together, 1 light phase and 1 dark, chasing terns and 2 seperate
Pomarine Skuas passed the headland as well. (Stuart Warren and
myself)
Sunday and a Wilson's Storm Petrel was the first bird the
observer saw on his arrival at 7.00 as it flew south low across a
relatively calm sea. During the next 2 hours a Little Shearwater
was spotted twice, mixing with a flock of Fluttering Shears
providing excellent comparisons to support ID. (Andy Jensen)
Monday and a Great-winged Petrel shearing south was the best bird
in the first three hours, before an immature Buller's Albatross
flew close to the headland providing great views, followed some
time later by a more distant Yellow-nosed. 4 Prion sp were also
recorded in the 6 hour seawatch. (Stuart Pickering, Rob
Dougherty, Andy Jensen and myself)
Sunday and Monday also provicded numbers of Fluttering and
Fluttering/Hutton's types and Aust Gannets were seen on all days.
The oddest bird was a White Ibis heading south.... presumably
only for a short distance!
Cheers
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Colin Reid
So many birds, so little time......
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