Evening all,
A TAFE course had booked the Sandra K for a seabirding field trip today,
but a few spaces were left over to fit in a couple of birders. The
attrition rate of the students was exceptionally high - over 80%, so most
probably didn't appreciate the exceptional sightings as much as we did. I
don't have Lindsay's notes, but since none of the regulars were on board,
we thought we'd put up a quick report, because we got some VERY nice birds.
A fair few Diomedea were banded out at the shelf.
The approximate and probably conservative species counts from memory
were as follows (maximum at one time in parenthesis):
Exulans Wandering Albatross: 4 (2)
Gibson's Wandering Albatross: 15 (7), including Antipodean - 2 (1)
Shy Albatross: 30 (8) - both cauta and steadi
Black-browed Albatross: 60 (20) - nominate only
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross: 2 (1)
Buller's Albatross: 3 (1)
NORTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS: 1 (1)
Northern Giant Petrel: 10 (6)
Southern Giant Petrel: 2 (1)
BLUE PETREL: 1 (1)
Solander's Petrel: 15 (4)
Great-winged Petrel: 1 (1)
CAPE PETREL: 1 (1)
Fairy Prion: 40 (30)
White-faced Storm Petrel: 1 (1)
Wedge-tailed Shearwater: 70 (10)
Fluttering-type Shearwater: 15 (3)
White-fronted Tern: 6 (2)
Crested Tern: 20 (5)
Australasian Gannet: 25 (4)
Inshore:
Silver Gull 150+
Kelp Gull 5 (2)
Sooty Oystercatcher (3)
Australasian Darter (2)
Pied Cormorant (1)
Australian Pelican (6)
Cetaceans:
Common Dolphin - 50
Offshore Bottlenose Dolphin - 1
Unidentified x2 (Minkie?)
Unidentified x1 (Rorqual?)
Also 2x seal spp.
Cheers,
Joshua Bergmark and Ashwin Rudder
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