All Many thanks to everyone who has reviewed photos and given feedback on the storm-petrel we saw yesterday. Paul Walbridge will be posting a formal Southport Pelagic report tomorrow for yesterday’s trip – which I am sure many will be looking forward to. The feedback about the ‘storm-petrel’ from experienced birders from both Australia and New Zealand is consistent and unanimous – it was a NZSP. Obviously this is subject to a formal submission and acceptance etc. so still a probable at this stage although it looks promising. In the ‘storm-petrel-mania’ another 1st for Southport (and I think Qld) was temporarily overlooked. We had a few classic ‘gouldii’ Great-winged Petrels yesterday which are a regular off Southport (about 50% of June trips and recorded in all seasons). While I was reviewing my photos on my camera yesterday on the boat I mentioned to Paul that one of the ‘Great-wingeds’ lacked a pale-face and on review last night I was pretty convinced that it was a nominate ‘macoptera’ – on shape, jizz, wing-length, bill ‘heaviness’ etc. Paul has independently come to the same conclusion – but as you can imagine we were pre-occupied on the boat yesterday as time was ticking by! However, again, subject to a Qld submission, we appear to have had another great bird yesterday for Southport. Rob Morris
Brisbane, Australia
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