ML605665381
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Observation details
Seen just as I looked up from my phone (half a second after I had complained to a friend by text message that I was stuck at work missing inland seabirds...!) Photos forthcoming. All dark Storm-Petrel except for bright white in upper tail coverts AND rump, extending into sides of undertail coverts, and brownish bar along upperwing coverts. Boundary of white at proximal end of tail relatively straight across, not strongly convex as in Leach's or other spp. White from rump extended well into undertail coverts. Bird chocolate colored all over, not true black, with brownish carpal bars obvious and extending out to ends of "wrist," but not strongly contrasting with rest of wings or body. Tail strongly notched. First impulse was Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel, but the way white appeared to wrap distally below sides of tail in undertail coverts plus lankier look made me consider Townsend's. Bill and tail shape looks better for Wedge-rumped but difficult to say from photos. In some angles, tail appears longer. Will try to upload video to website and provide link.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 221.1 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/160 sec
- Dimensions
- 4608 pixels x 3456 pixels
- Original file size
- 3.89 MB