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Posted 13 August 2012 - 02:17 AM
I saw this bird while on a whale watch about 3 miles off the coast of Provincetown, MA recently. There were about 25 humpbacks feeding in the area ..... and countless birds to share in the bounty!
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Posted 13 August 2012 - 02:19 AM
Not a shorebird, but a shearwater, I believe. Greater shearwater, I think.
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Posted 13 August 2012 - 02:20 AM
It seems like it is a Juvenile Greater Shearwater. But I usually am wrong.
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Posted 13 August 2012 - 02:24 AM
Looks nearly identical to the pic of an adult in my Sibley's - there's not even a pic of a juvenile. Usually yhat means it's because the plumage is the same. However, I'm not really experienced with shearwaters.
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Posted 13 August 2012 - 02:24 AM
Greater Shearwater.... but it's an adult.
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Posted 13 August 2012 - 02:25 AM
Agree with Greater Shearwater for this offshore bird.
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Posted 14 August 2012 - 08:56 AM
Thanks to all who replied. Shearwaters were probably the only few pages in my Sibley's I didn't check before posting....of course!
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