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The links below will take you to different notes and articles (with photos) of mine
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* A note, accepted for publication, on Black-winged Petrels showing pale napes and breastbands (possible confusion species being White-necked Petrel and Collared Petrel). Photographs included. |
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* The paper on Fiji Petrel (see below), as published in the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, September 2009 |
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* The Fiji Petrel Expedition 2009 and.....success! Here's the posting announcing the news. THE FIRST TIME THIS SPECIES HAS BEEN SEEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED AT SEA! |
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* Yellow-nosed Albatross – an article on the identification of immatures of both ‘Atlantic’ and ‘Indian’ forms (with specific relevance to the first UK record). Contains sections on taxonomy, distribution, ageing and more | |
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* Identifying immature Grey-headed and Pacific (Buller’s) Albatrosses on the sea (new criteria!) |
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* Prions! But which species? See the photos, read the debate...see the answer! |
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* A note on the Little (White-flippered) Penguin colony of Pohatu/Flea Bay, New Zealand |
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* Kaikoura; the albatross capital of the world - good photos! |
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* New Zealand Storm-Petrel. The first live bird 'in the hand', for more than one hundred and fifty years! |
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* Comparing the bills of Black (Parkinson's) and Westland Petrels |
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* 'Birds on Boats' - some species that have come aboard |
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* Albatross! Which species? Photos of an intriguing albatross (Humboldt Current 7/11/04), but is it Pacific Albatross in an undescribed immature stage or a retarded young Grey-headed Albatross? Read the debate, see the answer... |
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* Comparing the bill colours of Masked and Nazca Boobies |
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* Pterodromas - gad-fly petrels - of south-east Polynesia. A quick reference identification chart for printing and inserting into Harrison's 'Seabirds of the World - a Photographic Guide' |
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* A note on the difficulty of identifying South Georgia Diving-Petrel - a comparison with Common Diving-Petrel (includes photographs of specimens from Tour 13) |
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* A note submitted for publication on Shepherd's Beaked Whale - ONLY THE SECOND LIVE SIGHTING OF THIS SPECIES (on Tour 13). UPDATE – a joint paper (with Bob Pitman) has been published in ‘Marine Mammal Science’. To read the full paper (pdf file) click here! |
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* A chart showing the remarkable diversity and numbers of cetaceans - note Blue Whale, Sperm Whale and dolphin numbers - in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico (from five pelagic trips in 1999, 2000, 2001) |