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	Find Out More About Pelagic Trips
		Because there is a lot of turnover in the fast flowing waters of the Gulf Stream, two consecutive trips may find remarkably different numbers and diversity.
		Possibilities include four gadfly petrels (see list below), Cory's, Greater, Sooty, Manx, and Audubon's Shearwaters, Wilson's, Band-rumped, Leach's, and White-faced Storm-Petrels, two tropicbirds (see list below), Masked Booby, Red-necked Phalarope, South Polar Skua, Pomarine, Parasitic, and Long-tailed Jaegers, and Arctic, Bridled, and Sooty Terns.
		Bermuda Petrel - Pterodroma cahow - very rare but annual in recent years, slowly recovering from near extinction with about 65 pairs breeding in Bermuda in 2002.
	www.seabirding.com /what.htm (421 words)

	Encyclopedia: Magenta Petrel
		The Magenta Petrel or Chatham Island Taiko (Pterodroma magentae) is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma.
		Magenta Petrel Pterodroma magentae (Giglioli & 1869) The Magenta Petrel or Chatham Island Taiko (Pterodroma magentae)...
		Petrel The petrels are seabirds in the swans) are older.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Magenta-Petrel (323 words)

	Livid's Lividict - Gadfly petrel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Note: The sheep gadfly ({Oestrus ovis}) deposits its young in the nostrils of sheep, and the larv[ae] develop in the frontal sinuses.
		{Gadfly petrel} (Zo["o]l.), one of several small petrels of the genus {Oestrelata}.
		The true horseflies are often erroneously called gadflies, and the true gadflies are sometimes incorrectly called {breeze flies}.
	livid.3322.org /lookup/Gadfly%20petrel.html (374 words)

	Petrels - Wildlife of Antarctica - Antarctic Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Great-winged petrel is an all dark-brown gadfly petrel found in the 'Roaring Forties.' They breed in winter and lay a single egg in May to July in burrows excavated out of vegetated peat slopes.
		The White-headed Petrel is a burrowing petrel with dark wings, a white head with a dark eye and a pale body and tail.
		The Atlantic petrel is one of the largest gadfly petrels, recognized by its striking white breast and belly in contrast to the rest of its plumage which is uniformly brown.
	www.antarcticconnection.com /antarctic/wildlife/birds/petrels.shtml (916 words)

	Gadfly petrel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The gadfly petrels are seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.
		These medium to large petrels feed on food items picked from the ocean surface.
		The short, sturdy bills of the 32 Pterodroma species in this group are adapted for soft prey taken at the surface; they have twisted intestines for digesting marine animals which have unusual biochemistries.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gadfly_petrel (138 words)

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		Observations of the dark-rumped petrel at sea are scarce.
		Gadfly petrels are more aerial than those Procellariiformes that feed primarily by diving, and the former lacks the laterally compressed, streamlined legs that are characteristic of this group (31,32).
		Rediscovery of the nesting of the dark-rumped petrel in the Hawaiian Islands.
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /WWW/esis/lists/e101028.htm (4643 words)

	BLACK-CAPPED PETREL Pterodroma hasitata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Black-capped Petrels at sea appear to be closely associated with the western edge of the Gulf Stream in the North American South Atlantic Bight (Cape Cañaveral, Florida, to North Carolina) (Lee 1977, 1984, Lee and Booth 1979, Clapp et al.
		In July 1977 fishermen reported petrels nesting in the Cabo Falso cliffs (17°47íN 71°41íW) on the Península de Barahona, although this was not proved (Wiley and Ottenwalder 1990).
		Black-capped Petrels nest in burrows excavated in the soil of steep forested cliffs in the mountains (e.g.
	www.irf.org /bhasitat.htm (2999 words)

	gadfly petrel -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Although their nearest relatives are the storm petrels, shearwaters, and albatrosses, diving petrels differ from these long-winged forms and instead resemble the smaller auks of the Northern Hemisphere, a classic example of convergent...
		The small seabirds known as petrels travel over all the oceans of the world and are a familiar sight to sailors.
		Petrels live entirely at sea, except during the brief nesting season, and feed on small fishes, crustaceans, and other marine animals.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9035779 (632 words)

