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)