Birdwatchers have spotted rare birds, such as the New Zealand petrel and providence petrel, for the first time in South Australia.Strong easterly winds are blowing in unique visitors to South Australian shorelines.
"Antarctic terns are the one that the birdwatchers want to see. They're pretty rare on Australian coastlines," he said. "It's quite amazing — and I think it's due to the strong easterly winds we've been getting in the past month or so.""Global warming is changing the wind patterns somewhat, and we've been getting birds blowing in from the east across Bass Strait and southern Tasmania that we either haven't seen in large numbers — or at all — here in South Australia," he said."They are fascinating to watch when feeding in Rivoli Bay," Heather Burdon said.
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