poss/prob Spectacled Petrel off Albany, WA

[Nikolas Haass <>]

Hi Allan,

Good point. I was only thinking Procellaria. 
Besides you leucistic Wedge-tailed Shearwater also be other leucistic brown 
petrels/shearwaters should be taken into consideration. E.g. Dion 
Hobcroft's/Roger McGovern's Great-winged (Gray-faced) Petrel:
http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineSpeciesArchive.aspx?Birdline=2&From=20081005&To=20081005&MonthStart=1&MonthEnd=12&Species=120&Taxonomy=1


Cheers,

Nikolas
 
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Nikolas Haass

Sydney, NSW


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From: Allan Richardson <>
To: Mike Carter <> 
Cc: ; Birding-Aus <> 
Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 6:03 PM
Subject: poss/prob Spectacled Petrel off Albany, WA
 
Hi Guys,

we had a Wedge-tailed shearwater on one of our recent Port Stephens pelagics 
that had markings on the head that were a dead ringer for a spectacled petrel 
(Mick wasn't present on that trip).

It duped a number of folk on board for a little while, so someone not familiar 
with the jizz of a wedgie could easily fall for it.

I can send through a photo or two off line if anyone is interested.

Regards,

Allan Richardson
Morisset NSW

On 01/02/2013, at 2:15 PM, Mike Carter wrote:

> I saw White-chinned Petrels with white around the face once off SW Victoria. 
> And there were four similar birds together. So if South African type birds 
> can occur in Victoria they surely can in WA. I couldn't find my photos in my 
> digital library so will take a long search of my slides to find them 
> unfortunately.
> 
> Mike Carter
> 30 Canadian Bay Road
> Mount Eliza  VIC 3930
> Tel  (03) 9787 7136
> 
>