Great Shearwater
Puffinus gravis

f5.6 @ 1/800s, ISO:100, Nikon D80 w 300mm

\"Great Shearwater,\" Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.The Great Shearwater is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. This species breeds on Nightingale Island, Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, and Gough Island. It is one of only a few bird species to migrate from breeding grounds in the Southern Hemisphere to the Northern Hemisphere, the normal pattern being the other way round. This shearwater nests in large colonies, laying one white egg in a small burrow or in the open grass. These nests are visited only at night to avoid predation by large gulls.

Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts

08/11/2007