Broad-billed Prion and Sooty Albatross off Eaglehawk Neck – Saturday, 31/08, and Sunday, 01/09/2013

Hi all, This past weekend we had a very successful double-header Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic. Both days combined had 33 pelagic bird species (including 11 albatross species and 4 Pterodroma species [following IOC]), 2 pelagic mammal species and great looks at a Blue Shark. Avian highlights were a Sooty Albatross and a probable Broad-billed Prion. While we believe that we can rule out Salvin’s, it is way more difficult to rule out MacGillivray’s Prion; a BARC submission is in preparation). For a detailed trip report, a full species list and a link to Raja’s photographs, please visit SOSSA’s website: http://www.sossa-international.org/forum/showthread.php?190-Eaglehawk-Neck-Pelagics-%96-Saturday-31-08-and-Sunday-01-09-2013 Cheers, Nikolas   —————- Nikolas Haass nhaass@yahoo.com Brisbane, QLD =============================== 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 ===============================