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Northern giant portrait, profile, head detail. The distinctive tube nose (naricorn), characteristic of species in the Procellariidae family (tube-snouts), is easily seen, Macronectes halli, Right Whale Bay
Prion in flight, Pachyptila, Scotia Sea
Pintado petrel in flight, Daption capense, Scotia Sea
Southern giant petrel kills and eats an Adelie penguin chick, Shingle Cove, Macronectes giganteus, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
White nellie, the white morph of the southern giant petrel. Southern giant petrel in flight, Macronectes giganteus
Southern giant petrel in flight. The distinctive tube nose (naricorn), characteristic of species in the Procellariidae family (tube-snouts), is easily seen, Macronectes giganteus
Northern giant petrel scavenging a fur seal carcass. Giant petrels will often feed on carrion, defending it in a territorial manner from other petrels and carrion feeders, Macronectes halli, Right Whale Bay
Pintado petrel in flight, Daption capense, Scotia Sea
Prion in flight, Pachyptila, Scotia Sea
Prion in flight, Pachyptila, Scotia Sea
Southern giant petrel in flight at dusk, after sunset, as it soars over the open ocean in search of food, Macronectes giganteus
Southern giant petrel in flight. The distinctive tube nose (naricorn), characteristic of species in the Procellariidae family (tube-snouts), is easily seen, Macronectes giganteus
Northern giant petrel in flight at dusk, after sunset, as it soars over the open ocean in search of food, Macronectes halli
Southern giant petrel in flight. The distinctive tube nose (naricorn), characteristic of species in the Procellariidae family (tube-snouts), is easily seen
Prions in flight, gathering on the open sea in a feeding aggregation. Prions are small petrel birds, typically feeding on small crustacea such as copepods, ostracods, decapods, and krill, as well as some fish. They are about 12" in length, Pachyptila
Northern giant petrel on pebble beach, Macronectes halli, Right Whale Bay
Pintado petrel, in flight, Daption capense
Pintado petrel, in flight, Daption capense
Pintado petrel in flight, Daption capense, Scotia Sea
Pintado petrel in flight, Daption capense, Scotia Sea
Pintado petrel in flight, Daption capense, Scotia Sea
Southern giant petrel kills and eats an Adelie penguin chick, Shingle Cove, Macronectes giganteus, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Southern giant petrel kills and eats an Adelie penguin chick, Shingle Cove, Macronectes giganteus, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Southern giant petrel kills and eats an Adelie penguin chick, Shingle Cove, Macronectes giganteus, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Southern giant petrel kills and eats an Adelie penguin chick, Shingle Cove, Macronectes giganteus, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Southern giant petrel kills and eats an Adelie penguin chick, Shingle Cove, Macronectes giganteus, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Southern giant petrel in flight. The distinctive tube nose (naricorn), characteristic of species in the Procellariidae family (tube-snouts), is easily seen, Macronectes giganteus
Southern giant petrel in flight, soaring over the open ocean. This large seabird has a wingspan up to 80" from wing-tip to wing-tip, Macronectes giganteus
Southern giant petrel in flight at dusk, after sunset, as it soars over the open ocean in search of food, Macronectes giganteus
Southern giant petrel in flight, soaring over the open ocean. This large seabird has a wingspan up to 80" from wing-tip to wing-tip, Macronectes giganteus
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