Friday 6 March 2020

Coral Princess, 25th December 2019, the rest.

Just to finish up the rest of the seabirds encountered on Christmas Day. We had about half a dozen Grey-backed Storm Petrels which were our only sightings of the entire trip. A very distinctive looking bird. Also large numbers of prions present. While they were most likely to be Slender-billed Prions, Fairy and Antarctic are also possiblities (any prion experts out there?). They seem to vary so much and were probably the most headwrecking species group on the cruise.

Southern Giant Petrel

Southern Giant Petrel

Southern Giant Petrel

Southern Giant Petrel

Southern Giant Petrel

Southern Giant Petrel

Northern Giant Petrel

Wilson's Petrel
Wilson's Petrel

Black-bellied Storm Petrel

Black-bellied Storm Petrel

Black-bellied Storm Petrel

Grey-backed Storm Petrel

Grey-backed Storm Petrel
Cape Petrel

White-chinned Petrel

White-chinned Petrel
Prion species

Prion species

Prion species

Prion species

Prion species

Prion species

Prion species

Prion species

Prion species

Prion species

Prion species

Prion species

Prion species

Prion species

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