• 23rd January 2010 SOSSA PELAGIC TRIP, WOLLONGONG, NSW, AUSTRALIA.

    Birds seen outside the harbour on the SOSSA Pelagic 23 Jan. 2010

    Christidis & Boles 2008 Taxonomy; numbers represented max. seen at any one time or maximum seen over the day.
    Black-browed Albatross 4 (3 immatures & 1 sub-adult)
    Yellow-nosed Albatross 1 (carteri)
    Wedge-tailed Shearwater many
    Flesh-footed Shearwater 5+
    Sooty Shearwater 1
    Short-tailed Shearwater many
    Streaked Shearwater 1
    Fluttering Shearwater 1
    Australasian Gannet 9
    Great Cormorant 5
    Australian Pelican 1
    Pomarine Jaeger 5+
    Arctic Jaeger 1+
    Long-tailed Jaeger 2
    Crested Tern 15+
    Silver Gull many

    Other
    Sooty Oystercatcher 1

    16 species sighted outside the harbour
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