Nocturnal seabirds

[davholla3]

The first bird is probably en route to Africa by now the second probably Brazil or Argentina

Northern Storm Petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, Copeland Islands. Please note this was being handled by a licensed ringer - and no flash was used - slow speed and high iso was used.

IMG_9977-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIMEStormPetrel by davholla2002, on Flickr


IMG_9979-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIMEStormPetrelv5 by davholla2002, on Flickr


Manx Sheerwater, Puffinus puffinus, Copeland Islands. Please note this was being handled by a licensed ringer - and no flash was used - slow speed and high iso was used

IMG_9982-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME_Mank_Sheerwaterv4 by davholla2002, on Flickr

 

[Jeff1567 67]

Lovely shots....

 

[jeffashman28 1]

Wonderful shots! My oldest son's GF is an ornithology major, and they go out quite often to tag birds.

 

[davholla3]

Wonderful shots! My oldest son's GF is an ornithology major, and they go out quite often to tag birds.

That sounds interesting - you should go and photograph them. At one point a storm petrel tagged on the Copeland Islands was the oldest living bird (an albatross has now beaten it).

 

[MitchP]

Nice capture with so little light.