Nice shots of Swinhoes storm-petrel and terns at the links below
David James,
Sydney
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--- On Mon, 19/9/11, Colin Poole <> wrote:
From: Colin Poole <>
Subject: [indo-pacific-seabirds] Sat 17th Singapore Straits pelagic - record
numbers of Swinhoe's Storm Petrels?
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Received: Monday, 19 September, 2011, 11:14 PM
We were out again on the monthly NParks supported seabird survey boat
again on Saturday (Sept 17th) and migration was in full swing. The
most numerous birds were Bridled Tern with a total of 597 all moving
east, however in second place were Swinhoe's Storm Petrel with a total
of 510 almost all moving west. The Bridled were moving throughout the
day and all acrossthe channel, but almost all the Swinhoe's were seen
between 07.45am and 10.45am along the Indonesian side of the shipping
lane north of Batam. Despite these vast (record?) numbers other birds
were in short supply with about 20 Aleutian Terns (mostly moulting
adults) being the only other notable sightings. The other interesting
sighting was watching a Swinhoe's Storm Petrel sat on the sea picking
at a small dead fish floating on the surface.
As ever you'll find some great pictures on the relevant pages of Con's web site.
http://www.pbase.com/con_foley/petrel_swinhoes_storm
http://www.pbase.com/con_foley/tern_aleutian_sg
http://www.pbase.com/con_foley/tern_bridled
Colin Poole
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