From: mcachard@hotmail.com To: sjmurray3@bigpond.com Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Strange Petrel how about a dark morph Herald Petrel ?? size & jizz would fit better than Murphy’s, wouldn’t it?? or was this bird too far north for a Herald?? cheers, martin cachard, cairns > From: sjmurray3@bigpond.com > To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org > Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 16:20:03 +1000 > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Strange Petrel > > 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_images along 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Birding-Aus mailing list > Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org > To change settings or unsubscribe visit: > http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org