[Birding-Aus] Kelp Gulls - Port Fairy, VIC
David...@dpcd.vic.gov.au
I stopped for a coffee at Port Fairy on Friday morning (9 May) on my way to
a meeting at Heywood and took the opportunity to have a quick look at
Griffiths Island and the wetlands.
There were seven large gulls which I first thought were Pacific Gulls.
However, as I got closer I realised that four were actually Kelp Gulls
(three adults and one immature). Having recently spent three days staying
in a shack in Tasmania with 100s of Kelp Gulls for neighbours and with
three Pacific Gulls (one adult and two immature) for comparison it was
quite easy to identify the Kelp Gulls, particularly when they began calling
and displaying.
I haven't seen (or noticed) Kelp Gulls in Victoria before and I don't know
if they are commonly seen in the Port Fairy area but it may be worth a trip
if you desperately want to see Kelp Gulls.
Regards
David
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steve...@eftel.net.au
(every time one of your emails pops in to my inbox I think its my son
David - he's overseas and doesn't correspond enough)
Kelp Gulls have been breeding on Julia Percy Island for a while now. I'm
not sure for how long or what their numbers are now but lately, along the
whole south-west coast, I reckon a large gull is just as likely to be a
Kelp Gull as a Pacific Gull.
Cheers
Steve Clark
Hamilton, Victoria
Mike Carter
on the coast in SW Victoria. Surprising because there is a thriving breeding
colony on Lady Julia Percy Island (LJPI) just some 20 km west of Port Fairy.
10 to 26+ are regularly seen on the Port Fairy pelagics which call there on
their return legs. Why LJPI? Because there is a huge Seal colony there as
there is at Seal Rocks off Phillip Island, the only other regular Kelp Gull
breeding site in Victoria.
Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mount Eliza VIC 3930
Tel (03) 9787 7136
----- Original Message -----
From: <David...@dpcd.vic.gov.au>
To: "birding aus" <birdi...@vicnet.net.au>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 10:30 AM
> I stopped for a coffee at Port Fairy on Friday morning (9 May) on my way
> to
> a meeting at Heywood and took the opportunity to have a quick look at
> Griffiths Island and the wetlands.
>
> There were seven large gulls which I first thought were Pacific Gulls.
> However, as I got closer I realised that four were actually Kelp Gulls
> (three adults and one immature). Having recently spent three days staying
> in a shack in Tasmania with 100s of Kelp Gulls for neighbours and with
> three Pacific Gulls (one adult and two immature) for comparison it was
> quite easy to identify the Kelp Gulls, particularly when they began
> calling
> and displaying.
>
> I haven't seen (or noticed) Kelp Gulls in Victoria before and I don't know
> if they are commonly seen in the Port Fairy area but it may be worth a
> trip
> if you desperately want to see Kelp Gulls.
>
> David
Bob Green
Bob Green