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Location

South of Montauk, Atlantic Ocean, NY
USA

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 640 mm
Exposure 1/1000, f/11.0, ISO 640 
Image size 800 x 533 pixels

IOC Names

Order  Procellariiformes   Family  Procellariidae

Deutsch  Großer Sturmtaucher Dutch  Grote Pijlstormvogel
Italian  Berta dell'Atlantico Spanish  Pardela Capirotada

Comments

This Great Shearwater may have been born at Tristan da Cunha or Gough Island, or less likely at Falklands, and dispersed to North Atlantic in May to November. It regularly follows ships, attends trawlers and dives for food.




 

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    20/07/2014

Great Shearwater
Puffinus gravis
Puffin majeur

Jean-Michel PAULUS