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Southern Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
-60.4572, -50.4492
Field Notes
Description:
One of the more common seabirds on my trip. For some more in depth info about these birds, check out the first spotting I uploaded: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/18178126 We found quite a few of these petrels in the sea ice, including a slightly rarer white variant (pic 2). The photo is over exposed, but I included it because it's very rare to find a southern giant petrel THAT white (usually have black speckles).
Habitat:
Open ocean, and we found these ones in the sea ice near the peninsula.
Notes:
Very common birds, but the white one not so much!
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PublishedMarch 21, 2013
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