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	Wilson's Storm-petrel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It has a more direct gliding flight than Storm Petrel, but shares the habit of pattering on the water surface as it picks planktonic food items from the ocean surface, though with more upraised wings.
		The Wilson's Storm-petrel or Wilson's Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) is a small seabird of the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae.
		The Wilson's Petrel is a small bird, 16-18.5 cm in length with a 38-42 cm wingspan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wilson's_Storm-Petrel (339 words)

	Storm Petrels (Hydrobatidae)
		Storm Petrels were formally considered to be a part of the Procellariidae, but are now generally accepted as a separate family, they are visually separated by having only a single opening serving both their nostrils.
		Storm Petrels, sometimes called Mother Carey's Chickens by sailors in the past, are all small birds, the largest being only 25cm or 10 ins long.
		There are two main groups of Storm Petrels, one of Northern Hemisphere birds which have long pointed wings and in most species a slightly forked tail, and a Southern Hemisphere group which have shorter more rounded wings and longer legs, some Southern species are also have paler coloured bellies.
	www.earthlife.net /birds/hydrobatidae.html (863 words)

	storm
		A storm is a kind of severe weather marked by hard wind (a wind storm), or wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere (as in a dust storm, snowstorm, etc).
		A storm is usually defined as wind measuring 10 or higher on the Beaufort scale, meaning a wind speed of 89 kilometers per hour (55 miles per hour) or more.
		Operation Storm was a military operation of the Croatian army against the Krajina Serbs in 1995.
	www.fact-library.com /storm.html (121 words)

	European Storm-petrel
		European Storm-petrels are pelagic, returning to land only to breed, and choose to nest on remote offshore islands where nocturnal access is often difficult and dangerous.
		However of the 164 islands that were surveyed for European Storm-petrels during Seabird 2000, breeding had not previously been confirmed or suspected on 98 islands.
		The results of Seabird 2000 represent the first accurate baseline estimate of the number of European Storm-petrels breeding in Britain and Ireland.
	www.jncc.gov.uk /page-2873 (494 words)

	May 27, 2003 Mystery Storm-Petrel off Cape Hatteras, NC - Seabirding.com
		The pattern exhibited in the mystery bird is classic male European Storm Petrel, with the white all the way out to the carpal including the primary undercoverts, while the classic female pattern is for the white to be restricted to the area nearest the body.
		There is, however, a short note on sexing European Storm Petrels using plumage in the Spring 2001 edition of the BTO's Ringers' Bulletin, with photographs of classic male and female underwing patterns.
		I cannot comment on the aspects of jizz that have been raised as it is some time since I saw any numbers of European Storm Petrel or Wilson's Petrel in the field.
	www.patteson.com /images/030527stormpetrel.htm (1881 words)

	Flight of the Storm Petrel.Ronald M.Lockley.Birdbooksdirect.com
		The strange lives of the storm petrels, smallest and most fascinating of sea birds, are being slowly unravelled on remote coasts and islands around the world.
		He writes with warmth and fluency of the tiny British (or European) petrel and its astonishing migration thousands of miles across the equator to South African seas.
		Leach's petrel and other fork-tails, Wilson's petrel (below) - the hardiest small bird in the world, actually burrowing into the snow blocking its Antarctic nesting crevice - and the tropical petrels, are all here.
	www.birdbooksdirect.com /petrel.htm (118 words)

	VOLUME 1 (1)
		With European Storm-petrels wintering off South Africa, it does seem feasible that vagrant Swinhoe's may simply attach themselves to groups and move north with them, up the western seaboard of Africa to Europe (King, 1994).
		Bulwer’s Petrel, a possible confusion species with Swinhoe’s, was only recognised a year previous to this sighting by Jardine and Selby (1828) and Harcourt (1855) identified this individual as such, although the description of the bird seems likely to have referred to a dark-rumped storm-petrel (Bourne, 1990).
		Brinkley (1995) describes a dark-rumped storm petrel off Monteo, North Carolina in August 1993, in which the white primary shafts were clearly visible in excellent light at 30 feet, but not visible past 50-60 feet.
	www.wildlifeweb.f9.co.uk /birdscot/docs/article3-4.htm (2634 words)

	petrel
		The family Hydrobatidae is the storm-petrels, small pelagic petrels with a fluttering flight which often follow ships.
		The taxonomy of the petrels is complex, and several genera are intermediate.
		The family Procellariidae is the main radiation of medium-sized 'true petrels', characterised by united nostrils with medium septum, and a long outer functional primary.
	www.fact-library.com /petrel.html (299 words)

	BIRDCHAT archives -- February 1999, week 3 (#79)
		Both European Storm Petrels and Wilson's were present, and it took me some days to become proficient in recognizing which is which at a glance.
		They were Spectacled Petrels, nesters from the Tristan area) Great Shearwaters, quite colourful for a seabird with their dark caps and warm brown backs, rather avoid the thickest throngs, but also compete for the outthrow.
		This is a hefty, dark, almost black petrel, with a strong conspicuous white bill and as the name says, usually a white spot under the chin.
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9902c&L=birdchat&F=&S=&P=5572 (1342 words)

