Ashy Storm-Petrel, Oceanodroma homochroa |
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![]() A slick of fish oil poured on the waters off San Francisco on a September 2012 pelagic got Storm-Petrels in closer than I'd seen them before, and allowed the photos above and below -- still not what I'd like, but better than I'd had before. These are Ashy Storm-Petrels which are one of the two most common Storm-Petrel species off the central California coast, the others being the rather similar-looking Black Storm-Petrel, which I still am waiting to photograph adequately. |
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![]() This trip in August 2011 had pretty calm seas, which makes it a little bit easier to see and photograph Storm-Petrels. As a result, I was able to get this distant shot of a flock of Ashies flying by. |