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FW: Strange Petrel

To: martin cachard <>, "" <>
Subject: FW: Strange Petrel
From: Nikolas Haass <>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 09:24:14 +0000
Not sure, Martin. I think the head is too big for Herald and wouldn't you
expect at least a hint of the classic underwing pattern?

Cheers,

Nikolas

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On 2/06/14 7:17 PM, "martin cachard" <> wrote:

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>From: 
>To: 
>Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Strange Petrel
>Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 19:23:46 +1030
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>how about a dark morph Herald Petrel ?? size & jizz would fit better than
>Murphy's, wouldn't it?? or was this bird too far north for a Herald??
>cheers,
> 
>martin cachard,
>cairns
> 
>
> 
>> From: 
>> To: 
>> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 16:20:03 +1000
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Strange Petrel
>> 
>> 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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