September 07, 2009

Wilson's storm petrel

We haven't seen a petrel since the end of May...good news: they're back! The small black bird was close enough for a picture and identification. It was a Wilson's petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) and we had a group of around 30 last week. Probably on their migration route (here you can see more about this seabird). They were actually one of the actors of another exciting boat trip. Common dolphins of course, gannets, Cory shearwaters and again one lonely great shearwater all together on a typical open ocean action scene. If you stay onshore, definitely you are going to miss it...

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