Vancouver, Waters No 1 (1 Viewer)

[Deb335077]

Please help with these taken in Alaskan waters after leaving Vancouver, sorry if any are the same birds as the next thread, I am unfamiliar with birds of this region


thank you for any help

Debbie

 

[rkj]

Sooty Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Thick-billed Murre.

 

[Michael Long]

What is differentiating the second bird from Short-tailed Shearwater?

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Looks like a Common Murre to me (brownish, streaked on flanks, long bill without gonydeal angle).

 

[Earnest lad]

What is differentiating the second bird from Short-tailed Shearwater?

I understand that on the short tailed shearwater the bill is not as long: also the silvery flash on the underwing is less distinct, and more greyish than is the case with sooty. I can't tell which it is sorry, but I have only provided this info from a book. Not from personal experience. I imagine there must be some experienced pelagic people out there that would be able to confirm the species. I found the attached info online