Hi,
I have to agree with Dion - to my mind this is a stone-cold
Cook's. The fact that the dark eye-mark is so prominent and
there is a very strong supercillium make it quite unlike
Pycroft's. The general structure is also Cook's - the tail
would want to look longer for a Pycroft's.
Sav Saville
Wrybill Birding Tours,NZ
www.wrybill-tours.com
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> Hi All
>
>
>
> To my eye the petrel photographed by Jack Shick off LHI
> looks like a typical Cook's Petrel you would photograph
> off Little Barrier Island. The relatively pale grey head
> considering the light conditions and extensive black
> smudge line under the eye and extensive white supercilium
> matching in patterning photographs of Cook's taken in
> November in Hauraki Gulf extremely closely and differing
> from the excellent images of Pycroft's supplied by Ross
> Silcocks. The tail structure is identical to photographs I
> have of Cook's at Little Barrier. It does not show much of
> a collaring effect forming a fairly even sweep of contrast
> below the eye up to the hind crown although a bit of
> notching in the ear coverts is interesting. My vote is for
> Cook's.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> Dion
>
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