Hi Rowan, Thanks for sharing these exciting data! On another note, currently there is an adult Black-browed Albatross around Heligoland, Germany’s only off-shore island. Prior to Germany it was seen in Northern Denmark. Here are some great shots of this poor lost bird: http://club300.de/ (go to ‘Gallery’ and then to ‘Gallery Germany’). The underwing pattern is interesting as it appears to be a bit retarded compared to the more adult bill colour. On the SOSSA forum I’ve also posted some of Raja’s photos of an interesting Shy-type Albatross from the 24th October 2010 off Wollongong: http://www.sossa-international.org/forum/showthread.php?49-Shy-White-capped -Salvin-s&p=395#post395 I believe that Salvin’s Albatross is over-reported in Australia due to mis-identification of other Shy-type Albatross. This bird has caused a bit of a debate. Interestingly, I have received comments about this bird reaching from Shy or White-capped via Salvin’s to Chatham! This shows how difficult the Shy/White-capped/Salvin’s/Chatham business can get! I am curious what others say. Cheers, Nikolas A/Prof Nikolas Haass | Head, Experimental Melanoma Therapy Group The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute Level 6 | Translational Research Institute | 37 Kent Street | Woolloongabba QLD 4102 T: +61 (0)7 3443 7087 | M: +61 (0)424 603 579 F: +61 (0)7 3443 6966 E: n.haass1@uq.edu.au | W: www.di.uq.edu.au …Turning scientific discoveries into better treatmentsŠ CRICOS Code 00025B This email is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain private or confidential information. If you are not the intended addressee, you must take no action based on it, nor show a copy to anyone. Kindly notify the sender by reply email. Opinions and information in this email which do not relate to the official business of The University of Queensland shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by the University On 5/06/14 10:25 AM, “Rowan Mott” <rowan.mott@monash.edu> wrote: >Two banded Black-browed Albatross were seen on the June 1st pelagic out of >Portland, Victoria. These have been identified as being banded by Henri >Weimerskirch’s research group in the Kerguelen Archipelago some 5,700 km >from the location of the sightings. Both birds were banded as adults 9 and >15 years ago, respectively. As these birds take several years to reach >maturity they are likely to be much older. >Henri also says that he has ten juvenile Black-browed Albatross from >Kerguelen fitted with satellite tags which are currently off the coast of >Kangaroo Island and New South Wales. > >All the best, > >Rowan >_______________________________________________ >Birding-Aus mailing list >Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org >To change settings or unsubscribe visit: >http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
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Thanks Kev, Several of us, however, would not agree happily. Although I initially (at sea) ID’d it as a Salvin’s too, I now think that there are a number of features that speak against it. (1) The bill is in my opinion very pale – a hint for steadi? (2) The primaries (even in full spread) seem to look good for salvini but p8 seems to have a white base as in steadi? (3) And especially the leading edge looks more like that of a juvenile steadi (October). In salvini (and likely also eremita) it should show the ‘smudge’ caused by dark-tipped lesser and median underwing coverts (4) In contrast, at this time of the year both cauta and steadi would show more white on the head and cheeks due to wear. Anyway, I think that it is likely a steadi – but at the very dark end (both for head colour and for primaries). It’s certainly an interesting bird. For comparison, here is our submission of a juv Salvin’s Albatross in June 2010 off Wollongong (yes, I am aware that between June and October much can happen to plumage and bill coloration): http://www.sossa-international.org/forum/content.php?519-nsw-ornithological-records-appraisal-committee-submissions Scroll down to “Salvin’s Albatross – June 2010 – Wollongong – Submission” and klick on Submission. Cheers, Nikolas A/Prof Nikolas Haass | Head, Experimental Melanoma Therapy Group The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute Level 6 | Translational Research Institute | 37 Kent Street | Woolloongabba QLD 4102 T: +61 (0)7 3443 7087 | M: +61 (0)424 603 579 F: +61 (0)7 3443 6966 E: n.haass1@uq.edu.au | W: http://www.di.uq.edu.au [cid:image001.png@01CCAA73.229EB890] …Turning scientific discoveries into better treatments… CRICOS Code 00025B This email is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain private or confidential information. If you are not the intended addressee, you must take no action based on it, nor show a copy to anyone. Kindly notify the sender by reply email. Opinions and information in this email which do not relate to the official business of The University of Queensland shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by the University OK the bird from 24th October is a Salvin’s Albatross. You can actually see what I’m talking about. The bill sides are dark grey and contrast with the culmen which has a slight straw coloured tinge. Bill also looks narrower & underwing has black primaries. I’m happy with this bird.