January February March April May June July August September October November December Home	NSW Pelagic Statistics For The Month of August The information for this page represents the results of over 10 years of pelagic bird watching trips from either Sydney or Wollongong, NSW Australia, being a compilation of 24 August trips including 1999. (Definite = 90-100% , Probable = 50-90% , Possible = 0-50%) DEFINITE Wandering Albatross 100% Black-browed Albatross 100% Yellow-nosed Albatross 100% Shy Albatross 96.0% Providence Petrel 100% Fluttering Shearwater 91.7% Australasian Gannet 100% Silver Gull 100% Kelp Gull (Wollongong only) 100% Crested Tern 100% Australian Pelican 91.7% PROBABLE Southern Giant Petrel 75.0% Cape Petrel 83.3% Great-winged Petrel 54.2% White-headed Petrel 66.7% Fairy Prion 79.2% Wedge-tailed Shearwater 70.8% Hutton's Shearwater 75.0% White-faced Storm Petrel 75.0% Great Skua 62.5% White-fronted Tern 75.0% POSSIBLE Little Penguin 25.0% Northern Giant Petrel 25.0% Antarctic Prion 20.8% Slender-billed Prion 12.5% Wilson's Storm-Petrel 12.5% Arctic Tern 12.5% VAGRANT Royal Albatross 1 Record Buller's Albatross 1 Record Grey-headed Albatross 2 Records Shy Albatross (eremita) 1 Record Southern Fulmar 1 Record Blue Petrel 1 Record Herald Petrel 1 Record Kermadec Petrel 1 Record Soft-plumaged Petrel 1 Record Juan fernandez Petrel 1 Record Short-tailed Shearwater 2 Records Audubon's Shearwater 1 Record Little Shearwater 1 Record White-bellied Storm Petrel 1 Record Pacific Gull 1 Record Arctic Skua 1 Record (Records on this page have not been authenticated and should not be used in publication without further research. Species in bold are those that may require a submission to a local or national rarities committee if sighted.) (Tony Palliser)