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Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania - Pelagic Reports 3&4 Sept 2011 - photos

To: Nikolas Haass <>, Daniel Mantle <>, "" <>
Subject: Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania - Pelagic Reports 3&4 Sept 2011 - photos
From: Nikolas Haass <>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 16:11:05 -0700 (PDT)
Hi all,

Here are some of Raja's photos of the 3rd & 4th September Eaglehawk Neck 
pelagics:

http://www.adarman.com/Pelagics/2011-September-03-04-Eagle/18917649_MHCfG2#1467460240_mw5B6Gd

Cheers,

Nikolas

 
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Nikolas Haass

Sydney, NSW


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From: Nikolas Haass <>
To: Daniel Mantle <>; "" 
<>
Sent: Monday, September 5, 2011 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania - Pelagic Reports 3&4 Sept 
2011

Hi all,

Yes, this was indeed a fantastic trip - (my) highlights were clearly Chatham 
Albatross, Light-mantled Sooty Albatross and the Soft-plumaged Petrels! Thanks 
again for organizing, Dan!
Thanks to everyone who responded to my earlier e-mail:
We were quite successful finding our non-pelagic targets:
Long-nosed Potoroo: 3 on a private property in Hobart
Eastern Barred Bandicoot: 1 in a suburb near Hobart Waterworks and 1 female 
with a small juv at Hobart Waterworks
Southern Bettong: 2 at Hobart Waterworks
40-spotted Pardalote: 1 at Peter Murrell (together with Spotted and Striated in 
the same tree); great looks, much better than a a few years ago on Bruny Island
Scrubtit: 3+ at Ferntree, Mount Wellington, great looks, also much better than 
a few years ago
Tasmanian Southern Boobook: 1 at Eaglehawk Neck - looked small and dark reddish

We dipped again on Tasmanian Masked Owl (we looked/listened at Hobart 
Waterworks, Eaglehawk Neck and Pittwater Road, where a couple of Musk Lorikeets 
peaked out of a (the?) tree cavity)
We spotlit the roads around Eaglehawk Neck but didn't see any other nocturnal 
mammals/birds of interest (no Tasmanian Devils, no Eastern Quolls around 
Eaglehawk Neck - in contrast, a few years ago we had 7 Tasmanian Devils and 10 
Eastern Quolls in the  Lake St Claire/Cradle Mountain area)
We also didn't see Swamp Quail. We didn't have time to look for the other 
mammals I mentioned in my request.


Cheers,

Nikolas

 
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Nikolas Haass

Sydney, NSW


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From: Daniel Mantle <>
To: 
Sent: Monday, September 5, 2011 1:46 PM
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania - Pelagic Reports 3&4 Sept 2011


Hi All,



Just a quick post
listing the species we saw off Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania this weekend. We had
two great pelagics aboard the Pauletta (with John Males) with good viewing
conditions both days.



Unfortunately I don’t
have time to do these reports justice before I head overseas (am writing this
at the airport) - some great birds and great conditions for
photography.



Maybe some of the
others will comment on the excitement of watching the Chatham Albatross 
(Thalassarche eremita or T. cauta eremita if you prefer) come in
to the back on the boat at the second berley point on the Saturday trip and no
doubt a few of the photographers will post images to their websites in due
course.
I don't think any of us were too sure how many times Chatham Albatross have 
been seen off Aus - we were aware of at least one adult off Wollongong and I am 
pretty sure there are a few Tassie records but not sure of many more than that. 
Does anyone know more details?


Cheers Dan 



(and thanks to
everyone on board for a really fun weekend)











Eaglehawk Neck –
Saturday 3 Sept 2011



Vessel: Pauletta
(skipper John Males)



Participants: Stuart
Pickering, David Mitford, Micha Jackson, Pete Kyne, Rob Hynson, Raja
Stephenson, Nikolas Haass, Paul Brooks, Jeremy, Els Wakefield, Dan Mantle



Weather: 15-17 knot
northerlies, 1-1.5m waves with only a very low swell, bright, dry day with
minimal cloud cover.



First Berley Point: 42˚ 69 051S   148˚ 17 495S   (200 fathoms)

Second Berley Point:
42˚ 57
886S   148˚ 19 767E   (400 fathoms)



Birds: numbers given
are a rough guess for the total for the day (the maximum number seen at one
time is given in parentheses)



Fairy Prion 1000+
(100)

Slender-billed Prion 2
(2)

Grey-backed
Storm-petrel 5 (2)

White-faced
Storm-petrel 3 (1)

Sooty Shearwater 1 (1)

‘Fluttering-type’
Shearwater 1 (1)

Common Diving-Petrel
30+ (8)

Cape Petrel 10+ (8)

Soft-plumaged Petrel 2
(1)

White-headed Petrel 6
(1)

Great-winged Petrel
30+ (8) – predominantly macroptera but
including at least 2/3 gouldi

Northern Giant Petrel
2 (2)

Northern Royal
Albatross 1 (1) Adult

Southern Royal
Albatross 1 (1) Imm

Wandering Albatross 6
(2) – incl. at least one good candidate for gibsoni,
the rest were considered to be mostly gibsoni/exulans

Black-browed Albatross
– melanophrys 2 (1)

(Indian) Yellow-nosed
Albatross 3 (1)

Buller’s Albatross 1
(1)

Shy Albatross – cauta/steadi 60 (12)

Salvin’s Albatross 1
(1) Adult

Chatham Albatross 1
(1) Adult

Light-mantled Sooty
Albatross 1 (1)

Crested Tern 10 (3)

Australasian Gannet 12
(4)

Silver Gull

Pacific Gull

Kelp Gull

White-bellied
Sea-Eagle 2 (2)







Eaglehawk Neck –
Sunday 4 Sept 2011



Vessel: Pauletta
(skipper John Males)



Participants: Stuart
Pickering, David Mitford, Micha Jackson, Pete Kyne, Rob Hynson, Raja
Stephenson, Nikolas Haass, Kate Godman, Els Wakefield, Dan Mantle



Weather: 15-20 knot
northerlies switching to north-westerlies, 1.5-2.5m waves with only a very low
swell, overcast, scattered showers later in the day.



Berley Point: 43˚ 00 309S   148˚ 17 759S   (350 fathoms)



Birds: numbers given
are a rough guess for the total for the day (the maximum number seen at one
time is given in parentheses)



Fairy Prion 200 (40)

Grey-backed
Storm-petrel 8 (3)

White-faced
Storm-petrel 3 (1)

Sooty Shearwater 4 (1)

Hutton’s Shearwater 1
(1)

Common Diving-Petrel
50+ (14)

Cape Petrel 50 (21)

Soft-plumaged Petrel 2
(1)

White-headed Petrel 8
(3)

Providence Petrel 2
(1)

Great-winged Petrel 60
(20) – predominantly macroptera but
including at least 2/3 gouldi

Northern Giant Petrel
1 (1)

Southern Royal
Albatross 2 (1) Adult and Imm

Wandering Albatross 10
(8) – incl. at least 1 antipodensis,
1 gibsoni, 1 exulans, the rest were considered to be mostly gibsoni/exulans

Black-browed Albatross
– melanophrys 5 (3)

            –
impavida 2 (1)

(Indian) Yellow-nosed
Albatross 6 (2)

Buller’s Albatross 1
(1)

Shy Albatross – cauta/steadi 30 (7)

Salvin’s Albatross 2
(1) Adults

Australasian Gannet 8
(2)Silver Gull

Pacific Gull

Kelp Gull

Crested Tern

White-bellied
Sea-Eagle 1 (1)





                          
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