It also has the look of a Providence Petrel.
Cheers,
Tim
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To: Stephen Murray;
Subject: Strange Petrel
Hi Steve,
What about Murphy's Petrel. I guess the face is a bit too white and the
primary bases not extremely reflective. But maybe that fits still within
the range of Murphy's?
Cheers,
Nikolas
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On 2/06/14 4:20 PM, "Stephen Murray" <> wrote:
>Hello all.
>
>
>
>Here's one for the seabirders. I was recently on a cruise in the North
>East
>Pacific where I photographed a rather strange all dark petrel. I am of the
>opinion that it is a dark morph of Mottled Petrel, but I can find no
>mention
>of such a thing in the literature. I am swayed by the fact that there were
>numerous Mottled Petrels in the same area, and the shape looks the same.
>A
>few ordinary photos can be seen here
>http://www.pbase.com/sjmurray/recent_images along with some of the
>'regular'
>mottled petrels. I am aware that the extent of dark underneath is variable
>but this bird has a dark underwing as well.
>
>What do people think?
>
>
>
>Cheers Steve Murray
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