Old Gallery giant petrel photos for confirmation (1 Viewer)

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giant petrels

giant petrels feeding on dead elephant seal

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1) Southern (pale leading edge)?

Fly Past

Giant Petrel skimming the surface as he comes to inspect me

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2) Southern (bill tip colour)?

Stinker

Giant Petrel patroling the sky and keeping one eye on me. Stinker is the local name for them

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3) Southern (bill tip colour)?

some birds

Albatross, Giant Petrel

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4) Northern (bill tip colour)?

Giant Petrel, Southern

One from the archives, the only live bird that I saw during the big seabird wreck of 2011, I say Southern but it could be a Northern juvenile, though I'm sure someone will know.

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5) juvenile Northern (bill tip colour)?

 

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Northern Giant Petrel (Nelly)

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6) Southern Giant Petrel (bill tip colour)?

 

[Tanager]

5 is a juvenile Notthern

 

[Tanager]

1 the bird on the seal is Southern, as are most others, but look like at least one northern

2 southern - green bill tip

3 and 4 correct

6 is a younger bird, with some colour to the bill, I’d go northern or mixed giant petrel

 

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Thanks a lot--I'll soon update the media accordingly (although I'd rather play it safe with the first one and only tag Southern and also leave the last one as it is).

 

[njlarsen]

For what it is worth: ebird shows a good deal more Northern than Southern at this location, but still significant numbers of Southern.
Niels