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Pink-footed shearwater        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Pink-footed shearwaters breed in the Southern Hemisphere, but like many shearwaters they make epic trans-equatorial migrations.  They are frequently seen in the Northern Hemisphere autumn off California; these were photographed in Monterey Bay in early October.   In some of the images, sooty and Buller's shearwaters, or a Black-footed albatross, can also be seen.

  • Canon 7D2 or R7; 100-400 Mk. II zoom or 400 DO Mk. II, some with 1.4X extender (2021, 2022)