tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post4406827942604451134..comments2023-11-12T21:16:10.098+11:00Comments on Birds in Tasmania: Chatham Albatross on Eaglehawk Neck PelagicBirdingTashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08341646998037894004noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-72890761799977366762011-09-10T07:59:18.110+10:002011-09-10T07:59:18.110+10:00Hi Murray,
I have been following the discuss...Hi Murray,<br /> I have been following the discussion on birding-aus, and in the fullness of time, intended to amend Els' report. You beat me to it! I did feel that the 'collection' of pelagic records did appear to be somewhere between ad hoc and chaotic. I have asked B Tas for an uptodate list of all Tasmanian birds (mainly interested in land birds), but so far (2 years or so later), still don't have one. There appears to be too many "fingers in the pie".BirdingTashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341646998037894004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-53494482506798530982011-09-09T15:47:02.089+10:002011-09-09T15:47:02.089+10:00Alan, per discussion on birding-aus there have bee...Alan, per discussion on birding-aus there have been a couple of other Tasmanian records:<br /><br />1) An adult was present in the colony at Albatross Island from Jan 83 to 1986. A photo of this bird is published in Lindsey <br />(1986). <br /><br />2)A different adult was present in the Albatross Island colony from 1985 until Sept 1994. <br /><br />3) Tim Reid and David James saw an adult near The Mewstone off southern Tasmania in Feb 1995.Murray Lordnoreply@blogger.com