-Kev _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Hi all I suggest you all start having a look at photos of juvenile and immature Salvin’s. I noticed that a photo of a juv type off South America (I’ll have to hunt down the photo) & it really didn’t look that different to a juv type Shy, except it had that contrasting bill. To me that bird has quite a dark bill, but clearly has a contrasting culmen. I want to see definite photos of steadi or cauta juveniles with a similar bill pattern. I have gone through my many photos of juv Shys, some quite dark-headed & I can’t find a single one!-Kev Thanks Kev, Several of us, however, would not agree happily. Although I initially (at sea) ID’d it as a Salvin’s too, I now think that there are a number of features that speak against it. (1) The bill is in my opinion very pale – a hint for steadi? (2) The primaries (even in full spread) seem to look good for salvini but p8 seems to have a white base as in steadi? (3) And especially the leading edge looks more like that of a juvenile steadi (October). In salvini (and likely also eremita) it should show the ‘smudge’ caused by dark-tipped lesser and median underwing coverts (4) In contrast, at this time of the year both cauta and steadi would show more white on the head and cheeks due to wear. Anyway, I think that it is likely a steadi – but at the very dark end (both for head colour and for primaries). It’s certainly an interesting bird. For comparison, here is our submission of a juv Salvin’s Albatross in June 2010 off Wollongong (yes, I am aware that between June and October much can happen to plumage and bill coloration): http://www.sossa-international.org/forum/content.php?519-nsw-ornithological-records-appraisal-committee-submissions Scroll down to “Salvin’s Albatross – June 2010 – Wollongong – Submission” and klick on Submission. Cheers, Nikolas A/Prof Nikolas Haass | Head, Experimental Melanoma Therapy Group The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute Level 6 | Translational Research Institute | 37 Kent Street | Woolloongabba QLD 4102 T: +61 (0)7 3443 7087 | M: +61 (0)424 603 579 F: +61 (0)7 3443 6966 E: n.haass1@uq.edu.au | W: http://www.di.uq.edu.au …Turning scientific discoveries into better treatments… CRICOS Code 00025B This email is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain private or confidential information. If you are not the intended addressee, you must take no action based on it, nor show a copy to anyone. Kindly notify the sender by reply email. Opinions and information in this email which do not relate to the official business of The University of Queensland shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by the University <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> OK the bird from 24th October is a Salvin’s Albatross. You can actually see what I’m talking about. The bill sides are dark grey and contrast with the culmen which has a slight straw coloured tinge. Bill also looks narrower & underwing has black primaries. I’m happy with this bird.-Kev rowan.mott@monash.edu; Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
OK the bird from 24th October is a Salvin’s Albatross. You can actually see what I’m talking about. The bill sides are dark grey and contrast with the culmen which has a slight straw coloured tinge. Bill also looks narrower & underwing has black primaries. I’m happy with this bird.-Kev _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Hi all, I just realised that the link is not fully active and that it takes you to the wrong bird. The bird in question is the one at the end of the second page (uploaded 02-06-2014, 12:02 AM), the bird from the 24th October 2010 off Wollongong. Cheers, Nikolas A/Prof Nikolas Haass | Head, Experimental Melanoma Therapy Group The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute Level 6 | Translational Research Institute | 37 Kent Street | Woolloongabba QLD 4102 T: +61 (0)7 3443 7087 | M: +61 (0)424 603 579 F: +61 (0)7 3443 6966 E: n.haass1@uq.edu.au | W: http://www.di.uq.edu.au …Turning scientific discoveries into better treatments… CRICOS Code 00025B This email is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain private or confidential information. If you are not the intended addressee, you must take no action based on it, nor show a copy to anyone. Kindly notify the sender by reply email. Opinions and information in this email which do not relate to the official business of The University of Queensland shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by the University On 5/06/14 10:27 PM, “Nikolas Haass” <n.haass1@uq.edu.au> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Hi guys Certainly an interesting juvenile bird. I think these birds are hard to separate at this age, this one does look interesting though. One thing I’ve noticed, that could be interesting that Jeff or someone might be able to comment on is the bill shape and colour. Salvin’s has a more slender bill than Shy & I’ve noticed in the few photos I’ve looked at of immature & possibly juvenile Salvin’s is their bill looks more slender in profile. Another thing which could be very useful, but could be very dependant on how old the bird is, is the colour of the bill. Young Salvin’s still seems to have darker sides to the bill, which contrast more with the top of the culmen, a bit like an adult, but not so obvious. Can someone perhaps confirm, or deny this?-Kevin Bartram _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org