Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition 2012 - August 6, 7, 8

This was the pelagic trip with less wind so far this year but Wind Birds team managed to find the aimed birds! Only White-faced Storm Petrel was missed but in compensation we got great whales and dolphins encounters!

8th August - no wind day!
1 Zino's petrel Pterodroma madeira
1 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea
Bulwer's petrels Bulweria bulwerii

5 Loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta
Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus
1 Bryde's whales Balaenoptera edeni

7th August
6 Fea's petrel Pterodroma feae- 2 on the way to the chum position together with a flock of Cory's and 4 over the chum
1 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
5 Great skuas Stercorarius skua together
1 Skua sp. flying far
Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea
Bulwer's petrels Bulweria bulwerii

2 Bryde's whales Balaenoptera edeni
Atlantic spotted-dolphins Stenella frontalis far away

6th August
1 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae on the way to the chum
1 Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
1 Common Tern Sterna hirundo juvenile
1 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
1 Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro
Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea
Bulwer's petrels Bulweria bulwerii

1 Blue shark Prionace glauca
Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus

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