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PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Ardenna tenuirostris

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

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© Vik Dunis 2009

Phillip Island, VIC (Nov, 2009)

This Short-tailed Shearwater had settled down for the night on the steps leading from the Cape Woolamai surf beach up towards the cape itself.

Possibly it is a fourth-year bird, not yet breeding but getting the hang of coming to land with the adult birds.

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Nesting burrows

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Nesting burrow site

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater