Ross MacNicol
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Hi there, have been searching for the identity of a bird we found sheltering, weak after a big storm, we wrapped a coat around it and took it home was too weak to stand or close it's wings and very unusual , big and brown with a huge hooked beak and large air intake type nostrils on the top of the beak. Thought it was some type of albatross and searched narrowing it down to a Southern Giant Petrel and finally found the exact photo on this site, juvenile plumage big and brown. Named Sparkles by my 6 year old son Alastair, it sadly died in the night. Ross o o