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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris Benesh" data-source="post: 1294900" data-attributes="member: 6775">Hi All,These are some tricky photos indeed.  I'm going to steer clear of any definitive statements, but the photos do not strike me as being a storm-petrel such as Wilson's.  The wing structure looks wrong (and Andy has explained why this is).  In addition, the head is really small proportionate to the body, unlike any storm-petrel I've seen.  Also, the nostril tube should extend further out the bill than the little nub visible at the base of the bill in the first photo.  Having said what it's not, I'm less sure what it is.  Most things about it can be explained by a juvenile/formative plumaged <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rasamoto/251615597/in/set-72157594301356212/" target="_blank">Laughing Gull</a>.  I suspect that is what it is.  The legs look thinner and more spindly than I'd expect, and then the bill looks small and thin.  But perhaps it is lighting/angle etc.  Chris</blockquote>