[Birding-Aus] Short-tailed Shearwaters in Antarctic waters
Neil Cheshire
Short-tailed Shearwaters forage a surprisingly long way to the west in Antarctic waters. Approaching from the west I encountered the first Short-tailed Shearwaters at 60S 82E on 15th March 2007. This longitude is about the 'centreline' of the Indian Ocean and bisects Sri Lanka. I saw several hundreds each day until 20th March, 64S 105E before heading north. There were a few Sooty Shearwaters in the same area and many icebergs.
Neil Cheshire
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Chris Brandis
I was given a photo and comments of S-tSws in the Bearing Sea near the
Aleutian Islands.
"The boat travelled at a slow speed and took almost half an hour to cross
the flock which extended on either side of the boat as far as the eye could
see."
The noise was incredible and they were feeding on krill.
So they travel from arctic to Antarctic for food, amazing.
Cheers Chris
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Subject: [Birding-Aus] Short-tailed Shearwaters in Antarctic waters
Re. Greg Roberts observations of Short-tailed Shearwaters in Antarctica
Short-tailed Shearwaters forage a surprisingly long way to the west in
Antarctic waters. Approaching from the west I encountered the first
Short-tailed Shearwaters at 60S 82E on 15th March 2007. This longitude is
about the 'centreline' of the Indian Ocean and bisects Sri Lanka. I saw
several hundreds each day until 20th March, 64S 105E before heading north.
There were a few Sooty Shearwaters in the same area and many icebergs.
Neil Cheshire
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Simon Mustoe
Chris,
Not only that. Their migration route circumnavigates the entire Pacific. They travel from Australia up the western coast of the Pacific, along the Aleutians, down the east coast of the US and then back across the Pacific: a journey of about 33,000km2. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/migratio/patterns.htm
Simon.
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