It was Happy Birthday to Ashwin on the day of the December Sydney Pelagic, and I decided to join him.
It was a fairly calm day, and the highlight for me was probably the large pod of False Killer Whales which graced us with their presence briefly. We also had a few flying fish, at least 5 Sunfish (Mola ramsayi).
Birdwise, I had 2 lifers: Wilson’s Storm-Petrel and White-chinned Petrel (which tried hard to convince us that it was the sought after Black Petrel).
We also had a few Wandering, Shy, Black-browned and Campbell Albatross, the usual Wedge-tailed, Flesh-footed, a single Huttons, and Short-tailed Shearwaters. Hundreds of Grey-faced Petrel was a sight to behold, and one late Providence Petrel was an nice surprise. All three Jaegar species (though I didn't tick the Long-tailed we saw from a km away) and a Sooty Tern rounded off the day. A possible Arctic Tern remains unidentified... :(
White-chinned Petrel
Gulp - Wandering Albatross
It was Happy Birthday to Ashwin on the day of the December Sydney Pelagic, and I decided to join him.
It was a fairly calm day, and the highlight for me was probably the large pod of False Killer Whales which graced us with their presence briefly. We also had a few flying fish, at least 5 Sunfish (Mola ramsayi).
Birdwise, I had 2 lifers: Wilson’s Storm-Petrel and White-chinned Petrel (which tried hard to convince us that it was the sought after Black Petrel).
We also had a few Wandering, Shy, Black-browned and Campbell Albatross, the usual Wedge-tailed, Flesh-footed, a single Huttons, and Short-tailed Shearwaters. Hundreds of Grey-faced Petrel was a sight to behold, and one late Providence Petrel was an nice surprise. All three Jaegar species (though I didn't tick the Long-tailed we saw from a km away) and a Sooty Tern rounded off the day. A possible Arctic Tern remains unidentified... :(
White-chinned Petrel
Gulp - Wandering Albatross
