Allen

17/5/2008
Southern Waters of Po Toi

Thanks to Mike for finding this Shearwater...
Thanks to Geoff for organizing the trip...
Thanks to all experts for identifying this bird....

wleepoin

17th May2008
Southern Waters of Po Toi

Thanks Geoff for arranging the Boat-trip
Thanks Paul for the ID
Especially thanks Kwok Jai for making the "Chumy"

Cheers
PWMK

yyattung

Dear Allen and Peter,

Thanks for posting the picture. But the tail shape and head and underwing patterns looks similar to Streaked Shearwater to me!

Pictures of some shearwaters (Streaked, Wedge-tailed and Short-tailed) are post here:

http://nc.kl.edu.tw/bbs/showthread.php?t=5943&page=2  

Tung

isaac_chan

More record images of this Shearwater.... ops:

Southern Waters of Hong Kong 香港南面海域
17/5/2008
D2x + AF-S VR 300mm + 1.7x

tmichael

I think having seen photos, and having discussed it with others who were there, there's now a feeling that this was a Streaked Shearwater with an amount of dark amount about the rear crown, nape and shoulders which seems unusual, but plausible - everything else looks right for Streaked.

We didn't get really close to this bird, but the photos were everything - thanks to those who took the photos, and please keep coming along!

We will get more rarities, and get better at seabird id, if we we keep going.!


Mike T.