January February March April May June July August September October November December Home	NSW Pelagic Statistics For The Month of October 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 17 October trips including 1999. (Definite = 90-100% , Probable = 50-90% , Possible = 0-50%) DEFINITE Wandering Albatross 100% Black-browed Albatross 100% Great-winged Petrel 100% Providence Petrel 100% Wedge-tailed Shearwater 100% Short-tailed Shearwater 100% Fluttering Shearwater 100% Australasian Pelican 100% Silver Gull 100% Kelp Gull (Wollongong only) 100% Crested Tern 100% PROBABLE Shy Albatross 52.9% Cape Petrel 88.2% Wilson's Storm Petrel 82.4% Flesh-footed Shearwater 82.4% Hutton's Shearwater 88.2% Sooty Shearwater 76.5% Arctic Jaeger 70.6% Pomarine Jaeger 64.7% Australasian Gannet 70.6% POSSIBLE Little Penguin 29.4% Yellow-nosed Albatross 35.3% Southern Giant Petrel 23.5% Northern Giant Petrel 17.6% Fairy Prion 23.5% Kermadec Petrel 17.6% White-headed Petrel 23.5% Black Petrel 17.6% Westland Petrel 17.6% White-faced Storm Petrel 47.1% Common Tern 23.5% White-fronted Tern 29.4% Long-tailed Jaeger 29.4% VAGRANT / UNLIKELY Light-mantled Sooty Albatross 1 Record White-chinned Petrel 2 Records Westland Petrel 1 Record Soft-plumaged Petrel 2 Records Black-winged Petrel 1 Record Cook's Petrel 2 Records Mottled Petrel 2 Records Bulwer's Petrel 1 Record Black-bellied Storm Petrel 2 Records Tristram's Storm Petrel 1 Record Buller's Shearwater 2 Records Little Shearwater 2 Records Audubon's Shearwater 1 Record Manx Shearwater 1 Record South Polar Skua 2 Records Caspian Tern 1 Record White-winged Black Tern 1 Record Little Tern 1 Record Arctic Tern 1 Record Brown Booby 1 Record