• Saturday 19 December 2009 Species list SOSSA PELAGIC TRIP, WOLLONGONG, NSW, AUSTRALIA.

    Birds seen outside the harbour on the SOSSA Pelagic 19 December 2009
    Christidis & Boles 2008 Taxonomy; numbers represented max. seen at any one time or maximum seen over the day.

    Information provided by Graham Barwell.

    Wilson’s Storm-Petrel - 1
    Black-browed Albatross - 4
    Shy Albatross - 3
    Wedge-tailed Shearwater - many
    Buller’s Shearwater - 1
    Flesh-footed Shearwater - 2+
    Sooty Shearwater - 1
    Short-tailed Shearwater - many
    Fluttering Shearwater - many
    Hutton’s Shearwater - 1
    Grey-faced Petrel - 30+
    Australasian Gannet - many
    Australian Pelican - 1
    Sooty Oystercatcher - 1
    Pomarine Jaeger - 4+
    Arctic Jaeger - 1
    Long-tailed Jaeger - 3
    Crested Tern - many
    Kelp Gull - 3
    Silver Gull - many
    Galah - 2 (a pair, 30km out to sea, heading east)
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