Hi mates! I am Maria,from spain. Just I am going to wollongong for do a pelagic trip from there tomorrow , after i would like to go to Barren grounds this afternoon , on saturday or early in the morning on sunday. I will stay my next week in Blue Mountains. If there are some birders in both places that we can do birding together i will be very glad. Thanks in advance My number is 0449872815 Good birding for the weekend Rohan Clarke <rohan@wildlifeimages.com.au> wrote:>Hi All, > >The BirdLife Australia pelagic got out off Eaglehawk Neck, SE Tasmania >last weekend. The trip was another great success (see below). The next >scheduled trips are for July 19th and 20th and September 13th and 14th >2014. All trips are at present fully booked (with fairly long wait >lists) but contact me if you wish to be added to a wait list. > >Cheers, > >Rohan Clarke > >BIRDLIFE PELAGIC TRIP OFF EAGLEHAWK NECK, TASMANIA > >Sunday 16th Feb 2014 > >OBSERVERS: Carol Page, Bernie O’Keefe, Karen Dick, Chris Lester, >Rosemary Lester, Dave Bullock, Graeme Bullock, Glen Pacey, Sue Abbotts, > >Xenia Dennett, Els Wakefield and Rohan Clarke (organiser and report >compiler). > >WEATHER: Moderate to heavy cloud (~80%) throughout the day. Occasional >patches of sunlight. Mild to warm. Initially a 20 knot south-westerly >wind, increasing to 25 knots by midday with gusts to 30 knots. > >SEA: Small swell to 1 m inshore, building to 2 m with occasional sets >to >3 m beyond the shelf. Despite the persistent wind the sea didn’t get up > >as expected and at worst we had to contend with a 1-1.5 m chop. As is >usual for an Eaglehawk Neck pelagic the boat seemed to handle this well > >and the trip wasn’t too rough. There was some intermittent spray when >underway but we didn’t get drenched! At least one seasick. > >ACTIVITY: Departed Pirates Bay Wharf at 0710. Headed out to the shelf >via the Hippolytes (a rock stack that effectively marks the boundary >between inshore and offshore waters). Small numbers of albatross, gulls > >and terns inshore, good numbers of birds around the Hipploytes, fairly >quiet in offshore waters but then very good numbers beyond the shelf. >Crossed the shelf break (100 fathoms) at 0910 before making our first >stop at 43º08.33’S 148º12.54’E over 270-300 fathoms of water. Here we >berleyed with fish frames and tuna oil. A second stop was made at >43º01.45’S 148º16.21’E over 250 fathoms of water. Headed back in at >1240 >(a bit earlier than usual as the seas was starting to get more lively >and there were reports of 35-40 knot winds just to the south west near >Tasman Island) to dock at about 1500. > >MAMMALS: > >Australian Fur Seals: 60 ashore on the Hippolytes and the adjacent >small >rock stack. 1 inshore in the PM. > >Common Dolphin: At least 4 different pods with a total count of at >least >35 animals. All inshore and offshore in the AM. > >BIRDS: 30 species beyond the point at Pirates Bay is an excellent count > >for a Tasmanian pelagic. Highlights were the good diversity of petrels, > >notably many Gould’s as well as flybys by Mottled, Providence, >White-headed and Soft-plumaged Petrels. > >Wilson’s Storm-Petrel: 6 (2). All pelagic. > >Grey-backed Storm-Petrel: 20 (10). All pelagic. > >White-faced Storm-Petrel: 130 (70). 1 offshore in AM, remainder >pelagic. > >NZ Wandering Albatross: 6 on plumage. All pelagic but at least 2 >followed us back into offshore waters. All were consistent with >gibsoni. >4 appeared to be adult males, remainder indeterminate. > >Southern Royal Albatross: 1 adult pelagic at the second berley point. > >Campbell Albatross: 5 (3). All pelagic. 2 adults, 2 immature (plus 1 >juvenile presumed to be this form). > >Shy Albatross: 100 (45). 15 inshore, 5 offshore, remainder pelagic. 2 >imm pelagic, remainder adult. > >Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross: 1 adult with scruffy upperwings that >visited both pelagic berley points. > >Buller’s Albatross: 45 (12). 21 inshore, 1 offshore, remainder pelagic. > >All adult. > >Short-tailed Shearwater: 2000 (500). 600 inshore in the AM, similar >numbers offshore and remainder pelagic. > >Sooty Shearwater: 40 (5). 2 inshore, 15 offshore and remainder pelagic >passing through as ones and twos . > >FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER: 1 pelagic at the second berley point. >Generally >scarce off Eaglehawk Neck. > >Common Diving-Petrel: 2 in inshore waters in the PM. > >Northern Giant-Petrel: 1 immature as a flyby in offshore waters in the >AM. > >White-chinned Petrel: 80 (35). 1 offshore in AM, remainder pelagic. > >Fairy Prion: 4 (1). All pelagic. > >Great-winged Petrel: 2 (1). Both NZ gouldi. Both pelagic. Remarkably >scarce! > >PROVIDENCE PETREL: 2 (1). Both pelagic at the second berley point. > >White-headed Petrel: 1 pelagic. > >GOULD’S PETREL: 21 (3). A steady stream of flybys at each of the berley > >stops (pelagic) and an additional individual in offshore waters in the >PM. Mostly distant. > >SOFT-PLUMAGED PETREL: 1 that provided excellent if brief views in >offshore waters in AM (over about 65 fathoms of water). > >MOTTLED PETREL: 1 flyby that approached reasonably close but >unfortunately passed across the bow of the vessel (so views were >obscured) at the second berley point. > >Little Penguin: 2 together close inshore in the PM. > >Australasian Gannet: 20 (10). All inshore. Another 40 on the >Hippolytes. > >Black-faced Cormorant: 20 (15). All inshore. Another 760 on the >Hipploytes including many sitting on nests. > >Crested Tern: 12 (4). All inshore. Another 20 on the small stack >adjacent to the Hipploytes. > >Arctic Jaeger: 2. 1 dark bird and 1 intermediate bird (both distant) in > >inshore waters in the AM. > >Pacific Gull: 6 (4). 4 adults, 2 second year individuals. All inshore. > >Kelp Gull: 40 (10). All inshore. Another 30 on the Hippolytes. > >Silver Gull: 33 (10). All inshore. Another 45 on the Hippolytes. > >An immature White-bellied Sea-eagle on the Hippolytes rounded out the >list. > >– >Rohan Clarke >www.wildlifeimages.com.au > >Latest updates >http://www.pbase.com/wildlifeimages/root&view=recent > >_______________________________________________ >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 — Sent from my Android device with InboxPro for Hotmail Mail. 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