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eBird Australia Checklist S122756202

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Location Magic Point, Maroubra
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Owner Bart De Schutter

Effort

Protocol:  Stationary
  • Observers:  1

Checklist Comments

Totals

9
Species Observed
+3 other taxa

Observations

  1. Parasitic Jaeger

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    1 to north, 2 to south

  2. Pomarine Jaeger

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    1 to north, 1 to south

  3. jaeger sp.

    Number observed:  36

    Details

    17 to north, 9 to south

  4. Silver Gull

    Number observed:  X

  5. Little Tern

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    To south

  6. Great Crested Tern

    Number observed:  32

    Details

    31 to north, 1 to south

  7. Wedge-tailed Shearwater

    Number observed:  3662

    Details

    Count between 05h45 and 12h50, all flying north only. Very few to south and these were not counted.
    But also 1,491 to south afterwards, and 1,000 to 2,000 in one feeding flock in the afternoon (video here: https://youtu.be/q-02n_cncd4). These birds were not included in the 3,662 count, as it might involve double counts.

  8. Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    To south, likely Sooty

  9. Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater

    Number observed:  175

    Details

    175 in large flock with Wedge-tailed Shearwaters.
    But also 165 to north, 35 to south during the day. These were not included in the 175 count, as it might involve double counts.

  10. Australasian Gannet

    Number observed:  9

    Details

    4 to north, 5 to south

  11. Great Cormorant

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    To south

  12. Pied Cormorant

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    To north