resting on ocean surface (California, USA; 2009-07-03)
Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri
Native Range: Pacific Ocean
Notes:
a wide-ranging pelagic forager with slow easy wingbeats and graceful soaring flight; nests colonially on a few offshore islands near New Zealand.
pattern of blackish and gray on upperwing (California, USA; 2009-07-03)
starting taxi for takeoff (California, USA; 2009-07-03)