PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae

Pelagodroma marina  

White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)
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© Kay Parkin 2011
Off Port MacDonnell, SA (May, 2011)

These little birds are fast and don't come near the boat making them difficult to photograph.

They skim across the top of the water and look almost like they are walking on it!

White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)

White-faced Storm-Petrel

White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)

White-faced Storm-Petrel

White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)

White-faced Storm-Petrel

White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)

White-faced Storm-Petrel

White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)

White-faced Storm-Petrel

White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)

White-faced Storm-Petrel