Sydney Pelagic 10.8.02
A great day at sea on the Halicat. Seas slight on a low swell in warm spring sunny conditions. Made it well off shore and had two major highlights –an adult Chatham Island Albatross and a juvenile Grey-headed Albatross. Both birds though sailed past and were not interested in the ecstatic birders unlike everything else that fed at the back of the boat.
Wandering Albatross-6
Black-browed Albatross-20
Yellow-nosed Albatross-20
Shy Albatross-2
Chatham Island Albatross-1
Grey-headed Albatross-1
Southern Giant-petrel -4
Northern Giant-petrel-1
Cape Petrel-6
Providence Petrel-15
Great-winged Petrel-1
Wedge-tailed Shearwater-1
Fluttering Shearwater-20
Hutton's type-2
Antarctic Prion-3
Fairy Prion-50
White-faced Storm-petrel-3
Brown Skua 1
Other
Sperm Whale 2-mega views of one dozing on the surface
Common Dolphin-30
Furseal-1
Dion