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Monday, February 13, 2017

SOOTY SHEARWATER

Photographed on Eaglehawk Neck pelagic, February 2017
971               SOOTY SHEARWATER            Puffinus griseus

AUSTRALIA               703

Also known as New Zealand Muttonbird. 46-54 cm; wingspan c. 1 m. Predominantly a NZ species, breeding on many NZ islands and Macquarie Island; present off NSW, Vic and Tas., mostly Oct-Feb; WA s coast June-Oct. 

Photographed on second Eaglehawk Neck pelagic, Tasmania February 2017