	Fea Software --> Info and Comparisons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Fea's Petrel (''Pterodroma feae'') is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, ''Pterodroma''.
		Like most petrels, its walking ability is limited to a short shuffle to the burrow.
		This long-winged petrel is 33–36 cm in length with a 86–94 cm wingspan.
	www.crashdatabase.com /computers/43/fea-software.html (986 words)

	surfbirds.com - The fight to save the Cahow
		The Cahow (Pterodroma cahow) is a member of the gadfly petrel family, most closely related to the Atlantic P.
		If the breeding population was reduced to 36 birds in the 1950s with an unknown floating population of non breeders (failed breeders or birds not of breeding age – which they may be up to six years) (Warham, 1990), then such a population bottleneck must have deleterious effects on genetic fitness.
		Interactions between petrels, rats and rabbits on Whale Island, and effects of rat and rabbit eradication, New Zealand Journal of Ecology.
	www.surfbirds.com /Features/cahow.html (1176 words)

	Unidentified Gadfly Petrel, Maui 2003
		The bird seems to be one of the smaller gadfly [Pterodroma] petrels.
		As Peter says, this pretty clearly rules out Bonin Petrel which are relatively common breeders in the archipelago.
		Angus -- It looks like a Stejneger's Petrel to me. I attach a couple photos of specimens from CAS that I took years ago; the film is starting to turn color but it still shows some points well.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /MauiPetrel.html (768 words)

	Gadfly petrel - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Gadfly petrel - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Pterodroma (140 words)

	News
		Highlights were large numbers of Black-capped Petrels each day (53 to 312) and some nice rarities- a Trindade Petrel and White-tailed Tropicbird on Friday, a White-faced Storm Petrel on Saturday, and a Red-billed Tropicbird on Monday.
		We saw all of the gadfly petrels, although the lone Bermuda Petrel on May 29 was seen fleetingly.
		Fea's Petrels were seen on six trips, and a new record count of SIX Trindade (Herald) Petrels was seen on May 23.
	www.seabirding.com /newsfeatures.htm (1563 words)

	Sea Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The petrels or `tube noses’ are far and away the most prolific Antarctic bird.
		The former will be seen frequently, gliding effortlessly close to the ship during the Drake crossing, but neither breed in Antarctica, unlike the Southern Giant Petrel which can be found breeding on the Peninsula.
		It’s now known that twenty-six species of albatross and petrel are globally threatened, largely due to these activities, and most are Southern Ocean breeders.
	www.operation-snowbird.com /Antarctica/SeaBirds.htm (308 words)

	Marine Wildlife at SOC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		As the day progresses further sightings include another two Fea’s Petrels, the second of which is accompanied by a dark gadfly petrel that is thought to be a Black-capped Petrel.
		Single Fea’s Petrel and Red-billed Tropicbird, and two each of Little Shearwater and Leach’s and Madeiran Storm-petrels were the only birds recorded, but a small pod of seven False Killer Whales crossing the ships’ wake was noteworthy.
		At least 10 Fea’s Petrels and a Cory’s (possible Cape Verde) Shearwater were seen, but the best sighting of the day was a Rough-toothed Dolphin, which was fortunately photographed by one of the ships’ officers.
	www.soc.soton.ac.uk /marine_wildlife/CD168.html (1239 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		DISTURBANCES AND THREATS Goats and pigs were introduced to the island in the early part of this century but did not survive.
		Introduced Polynesian Rats (Rattus exulans) are, however, still present, and cause devastating predation on the chicks of three species of gadfly petrel, Pterodroma neglecta, P.
		The island is very important for its large breeding population of seabirds, estimated at 50,000-80,000 pairs.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wetlands/hend_isl.htm (1444 words)

	Oestrus ovis definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		gadfly; hence, sting, fury, insane desire, frenzy.] 1.
		Specifically: (Physiol.) The periodical sexual impulse of animals; the period during which female animals are most receptive to males; heat; rut.
		Oestrus ovis n : larvae are parasitic on sheep [syn: sheep botfly, sheep gadfly]
	www.thedict.com /definition/Oestrus-ovis (252 words)

	Birdwatching in America
		The bird was imposing and possessed of a monumental solitude as it swept in high, graceful arcs over the unfamiliar waters.
		After much conjecture and references to Harrison, it was concluded that we had seen a Murphy’s Petrel, a rare visitor to Northern California.
		It was my first true gadfly Petrel and I was thoroughly pumped.
	www.wynnwords.com /BIRDING2.htm (1798 words)

	EDEN PELAGIC TRIP REPORT, 06-07 NOVEMBER 2004
		The plethora of marine wildlife continued with the appearance of an extraordinarily large and approachable Ocean Sunfish measuring about 3m from fin tip to fin tip.
		Most marine wildlife during the day was seen just within the boundary of a warm core eddy of the East Australian Current where the water temperature was about 18.7 degrees Celsius.
		On return to Eden a Cookilaria petrel was seen with a pale breast, dark underwing markings and a dark cap that did not extend onto the side of the head.
	www.ecology-solutions.com.au /eden_nov_04/eden_nov_04.htm (716 words)

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