Hi Mick.
Yes It’s the same bird. The image is underexposed and the angle is quite sharp.
I have the exact co-ordinates by the way: 54 00’34.81”N, 147 23’ 18.12” W…
probably too far north for Murphy’s Petrel, but you never know with seabirds.
To tell the truth, I hadn’t considered Murphy’s.
Cheers Steve
From: Mick Roderick
Sent: Monday, 2 June 2014 6:28 PM
To: Nikolas Haass; Stephen Murray;
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Strange Petrel
Murphy's crossed my mind too Nikolas, but the bird does look more like an
"unusual Cookilaria" than what I imagine a Murphy's to look like (meaning, I
have never seen one!).
Steve - is that 3rd image (bird flying away banking with wings 11 and 5
o'clock) the same bird? It appears to be longer-winged in that image if so.
Also, where exactly where you when you say "NE Pacific"?
Mick
On Monday, 2 June 2014 6:08 PM, Nikolas Haass <> wrote:
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,
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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_imagesalong 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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