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Tristram's Storm-Petrel

Tristram's Storm-Petrel (Image ID 36421)
Photographed byIan Wilson on Thu 11th Apr, 2019 and uploaded on Sat 31st Aug, 2019 .
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ID36421
CommentTristram's Storm-petrel is a rare vagrant to Australian waters. It breeds on the Hawaiian Islands and the Ogasawara Archipelago of Japan. We encountered several large feeding aggregations off the Hahajima Islands but we were unable to get close enough for acceptable portraits. Readily distinguished from the similar Matsudaira's Storm-petrel by the lack of a white wing flash on the upper-wing which is diagnostic and easily seen on Matsudaira's. I have posted this image because we do not have any of Tristram's in the BLP image library.
EquipmentCanon 1DxII + 400 mm f/4 DO II + 1.4x III extender, hand-held.
Manual, spot metering, AI Servo spot AF, f/5.6, 1/2500 sec, ISO 640.
Processed using DPP4 and PSE14 with Neat Image plug-in.
LocationOff Hahajima Islands, Japan
Keywordsin flight, adult
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