Birdtrip to the Azores 2014 - Pelagic Photo Gallery by Richard Ek at pbase.com

Birdtrip to the Azores 2014 - Pelagic

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Richard Ek		22-Sep-2014 12:03
Hi Joël, Thanks for the correction of the tern, and nice input of the storm-petrels. I wouldn't mind, if you commented each picture that you think is a madeiran storm-petrels. We had a lot of discussion on the boat about some petrels and there correct identity. This is a quite difficult ID chapter in the book. ;) Cheers Richard

Joël Bried		22-Sep-2014 11:02
Hi Richard, Great photos. However, I think that some of your Monteiro's storm-petrels are actually Madeiran storm-petrels. Likewise, the first juvenile roseate tern shown here (standing on a pier or on a concrete substrate, just after the series of common tern photos) is actually a juvenile common tern. All the best, Joël

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View from the plane	Medelhavstrut - Atlantic Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis atlantis)	Mindre beckasinsnäppa - Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)	Mindre beckasinsnäppa - Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)	Kustpipare - Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Roskarl - Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)	Vitgumpsnäppa - White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)	Vitgumpsnäppa - White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)	Mindre beckasinsnäppa - Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)	End of the pelagic trip
Participants of the pelagic trip	Öresvin - Bottlenosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)	Öresvin - Bottlenosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)	Öresvin - Bottlenosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)	Restaurant owner and nephew
Mmmmm	Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)	Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)	Kustlabb - Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)	Större lira - Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)
Större lira - Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)	Större lira - Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)	Silvertärna - Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)	Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)	Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)?
Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)?	Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)	Maderian (Grant's) Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro)	Maderian (Grant's) Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro)	Maderian (Grant's) Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro)
Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)	Spetsstjärtad petrell - Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)	Spetsstjärtad petrell - Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)	Fjällabb - Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)	Spetsstjärtad petrell - Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)
Spetsstjärtad petrell - Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)	Spetsstjärtad petrell - Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)	Spetsstjärtad petrell - Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)	Time to make chum	Swinhoes stormsvala - Swinhoe's storm petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis)
Swinhoes stormsvala - Swinhoe's storm petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis)	Swinhoes stormsvala - Swinhoe's storm petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis)	Swinhoes stormsvala - Swinhoe's storm petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis)	Sydpolslabb - South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)	Maderian (Grant's) Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro)
Större lira - Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)	Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)?	Havslöpare - Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)	Havslöpare - Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)	Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)
Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)	Havslöpare - Wilson's Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)	Maderian (Grant's) Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro)	Havslöpare - Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)	Maderian (Grant's) Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro)
Maderian (Grant's) Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro)	Maderian (Grant's) Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro)	Maderian (Grant's) Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro)	Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)	Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)
Större lira - Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)	Större lira - Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)	Större lira - Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)	Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)	Större lira - Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)
Grålira - Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)	Gulnäbbad lira - Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis)	Gulnäbbad lira - Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis)	Gulnäbbad lira - Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis)	Gracisosa
Sottärna - Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)	Sottärna - Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)	Sottärna - Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)	Sottärna - Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)	Sottärna - Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
harbour and our boat	square in Santa Cruz, Graciosa	square in Santa Cruz, Graciosa	square in Santa Cruz, Graciosa	View from ferry
View from ferry - home of the sooty	Ferry for the trip to Graciosa	Sowerbys näbbval - Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens)	Sowerbys näbbval - Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens)	Sowerbys näbbval - Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens)
Sowerbys näbbval - Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens)	Sowerbys näbbval - Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens)	Större lira - Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)	Rödgul höfjäril - Clouded yellow (Colias croceus)	German team
Rosentärna - Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)	Fisktärna - Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)	Fisktärna - Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)	Fisktärna - Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)	Fisktärna - Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Fisktärna - Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)	View below lighthouse, Praia. Terceira.	Landscape - Porto Martins	Jesper	Rosentärna - Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
Rosentärna - Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)	Rosentärna - Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)	Rosentärna - Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)	Fisktärna - Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)	Rosentärna - Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
Rosentärna - Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)	Lagoa do Negra - home of Azorean Graylings	Azorean Grayling - twitchers	Azores Grayling (Hipparchia azorina)	Azores Grayling (Hipparchia azorina)
Snail	Hotel Teresinha	Hotel Teresinha	Vitt sydmott (Palpita vitrealis)	Rödgul höfjäril - Clouded yellow (Colias croceus)
Rödspov - Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)	Richard Bonser	Bonser checking gulls in Praia harbour	Fisktärna - Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)	Rosentärna - Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
Medelhavstrut - Atlantic Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis atlantis)	Medelhavstrut - Atlantic Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis atlantis)	Medelhavstrut - Atlantic Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis atlantis)	Medelhavstrut - Atlantic Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis atlantis)	Medelhavstrut - Atlantic Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis atlantis)