A different angle on a Buller's Shearwater, unfortunately most of my other shots of this guy were out of focus. Pelagic photography is a pain in the butt, worth every minute!
August 9, 2009. Taken with a Canon EOS 50D and a Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Lens.
EDITOR: This Pacific Shearwater is also known as the Grey-backed Shearwater or New Zealand Shearwater
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
