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| PETRELS AND OTHER TUBENOSES- Click on the photo for more images. |
| This group contains some of the most exciting and beautiful seabirds on the planet, unfortunately they are often highly pelagic and nocturnal at their breeding colonies. The Pterodromas, in particular, are the most accomplished fliers, and the sight of one (or more) arcing over a stormy ocean is well worth the discomforts involved. Very few follow, or even approach ships, so photography, or even observing them, is often challenging, but I'm quite pleased with some of the results. Other tubenoses, such as Shearwaters and Storm-petrels, are more obliging, as are Giant Petrels, unfortunately these last are anything but elegant. |
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| HALL'S GIANT PETREL | SOUTHERN GIANT PETREL | ANTARCTIC PETREL | PINTADO PETREL | SNOW PETREL |
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| NORTHERN FULMAR | PACIFIC FULMAR | ANTARCTIC OR SOUTHERN FULMAR | GREAT-WINGED PETREL | GREY-FACED PETREL |
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| KERMADEC PETREL | SOFT-PLUMAGED PETREL | FEA'S PETREL | ZINO'S PETREL | TAHITI PETREL |
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| WHITE-HEADED PETREL | MOTTLED PETREL | ATLANTIC PETREL | WHITE-NECKED PETREL | JUAN FERNANDEZ PETREL |
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| GALAPAGOS PETREL | BLACK-CAPPED PETREL | STEJNEGER'S PETREL | COOK'S PETREL | MAS-A-TIERRA PETREL |
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| BLACK-WINGED PETREL | GOULD'S PETREL | COLLARED PETREL | MAGNIFICENT PETREL | BLUE PETREL |
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| BONIN PETREL | ANTARCTIC PRION | SLENDER-BILLED PRION | FULMAR PRION | FAIRY PRION |
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| BROAD-BILLED PRION | BULWER'S PETREL | JOUANIN'S PETREL | WHITE-CHINNED PETREL | SPECTACLED PETREL |
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| WESTLAND PETREL | PARKINSON'S PETREL | GREY PETREL | CORY'S SHEARWATER | SCOPOLI'S SHEARWATER |
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| CAPE VERDE SHEARWATER | STREAKED SHEARWATER | WEDGE-TAILED SHEARWATER | WEDGE-TAILED SHEARWATER (PALE PHASE) | BULLER'S SHEARWATER |
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| FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER | PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER | GREAT SHEARWATER | SOOTY SHEARWATER | SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER |
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| MANX SHEARWATER | BALEARIC SHEARWATER | FLUTTERING SHEARWATER | GALAPAGOS SHEARWATER | HEINROTH'S SHEARWATER |
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| AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER | SUBANTARCTIC LITTLE SHEARWATER | WILSON'S STORM-PETREL | WILSON'S STORM-PETREL Chilensis | NEW ZEALAND STORM-PETREL |
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| GREY-BACKED STORM-PETREL | BLACK-BELLIED STORM-PETREL | WHITE-BELLIED STORM-PETREL | EUROPEAN STORM-PETREL | WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL |
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| HORNBY'S STORM-PETREL | MARKHAM'S STORM-PETREL | WEDGE-RUMPED STORM-PETREL | BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL | "GRANTS" STORM-PETREL |
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| MADEIRAN STORM-PETREL | LEACH'S STORM-PETREL | AINLEY'S STORM-PETREL | TRISTRAM'S STORM-PETREL | MATSUDAIRA'S STORM-PETREL |
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| FORK-TAILED STORM-PETREL | MAGELLAN DIVING-PETREL | PERUVIAN DIVING-PETREL | SOUTH GEORGIA DIVING-PETREL | COMMON DIVING-PETREL |
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AA BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY
ALAN & ANN TATE
e-mail:-aabirdpix@btinternet.com