Content preview: Port Stephens Pelagic Trip Report - Sunday 16th November
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Boat:M.V. Argonaut, skippered by Ray Horsfield OBSERVERSAnnLindsey, Alan
Stuart, Jean Tucker, Lorna Mee, Bernie Oâ??Keefe, Greg Pearson,Ashwin
Rudder,
Josh Bergmark, Andy Frost, Bruce Watts, Dan Williams, MichaelKearns, Steve
Roderick and Mick Roderick (leader / organiser). Â CONDITIONSInitiallycalm
with light and variable winds and little sea to talk of for much of
theoutward
journey. Upon reaching the shelf a squall of southerly winds associatedwith
a big rain front passed through. Once this passed we experienced
calmconditions
again until a stiff sou-wester got up and blew consistently for theremainder
of the day, gusting to 30 knots and making the return trip to port avery
slow and bumpy ride. Â HIGHLIGHTSThehighlight bird was definitely a
White-chinned
Petrel that came in and hunground the boat for over half an hour; just the
2nd of this speciesto have been found during a pelagic birding trip out of
Hunter port and thefirst since the commencement of Port Stephens pelagics.
A Gouldâ??s Petrelprovided good views, albeit briefly, and there were the
best numbers ofGreat-winged Petrels seen on a Port Stephens trip for quite
some time. Aâ??lowlightâ?? and somewhat of a mystery was the complete lack
of a singleFlesh-footed Shearwater. Â SUMMARYDepartedNelson Bay Public Wharf
at 0706 returning at 1815. Aswe passed the offshore islands it was unusual
to see as many Short-tailedShearwaters as Wedge-taileds feeding in the wake
on the chicken mince berley onoffer. A handful of Fluttering-type
Shearwaters
were confirmed to reveal bothFluttering and Huttonâ??s present.
Frustratingly
distant Pomarine Jaegers wereseen and a young Long-tailed Jaeger appeared
distantly in the wake about halfway out (the same bird returned to the boat
throughout the day). Black-browed-typeand Shy-type Albatrosses were also
seen en-route. Nearing the shelf we startedseeing Great-winged [...]
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