Shearwaters
There is just something about procellarids, the shearwaters and petrels.
Perhaps it is their gliding flight over the waves, covering huge
distances without apparent effort. Perhaps it is the fact that we must
venture away from our land habitat into the open ocean to observe them,
and therefore rarely see them well from a constantly moving boat.
Perhaps it is awe for their incredible transequatorial migrations,
knowing that a bird seen in the Gulf of Alaska was nesting in the
Southern Hemisphere just a month or so before.
» Sexes similar
» Pelagic bird only coming ashore to breed
» Medium-size shearwater
» Brown upperparts
» White underparts
» Dark undertail coverts
» Long tail
» Underwings white with dark border
» Rapid wingbeats
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