25 February Report

OVERVIEW

Easterly winds up to 15 knots. 2-3m seas. Overcast, no rain encountered except within the harbour. Water surface temperatures: 26.9C beyond the shelf drop-off; 24.1C close to shore. We set up a drift at the sea mount before motoring further east beyond the drop-off for a second drift in deeper waters. A third drift was set up just west of the shelf on the return leg.

BIRD LIST

(Note that the numbers in parentheses represent the approximate maximum number of that species in view at one time)

Gould's Petrel1(1)
Grey-faced Petrel16(10)
WHITE_NECKED PETREL3(1)
TAHITI PETREL2(1)
Cookilaria petrel sp.1
Wedge-tailed Shearwater150
Flesh-footed Shearwater 80
Short-tailed Shearwater 20
Fluttering Shearwater1(1)
Hutton's Shearwater1(1)
Fluttering-type Shearwaters5
Australasian Gannet3(2)
Pomarine Jaeger4
Common Noddy1(1)
Silver Gull7
Sooty Tern1(1)
Greater Crested Tern1(1)

OTHER

40
Oceanic Bottlenose Dolphin

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(Photographs Greg McLachlan).

Greg McLachlan
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Greg McLachlan
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Greg McLachlan
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