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Monday, November 7, 2011

Photos from pelagic trip - October, the 29th

Thanks to Martino Picallo, we can enjoy beautiful images of some of the species observed in the last pelagic trip aboard "Chasula" on October, the 29th:

Alca torda (c) Martiño Picallo
Alca torda (c) Martiño Picallo


Larus fuscus  (c) Martiño Picallo






Stercorarius skua (c) Martiño Picallo

Stercorarius pomarinus (c) Martiño Picallo

Stercorarius pomarinus (c) Martiño Picallo





Morus bassanus (c) Martiño Picallo
Oceanites oceanicus (c) Martiño Picallo

Oceanites oceanicus (c) Martiño Picallo

Puffinus mauretanicus (c) Martiño Picallo
Puffinus gravis (c) Martiño Picallo

Larus michahellis & Oceanites oceanicus (c) Martiño Picallo

Morus bassanus & Hydrobates pelagicus (c) Martiño Picallo
And several sequences of  lesser black-backed gull ( Larus fuscus) being harassed by skuas( Stercorarius skua)
(c) Martiño Picallo

(c) Martiño Picallo

(c) Martiño Picallo

(c) Martiño Picallo

(c) Martiño Picallo