Thanks Rohan,
I'm staying nearby so I can go back and check it again in the morning,
Nick
> On 28 Dec 2014, at 10:04 pm, Rohan Clarke <> wrote:
>
> Hi Nick,
> Nice find! Definitely a Black Petrel. It's a dark Procellaria petrel with a
> black tipped bill which narrows it to either Black or Westland - even in this
> iPhone image you can see that the very tip of the hook (the maxillary unguis)
> droops below an imaginary straight line running along the lower edge of the
> lower mandible and this rules out Westland Petrel.
>
> It is very unlikely to survive on the beach. A wildlife career might collect
> if you can provide them an exact location. If it doesn't make it, it would
> probably make a valuable addition to the either the Australian Museum or the
> National Wildlife Collection.
>
> Cheers,
> Rohan
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