Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Soft-plumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis) - 26Feb2022

This petrel of the southern oceans is similar in plumage to Fea's, Desertas and Zino's Petrels further to the north and at one point they were all in the same genus in some taxonomies.  We only had them in the crossing to Antarctica and they were super quick and did not stay close to the boat.  I snapped a hundred photos at a distance and only came away with these sub-par shots.







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