Jeff,
Thanks for your words of support!
We are aware that the flycatcher is a ‘1st’ but also that someone Chris Doughty knows, reportedly saw one on Cocos in 2008. It’s likely this wasn’t submitted to BARC but we were not sure. If not, I guess we can claim it as a first.
As for the shearwaters. I have 6 – 8 spaces on a 2.5 day pelagic leaving Darwin on about the 6th November. It will be an overnight to the location, a day of birding, then back overnight. Note, we saw lots of Arabian Shearwaters in many places over similar habitat. So I believe there is a very good chance to refind them. The final price will depend on the number of people who want to go but will be somewhere in the region of $700-900 per person ex Darwin harbour. Note, this will be the only reliable chance this year.
I am currently taking expressions of interest. Call me on 0405 220830.
Regards,
Simon.
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> From: jeff@jeffdavies.com.au > To: simonmustoe@hotmail.com; birding-aus@vicnet.net.au > Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Ashmore Update and … new seabird for Australia? > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:25:13 +1100 > > Congratulations Simon and Chris your Arabian Shearwaters look good to me, > you also don’t seem to realize the Grey streaked Flycatchers you got on > Ashmore are also new for the OZ list. > > Cheers Jeff. > > > > > > —–Original Message—– > From: birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au > [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Simon Mustoe > Sent: Friday, 22 October 2010 2:09 PM > To: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Ashmore Update and … new seabird for Australia? > > > Hi, > > We’ve just got back from the most awesome Ashmore Reef trip. The details are > on the Bird-O front page. There’s also a brief article on what we think is a > wintering ground for Arabian Shearwater in Australian waters – which would > be a new bird for the continent. > > More to come > later…http://bird-o.com/2010/10/22/is-arabian-shearwater-a-new-wintering-s > eabird-for-australia/ > > Simon. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Simon Mustoe > Tel: +61 (0) 405220830 | Skype simonmustoe | Email > simonmustoe@ecology-solutions.com.au > > Visit BIRD-O at http://www.bird-o.com > Follow BIRD-O on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/birdodotcom > Like BIRD-O on Facebook? Visit > http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Bird-O/117732794921095 > Email BIRD-O at info@bird-o.com > > > > > > ========== > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =========== > ============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au
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