03 Dec 2012
Birding the Australian Bight
Our latest voyage, Birding the Australian Bight, is off to a great start and yesterday we encountered large numbers of White-faced Storm-Petrels in very pleasant conditions. A highlight for many people was a single Little Shearwater which sat placidly on the water and the sighting of five Bridled Terns was an unexpected bonus.
Today we had possibly the first ever sighting of Gould's Petrel in Australian waters. As of noon the tally has risen to nine birds with many photographs taken. A dark morph Soft-plumaged Petrel, a couple of White-chinned Petrel and four species of albatross have also been recorded.
28 Nov 2012
We are steaming steadily back towards Western Australia and all still coming down after the high of our Heard Island encounters. These days at sea ar…READ MORE
23 Nov 2012
Yesterday we sailed out for a closer look at McDonald Island some 30 miles to the west of Heard Island and then spent last night anchored in Atlas Co…READ MORE
21 Nov 2012
For several days we had been watching the weather maps which showed a small window of fine weather between two frontal systems. Just how big the win…READ MORE
