Greater Shearwater (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 31 May 2007 Feeding with Wilson's Storm-Petrels on an unknown slab of meat/fat/something that we came across in the Gulf Stream. There were two such slabs floating within a few hundred meters of each other, and both were attracting shearwaters and storm-petrels. | |
Greater Shearwaters (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 31 May 2007 Photgraphed with a Canon EOS 20d using only a 100mm macro lens on a Brian Patteson Seabirding trip |
Greater Shearwaters (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 31 May 2007 Greater Shearwaters have a dark cap, slender dark bill, and white underwings with a black pattern. Note particularly the black belly smudge. | |
Greater Shearwaters (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 31 May 2007 Greater Shearwaters also show a white color and a thin pale band near the base of the tail. | |
Greater Shearwaters (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 31 May 2007 | |
Greater Shearwaters (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 31 May 2007 | |
Greater Shearwaters (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 31 May 2007 | |
Greater Shearwater (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 5 June 2005 Note the dark cap, dark bill, and dark smudge on belly Photographed with a "point & shoot" Nikon CoolPix 4500 with a 2X extender lens on a Brian Patteson Seabirding trip. | |
Greater Shearwater (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 5 June 2005 | |
Greater Shearwater (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 5 June 2005 | |
Greater Shearwater (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 5 June 2005 Greater Shearwaters, like many tubenoses, will sit on the water in calm conditions. | |
Greater Shearwater (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 5 June 2005 | |
Greater Shearwater (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 5 June 2005 They'll often stick their heads underwater to look for food. | |
Greater Shearwater (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 5 June 2005 | |
Greater Shearwater (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 5 June 2005 |
In mixed flocks, Greater Shearwaters often lift their wings to protect their personal feeding territory. | |
Greater Shearwater (Puffinis gravis) Cape Hatteras, NC 5 June 2005 With Wilson's Storm-Petrels |
Created on ... July 10, 2005 | Updated on ...June 4, 2007 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com