Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition 2012 - August 1, 2, 3

The first Zino's Petrel pelagic expedition of August 2012 already showed some vagrant birds as Wilson's storm petrel and Sooty shearwater but the later in the month the better it gets for birds on migration...

3rd August

2 Pterodroma sp. flying far

6 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae

2 Madeiran (storm) petrels Oceanodroma castro

1 Wilson's storm petrel Oceanites oceanicus

3 Common Terns Sterna hirundo

Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea

Bulwer's petrels Bulweria bulwerii

Atlantic spotted-dolphins Stenella frontalis

2nd August

9 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae, 1 on the way to the position and 8 on the chum

4 Madeiran petrels Oceanodroma castro

Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea

Bulwer's petrels Bulweria bulwerii

1 Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta

1st August

3 Pterodromas sp. flying far

1 Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus

1 Zino's petrel Pterodroma madeira flying around the boat for 1.5 minutes

1 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus

Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea

Bulwer's petrels Bulweria bulwerii

Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus

2 Beaked whales breaching