Stewart Island Pelagic 19 November 2014

[Neil Robertson]

Great day out with Sav and Wrybill Group on the Aurora. No fewer than eight species of Albatross. Numbers are my estimates - Sav, please feel free to correct/adjust if necessary.
Southern Royal Albatross 10-20
Northern Royal Albatross 1
Wandering Albatross 2
White-capped Albatross 300+
Salvin's Albatross 30+
Black-browed Albatross 1
Campbell Albatross 2
Buller's Albatross 2-3
Northern Giant Petrel 5
Sooty Shearwater 100-150
Short-tailed Shearwater 3-5
Common Diving Petrel 200+
White-chinned Petrel 3-5
Cape Petrel 50+
Fairy Prion 5
Little Penguin 1
Fiordland Crested Penguin 25
Pied Cormorant
Stewart Island Shag
Spotted Shag
White-faced Heron 1
Paradise Shelduck 2
Mallard 2 (Not on the Aurora list - or does it not recognise non-natives?)
Stewart Island Weka 1
Variable Oystercatcher 10+
Ruddy Turnstone 20
Brown Skua 3
Southern Black-backed Gull
Red-billed Gull
White-fronted Tern 100+
Arctic Tern 2
NZ Pigeon
Tui 2

almost forgot - two Hutton's Shearwaters and a single Cook's Petrel seen by Sav

regards
Neil Robertson

[JasonWilder]

Thanks for putting together a triplist, Neil.
I put a picture album from the trip here if anyone is interested:
http://tinyurl.com/lmqz2ej

Jason Wilder
Dunedin

[Alan Tennyson]

Sounds like a great trip! Don't forget to put in a rare bird report for the Arctic terns - that makes 4 that I've heard of from around NZ in the last week (and the first that I know details for in the country since 2011).
cheers
Alan

[Ian Mc]

Spendid series of pelagic flight images Jason. Thank You.
Cheers : Ian Mc