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12 june 2011 - cape pelagic trip |
Trevor was once again a guide on a ZEST for BIRDS pelagic trip today. After the big winds that had come through yesterday, the sea was pretty bumpy this morning and this was still quite a breeze blowing. Bird highlights of the day were brief looks at a Little Shearwater (elegans race) and extended views of an intermediate morph South Polar Skua, both rarities for us and both new for the challenge list too. There were also plenty of Antarctic Prions whizzing around and an unseasonal Great-winged Petrel as well as a late Great Shearwater added to the diversity. Two whale blows were seen, but on neither occassion did we actually see the animal in order to identify it. |
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South Polar Skua |
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Subantarctic (Brown) Skua |
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Antarctic Prion |
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Sooty Shearwater |
Full list of species recorded on the pelagic trip | |
Links to pages with additional photos highlighted in red | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Birds - 27 species | |
African Penguin | Spheniscus demersus |
Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris |
Shy Albatross | Thalassarche cauta |
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos |
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri |
Southern Giant Petrel | Macronectes giganteus |
Northern Giant Petrel | Macronectes halli |
Pintado Petrel | Daption capense |
Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata |
Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera |
White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis |
Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis |
Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus |
Great Shearwater | Puffinus gravis |
Wilson's Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus |
Cape Gannet | Morus capensis |
Crowned Cormorant | Microcarbo coronatus |
Bank Cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus |
Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis |
White-breasted Cormorant | Phalacrocorax lucidus |
African Black Oystercatcher | Haematopus moquini |
Hartlaub's Gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii |
Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus |
Swift Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea |
South Polar Skua | Catharacta maccormicki |
Subantarctic Skua | Catharacta antarctica |
Mammals - 1 species | |
Cape Fur Seal | Arctocephalus pusillus |