Pacific Gulls in Ballina

Sightings anywhere within a 250 km radius of Toowoomba, but excluding the local survey area (see above), for the period 1 June 2011 - 31 August 2011.

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SAM
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Location: Ballina

Pacific Gulls in Ballina

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Update 18/6: The Pacific Gulls are back at the same location today. This time they hung around for me to get photos.

17/6: 2 immature Pacific Gulls were seen & photographed on Lighthouse Beach at Ballina by Joyce & John Crouch this morning.
I searched various sites around Ballina without any luck, but here's a few others for the Winter Beyond list seen whilst looking for the gulls today.
Lighthouse Beach:
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Osprey
Australian Gannet

North Creek:
Bar-tailed Godwit
Red-necked Stint
Pacific Golden Plover
Double-banded Plover
Red-capped Plover
Pied Oystercatcher

Flat Rock:
Ruddy Turnstone
Eastern Reef Egret
Great Cormorant
White-cheeked Honeyeater

West Ballina:
Black-shouldered Kite
Little Corella
Common Myna

Cheers,
Steve McBride
Ballina
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