Shy Albatross
Yellow Nosed Albatross
Black Browed Albatross
Wandering Albatross
Northern Giant Petrel
Sooty Albatross
Pom Skua
One of my favourite birding experiences are the regular Pelagic boat trips run out from Port MacDonnell.
Arranged by Colin Rogers, a small group of regulars as well as a handful of others attend these regular weekend trips. We go out on The Remarkable skippered by Mark and assisted by his son Jamie.
The Remarkable
Most of us drive to Port MacDonnell on the Saturday and stay at the caravan park and have dinner at the Victoria Hotel
Sleeping in is a term birders are not familiar with!
Colin Rogers
We often leave shore before sunrise and travel out past the continental shelf to find as many Pelagic species as possible. We return to shore about 3pm to start the 5 to 6 hr journey home.
Campbell's Albatross
Southern Fulmar
Short Tailed Shearwater
White Chinned Petrel
Using Christidis and Boles 2008 as my working Checklist, Species that I have been lucky enough to see over the last couple of years include:
Common Diving-Petrel
Southern Giant-Petrel
Northern Giant-Petrel
Southern Fulmar
Great-winged Petrel
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Gould's Petrel
Antarctic Prion
Fairy Prion
White-chinned Petrel
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Fluttering Shearwater
Hutton's Shearwater
Wandering Albatross
Royal Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
Buller's Albatross
Shy Albatross
Yellow-nosed Albatross
Sooty Albatross
Grey-backed Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Australasian Gannet
Sadly I am yet to see the Light Mantled Sooty Albatross – my Pelagic Holy Grail, but - I WILL NEVER SURRENDER!
