January February March April May June July August September October November December Home	NSW Pelagic Statistics For The Month of May 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 15 May trips including 1999. (Definite = 90-100% , Probable = 50-90% , Possible = 10-50%) DEFINITE Black-browed Albatross 100% Yellow-nosed Albatross 93.3% Providence Petrel 100% Fluttering Shearwater 93.3% Australasian Gannet 100% Australasian Pelican 100% Silver Gull 100% Kelp Gull (Wollongong only) 100% Crested Tern 100% PROBABLE Wandering Albatross 73.3% Great-winged Petrel 53.3% Short-tailed Shearwater 66.7% White-fronted Tern 66.7% Great Skua 53.3% POSSIBLE Little Penguin 26.7% Shy Albatross 40.0% Southern Giant Petrel 33.3% Northern Giant Petrel 20.0% Fairy Prion 46.7% Antarctic Prion 20.0% White-headed Petrel 26.7% Wilson's Storm-Petrel 46.7% Sooty Shearwater 33.3% Hutton's Shearwater 46.7% Pomarine Skua 20.0% VAGRANT / UNLIKELY Grey-headed Albatross 2 records Buller's Albatross 2 Records Sooty Albatross 1 Record Cape Petrel 2 Records Slender-billed Prion 2 Records Little Shearwater 1 Record White-faced Storm Petrel 1 Record White-bellied Storm Petrel 2 Records Pacific Gull 1 Record Common Tern 1 Record Arctic Tern 1 Record White Tern 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)