Menu

eBird Australia Checklist S90634387

Sharing links

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Copy link

Main Details

Location Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic Trip
View with Google Maps

Additional Details

People

Owner Paul Brooks

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  12
  • Distance:  40.33 km

Checklist Comments

Participants:
Karen Dick, Kawinwit Kittipalawattanapol, Nick Thompson, John Tongue, Shirley Tongue, Peter Tongue, Kimberley Tongue, Carolyn Upston, George Vaughan, Michael Vaughan, Els Wakefield and Paul Brooks (organiser and report compiler)
Boat:
The Pauletta, skippered by John Males with deckhand Rob.
Activity and Conditions:
Great day on the water today, continuing a very promising start to the winter season of Eaglehawk pelagic trips. Highlights were continuing good numbers of Southern Fulmar, a Blue Petrel, a Northern Royal Albatross, 3 Brown Skua and 8 albatross species, with good numbers and diversity of birds.
We departed Pirates Bay at 0730 hrs and headed south to Cheverton Rock and The Hippolytes, stopping briefly to get a look at some fulmars, before heading south-east to just beyond the shelf break, stopping over 280 fathoms at 0935 hrs. We drifted slowly north to 265 fathoms by 1125 hrs before trying our luck in deeper water, berleying over 610 fathoms from 1145 hrs. We drifted a short way to the north-east until 1240 hrs, before heading straight back to port, docking at 1510 hrs.
Very dull and murky early and quite bumpy, with the 1-2 m easterly swell reflecting off the cliffs. There were showers around, mainly over the shore, and a 10 kn south-easterly breeze. The swell was fairly consistent as we made our way to deeper water, coming closer to 2 m out wide, but the breeze picked up a bit, often hitting 15 kn plus, with 1 m seas. Skies cleared as the day wore on until we had some nice sunshine from lunchtime onwards. Air temperature in single digits all day; water temperature was 14.7 deg C inshore, rising to 15.9 deg C out wide. None overtly seasick.
Mammals:
Brown/Long-nosed Fur Seal: 4 (4) On The Hippolytes.
Humpback Whale: Blow from a single animal seen several times near the shelf edge in the afternoon.

Submitted from eBird for Android, version 2.8.1

Totals

22
Species Observed
+2 other taxa, 502 individuals
18
Species with Photos

Observations

  1. Brown Skua (Subantarctic)

    Number observed:  3

    Media

  2. Great Crested Tern

    Number observed:  12

  3. Northern Royal Albatross

    Number observed:  1

    Media

  4. Southern Royal Albatross

    Number observed:  3

    Media

  5. Snowy Albatross

    Number observed:  3

    Media

  6. Antipodean Albatross (Gibson's)

    Number observed:  3

    Media

  7. Buller's Albatross

    Number observed:  33

    Media

  8. White-capped Albatross

    Number observed:  43

    Media

  9. Black-browed Albatross (Black-browed)

    Number observed:  1

    Media

  10. Black-browed Albatross (Campbell)

    Number observed:  1

  11. Gray-backed Storm-Petrel

    Number observed:  1

  12. Northern Giant-Petrel

    Number observed:  6

    Media

  13. Southern Fulmar

    Number observed:  5

    Media

  14. Pintado Petrel (Antarctic)

    Number observed:  7

    Media

  15. Pintado Petrel (Snares)

    Number observed:  2

    Media

  16. Great-winged Petrel

    Number observed:  12

    Media

  17. Providence Petrel

    Number observed:  5

    Media

  18. White-headed Petrel

    Number observed:  1

  19. Blue Petrel

    Number observed:  1

    Media

  20. Fairy Prion

    Number observed:  350

    Media

  21. White-chinned Petrel

    Number observed:  4

    Media

  22. Westland Petrel

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Procellaria petrel with dark culminicorn and ungues.

  23. Short-tailed Shearwater

    Number observed:  3

    Media

  24. Australasian Gannet

    Number observed:  1

Additional species seen by George Vaughan:

  1. Kelp Gull

    Number observed: 3
Media Powered by Macaulay Library