	Hydrobates pelagicus
		However, these petrels have a weak fluttery, rather bat-like flight, usually low over the sea and their underparts are completely dark except for a white line across the underwing.
		They are the smallest European seabirds, being scarcely bigger than a House Martin and having a similar plumage with dark upperparts and a conspicuous white rump.
		The total European population is estimated at between 350,000-640,000 pairs.
	www.birdguides.com /html/vidlib/species/Hydrobates_pelagicus.htm (219 words)

	* Petrel - (Bird): Definition
		Usually petrels, albatrosses, and shearwaters lay 1 egg, auks and vultures lay 1 or 2,...
		Petrels breed once a year in large colonies on remote offshore or oceanic islands.
		It is generally accepted that the name petrel refers to St...
	www.bestknows.com /bird/petrel.html (363 words)

	Storms and Storm-petrels (Research in Portugal) - research, Portugal, plants, amphibians, ecosystems, birds, farming, bio-park
		European Storm-petrels Hydrobates pelagicus spend almost all of their lives far out to sea, coming ashore only to breed on remote Atlantic islands.
		Storms and Storm-petrels (Research in Portugal) - research, Portugal, plants, amphibians, ecosystems, birds, farming, bio-park
		The most likely linkage is that these sea temperatures influence the petrels' food supply, and current research is focusing on how the abundance of marine life in early summer may be affected by differences in climate and sea conditions from year to year.
	en.arocha.org /ptresearch/index10.html (808 words)

	Expedition Guide
		The new Earthwatch project Storm Petrels over Portugal, lead by Dr. Rob Thomas (Cardiff University), is dedicated to identifying how climate and ocean conditions are affecting the survival behaviour of the European storm petrel during its long migration from southern Africa to the breeding colonies on islands in the North East Atlantic.
		Earthwatch volunteers will have the opportunity to capture and study storm petrels outside the breeding season and away from their breeding colonies.
		Earthwatch Institute (Europe) is the European affiliate of Earthwatch Institute, which is based in the USA and was founded in Boston in 1971.
	www.earthwatch.org /europe/news/guidelaunch.html (711 words)

	LEFAlitter April 2004- snippets from Albright Seed
		Puffins, guillemots, black-legged kittiwakes, Leach’s storm petrel, European storm petrel, and the northern fulmar may be familiar to birdwatchers, but they’re also well-known to skuas, a seabird that has started to make these other flying fauna their primary prey.
		Factory ships are depleting the supply of the skuas usual meal of sandeels, causing the seabirds to seek sustenance elsewhere.
	www.albrightseed.com /leaflitterapril2004.htm (434 words)

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		When the October revolution broke out in Russia 80 years ago, the working-classes of the world rejoiced for it was the first time a true Socialist nation had been formed in the history of the human race.
		Bourgeois power started eliminating the state capitalism system from the end of 1980's to 90's and they were able to make this revolution succeed in Eastern Europe and Russia.
	homepage3.nifty.com /mcg/english/e-theory/sc/e612.html (2214 words)

	Annotated List of the Seabirds of the World -- European Storm-petrel
		Annotated List of the Seabirds of the World -- European Storm-petrel
		More resistant to being wrecked by storms than the larger Leach's Storm-petrel.
		Millington, R. and Lewington, I. (1993) In praise of petrels.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /EuroStormPet.html (297 words)

	British Birds - A critical look at the evidence relating to 'the Chalice petrel'
		It seems likely that the unfamiliar flight action of the mystery petrel may have contributed significantly to the impression of a larger-looking seabird, as well as the fact that it was being compared directly with the much smaller European Storm-petrel [Hydrobates pelagicus].
		We contend that a critical misjudgment of the size of the Chalice petrel has seriously hampered the subsequent debate about its identity, and that it can, in fact, be shown to be approximately the same size as a leach's Storm-petrel [O. leucorhoa].
		Given the North Atlantic context of the Chalice petrel, we believe that the evidence points to it having been a Swinhoe's Storm-petrel.
	www.eurobirding.com /artinfo.asp?id=7228 (318 words)

	Northern Light Charters - The Chalice Petrel: http://www.northernlight-uk.com/cp_3
		Thus, only two of 22 minimum-wing-chord estimates are in the range for Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel, with one other equal to the longest maximum wing chord known for that species (Cubitt et al.
		The image of the Chalice petrel must be sharp, and any bird with which it is to be compared must be both identifiable to species and itself comparatively sharp, too; it is important that all the birds being compared should be as nearly as possible the same distances from the camera.
		The apparent absence of this character on the Chalice petrel, and the subsequent discrepancy with the photographs, warrants further consideration.
	www.northernlight-uk.com /cp_3.htm (1970 words)

