White Faced Storm Petrels. by blinkings

Photography • Sea/Undersea • posted on Jan 04, 2012

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Description

White Faced Storm Petrels in Australia's deep south. The local ranger told us that photographing these birds can be difficult without a boat as they live entirely on the open ocean, and only come to shore during the breeding season. This was the closest I could get to them with my longest zoom! In this photo, they are sharing a remote shoreline with Silver Gulls (AKA Common S**T Hawks!!!). Unlike the Petrels, Silver Gulls will appear in their kazillions at the slightest smell of a hot chip!!!!! Best viewed zooooooomed.

Comments (17)

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netot

1:21AM | Wed, 04 January 2012

Hey, my friends of the furry black hats are back!!! Have you noticed that they are sharing with seagulls but they don't talk to them? I see no interaction between the two kinds of birds. great picture! I like the contrast of textures between the water, the sand and the grass. I love color too.

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Inspired_Art

2:25AM | Wed, 04 January 2012

Better there than on my car. :) Great shot!

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fallen21

2:36AM | Wed, 04 January 2012

Wonderful shot!

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kgb224

3:09AM | Wed, 04 January 2012

Superb capture my friend. God Bless.

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jayfar

3:12AM | Wed, 04 January 2012

A great capture for the conditions and must be quite rare.

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durleybeachbum

3:39AM | Wed, 04 January 2012

Exciting to see!

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BIPOLARTWO

5:43AM | Wed, 04 January 2012

Great image from so far away... Do you have chip's with everything?

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Faemike55

8:29AM | Wed, 04 January 2012

Very good photo and interesting descriptions especially the gulls

alanwilliams

8:34AM | Wed, 04 January 2012

lovely all roundd, the birds and the three bands of colour

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alida

2:50PM | Wed, 04 January 2012

they look very smart

whaleman

4:28PM | Wed, 04 January 2012

Zoom helps a lot, but they look to have black faces but white fronts.

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watapki66

6:59PM | Wed, 04 January 2012

Wonderful capture!

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Isabelle711

7:52PM | Wed, 04 January 2012

This is so pretty. :))))) Most gorgeous image. :))))) Thank you for sharing your Summer bc it has been extra cold here for the past two days. :) Most excellent and wonderful capture my friend. :)))) Thank you for the smile. :)))) Thank you for sharing all of the beauty you see. :)))) Carry A Smile In Your Heart :)))))

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