ML177292071
Contributor
Adam Searcy Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Santa Barbara Island (SBA Co.)
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Feeding flock containing BVSH, BRPE, BRAC, WEGU, and BRBO. Multiple BVSH are visible as small and vaguely brownish birds in this photograph, but it is mainly included to show the feeding flock with which they were associated, not to confirm identification.
Observation details
Estimated by 10s scattered within a mixed feeding flock. Foraging with WEGU, BRAC, BRPE, BRBOs off of SE end of island, flock mostly 0.5 to 1 km offshore. Small, fast-flapping and lightly built shearwaters, appearing mostly white below with dark brownish backs. Structure and flight style different (much choppier, faster flapping, shorter, pointier wings, more hurried and frantic) than only potential confusion species, Pink-footed Shearwater.
Technical information
- Dimensions
- 5184 pixels x 3456 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.91 MB