Date: Saturday 26th November 2016
Air temp: 14-23 degree
Air pressure: 1026Hp Cloud cover: 3/5 morning 1/5 afternoon
Wind speed and direction: 10-15 Knots NW Sea conditions: 1.5m SE Swell: Southerly 1-1.5mtrs
Comments
Conditions at sea were ideal for birds with unusually high numbers of Hutton’s Shearwaters both in-shore and beyond the Continental Shelf. Greatest number of White-chinned recorded from any pelagic trip from NSW ever!
White-chinned Petrel
Sp No Species Number
075 Grey-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi - 15 (8)
971 Providence (Solander’s) Petrel) Pterodroma solanderi - 10+ (4)
917 Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni - 2 (2)
915 White-chinned Petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis - 8+ (5)
069 Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus - 30+ (5)
072 Flesh-footed Shearwater, Puffinus carneipes - 1
071 Short-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris – 1000’s (200+)
068 Fluttering Shearwater, Puffinus gavial - 50+ (10)
913 Hutton’s Shearwater, Puffinus huttoni - 200+ (50+)
086 Wandering Albatross, Diomedea exulans - 2 (1)
847 Gibson’s Albatross, Diomedea gibsoni - 3+ (1)
088 Black-browed Albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys - 4 (4)
859 Campbell Albatross, Thalassarche impavida - 1 (imm)
861 White-capped Albatross, Thalassarche steadi - 30+ (20)
931 Buller’s Albatross Thalassarche bulleri - 1
063 Wilson’s Storm-Petrel, Oceanites oceanicus - 15+ (5)
065 White-faced Storm-Petrel, Pelagodroma marina - 2+ (2)
104 Australasian Gannet, Morus serrator - 3 (1)
100 Little Pied Cormorant, Phalacrocorax melanoleucos - 1
097 Little black Cormorant, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris - 2
096 Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo - 2
106 Australian Pelican, Pelicanus conspicillatus - 1
945 Pomarine Jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus - 4 (2)
125 Silver Gull, Larus novaehollandiae - 8 (4)
115 Crested Tern, Sterna bergii - 5+ (2)
Wilson's Storm-petrel