White-faced
Storm-petrel was up there with Zino's Petrel as bird of the holiday. A
truly cracking species - looks good (if somehat comical with its
"kangaroo" jumping) and is suitably rare. Worth the pelagic trip in its
own right.
All
images taken on Madeira Wind Birds Pelagic trip 04-06 August 2011
For more details of birding in Madeira
see this
link
Equipment
for all pictures was a DSLR with a 400mm telephoto lens
White-faced
Storm-petrel photographed off Madeira,
05 August 2011
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Two
essential books for Madeira:
One
of the most photogenic seabirds I have seen - and much easier to
photograph than Bulwer's. Despite being much less numerous than
Bulwer's during the three day pelagic I took these birds were quite
confiding coming close to the boat and, more importantly not moving
fast for a few seconds at a time. It was a different story during their
"jumps" - White-faced Storm-petrel bounce around like erratic kangaroos
whilst feeding - truly comical to watch.
