yeah u are probably right Nikolas about the underwing, & it does have a big
head, but I thought that Herald would look similarly big-headed too...i'm only
going from my Onley & Scofield as I haven't much here as reference material...
cheers,
martin cachard
cairns
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] FW: Strange Petrel
> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 09:24:14 +0000
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> 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:
>
> >
> >
> >From:
> >To:
> >Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Strange Petrel
> >Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 19:23:46 +1030
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >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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