	Birding tours South Africa, birdwatching Cape Town, pelagics
		These giants are accompanied by a host of Petrel, Shearwater, Prion, Storm Petrel, Skua, Gull, Cormorant and Tern.
		Throughout the year there is a reasonable chance of seeing Black-browed, Shy and Yellow-nosed Albatross; Giant and White-chinned Petrel; Sooty Shearwater; Wilson's Storm Petrel; Cape Gannet and Subantarctic Skua.
		In the Southern Hemisphere winter you may get Pintado and Soft-plumaged Petrel and Antarctic Prion.
	www.birdwatch.co.za /pelagics.htm (325 words)

	Ta' Cenc Coastal Cliffs: an important bird area and scheduled by MEPA
		The European storm-petrel species was thought to be restricted just to the islet of Filfla and has only recently been discovered at Ta' Ċenċ.
		The Cory's shearwaters breed between March and October; the Yelkouan shearwater from October till July; and the European Storm-petrel from February till October.
		Thus these cliffs are the only mainland breeding site for the European Storm-petrel.
	www.di-ve.com /dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=194509 (311 words)

	Bird observations on Netfugl.dk!
		European Storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) - (observations in DOFbasen)
	www.netfugl.dk /observations.php?language=uk&page_nr=37 (484 words)

	January
		Both species of Giant Petrel were present and both species of Yellownose obliged by coming in very close.
		The sky had cleared by now and spectacular sightings were had of Greatwing Petrels circling within spitting distance of the boat.
		Sabines Gull was in attendance and Alvin, once again, was the first to spot the first of two Spectacled Petrels.
	www.annealbatross.org /trjan.htm (466 words)

	BirdForum - European Storm-Petrels
		I always get Storm Petrels from Gwennap Head at Porthgwarra in Cornwall in late July/August and often the best conditions seem to be a calm flat sea but with the light wind coming from the SW - as Andrew says get up early.
		Storm Petrel ringing: tonight at Filey Brigg meet on the Brigg at 22.00 or call 07720 769 473 to confirm
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	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=19588&goto=nextnewest (1803 words)

	European Storm Petrel - Hydrobates pelagicus
		European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus RANGE As a breeding bird this species is confined to the north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean with the bulk of the population in colonies on the west coasts of Britain and Ireland.
		Search the gallery for photos of the European Storm Petrel
		Pelagic when not breeding and rarely seen from shore, only seen on land after being storm-driven.
	www.birdforum.net /bird_view.php?bid=2986 (328 words)

	Resources on the European Turtle-Dove from academic institutions
		BrontÃ« Sources, Texts, and Criticism: THIS is supposed to be the least of all European birds; it is certainly the smallest of the British kinds, being in length not quite three inches and a half...
		ARTFL Project: Webster Dictionary, 1913: It is closely allied to the European turtledove.
		ADW: Streptopelia turtur: Classification: Streptopelia turtur (European turtle-dove).
	mongabay.org /conservation/European_Turtle-Dove.htm (843 words)

	Senegal gallery - Storm-petrels
		European Storm-petrel (note the white band on the underwing).
		European Storm-petrel (in front) together with a Wilson's Storm-petrel.
	senegal.seawatching.net /gallery/gal2/gal2.html (66 words)

	SOC Recording Areas
		European Storm Petrel, Leach's Petrel, Bean Goose, Garganey (females and eclipe males only), Red-crested Pochard (females and eclipe males only), Red Kite, Northern Goshawk, Black Grouse, Capercaillie, Spotted Crake, Temminck's Stint, Red-necked Phalarope, Red Phalarope, Horned Lark, Marsh Tit, Willow Tit, Wood Nuthatch, Golden Oriole, Red-billed Chough, Raven (away from Cleish Hills) and Hawfinch.
		A description could also be required for other species not on the list whenever deemed necessary by the Recorder.
	www.the-soc.fsnet.co.uk /fife-recorder.htm (155 words)

	European Storm-Petrel - Cyberbirding
		The European Storm-petrel is a pretty common species in western Norway during late July and August.
		However, it is necessary to get out at night, use playback, and maybe join some ringers to get satisfactory sightings.
	cyberbirding.uib.no /photo/h_pelagicus_01.php (53 words)

	Annotated List of the Seabirds of the World
		A small storm-petrel, slightly larger than European Storm-petrel.
		Wilson's Storm-petrel in the warm blue waters of the Gulf Stream off North Carolina, USA.
		Orgeira, J. (1994) Registros del Petrel de Wilson (Oceanites oceanicus) en el Mar de Weddell, Antartida.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /WILSO.STPET.html (388 words)

	Storm Petrel Nothe Records
		were amongst over 100 'wrecked' in the Weymouth/Portland area afer a severe SW storm in the early hours.
	www.naturalist.co.uk /nothe/species\Storm%20Petrel.htm (101 words)

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