Montagu Shearwater Studies

THE DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTER FOR RECOGNIZING
Short-tailed Shearwater chicks from Wedge-tailed Shearwater chicks

Dark toenails of Short-tailed shearwater chicks

Pale toenails of Wedge-tailed Shearwater chicks

SOME TYPICAL PLANTS FOUND ON THE STUDY AREAS

Ink weed Phytolacca octandra
A typical patch, some flowering heads
and ripe or ripening berries

Kangaroo Apple Solanum vescum often growns
to be a large woody plant often dominating areas amongst the
Spiny-headed Matt-rush Lomandra longifolia

Black-berry Nightshade Solanum nigrum


Native Bluebell Wahlenbergia gracilis

Small patch of Bracken Pteridium esculentum

Coastal Saltbush Rhagodia candolleana

Wandering Jew Commelina cyanea


A clump of seeding Rambling Dock Acetosa sagittata
in front of Spiny-headed Matt-rush Lomandra longifolia
and below a close up of the seeds