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Photo by SarenPeetz
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Comments (6)
Nicholas4
Consider adding it to the Acadia National Park mission. Nice
Liam
I agree with Storm Petrel. Leach's and Wilson's are the only species recorded in Maine and Wilson's is much more common. The best in-hand field mark is the tail. It's forked on Leach's and squared on Wilson's.
SarenPeetz
No, it wasnt injured. A college student doing studies on island birds pulled it out of its burrow in the ground so that she could band it. I think that I remember that is was some kind of petrel, I just couldnt remember which species :) thank you for the help!
Darwinist
That looks like a Storm Petrel. Not sure of the exact species. They are fairly common on the coast of Maine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_petrel
HeatherMiller
Is it injured? Any more pictures? Did you dig it up in your garden somehow?
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2011

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