Streaked Shearwater, huge Short-tailed Shearwater wreck in NSW

I’ve not long returned from visits to Yuraygir and Bundjalung National Parks in northern NSW. Interesting sightings included a Streaked Shearwater offshore from Woody Head and a Wandering Tattler at Brooms Head. All along the coast, thousands of Short-tailed Shearwaters were buffeted by strong winds with many hundreds of dead and dying birds. At one point, shearwaters were literally falling out of the sky, landing on roads and in gardens all over the place. Similar occurrences were apparently reported elsewhere along the NSW coast. This is the biggest wreck of young Short-tailed Shearwaters returning to their breeding grounds for the first time that I’ve experienced. Also of interest about Brooms Head were good numbers of Southern Emu-wren and Tawny-crowned Honeyeater. Emu was also seen, while White-eared Monarch was present at Iluka Nature Reserve. More here: http://tinyurl.com/lsdgzu6 Greg Roberts =============================== 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 ===============================