Fairly common in the spring and summer offshore from Cape Hatteras in North Carolina.
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Great Shearwater (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC31 May 2007Feeding 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.Great Shearwaters (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC31 May 2007Photgraphed with a Canon EOS 20d using only a 100mm macro lens on a Brian Patteson Seabirding trip
Great Shearwaters (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC31 May 2007Great Shearwaters have a dark cap, slender dark bill, and white underwings with a black pattern. Note particularly the black belly smudge.Great Shearwaters (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC31 May 2007Great Shearwaters also show a white color and a thin pale band near the base of the tail.Great Shearwaters (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC31 May 2007Great Shearwaters (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC31 May 2007Great Shearwaters (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC31 May 2007
Great Shearwater (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC5 June 2005Note the dark cap, dark bill, and dark smudge on bellyPhotographed with a "point & shoot" Nikon CoolPix 4500 with a 2X extender lens on a Brian Patteson Seabirding trip.Great Shearwater (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC5 June 2005Great Shearwater (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC5 June 2005Great Shearwater (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC5 June 2005Great Shearwaters, like many tubenoses, will sit on the water in calm conditions.Great Shearwater (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC5 June 2005Great Shearwater (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC5 June 2005They'll often stick their heads underwater to look for food.Great Shearwater (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC5 June 2005Great Shearwater (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC5 June 2005
In mixed flocks, Great Shearwaters often lift their wings to protect their personal feeding territory.
Great Shearwater (Puffinis gravis)Cape Hatteras, NC5 June 2005With Wilson's Storm-Petrels
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