Leach's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhoa (Vieillot, 1818)    Synonyms: LESP.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Chordata   >   Class Aves   >   Order Procellariiformes   >   Family Hydrobatidae   >   Genus Hydrobates   

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A Leach's Storm-Petrel in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/4/2016). Photo by Mike Burchett. (MBP list)

A Leach's Storm-Petrel in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/4/2016). Photo by Mike Burchett. (MBP list)

A Leach's Storm-Petrel over Conowingo Lake in Harford and Cecil Counties, Maryland (10/31/2012). Found by Marshall Iliff in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Leach's Storm-Petrel among Wilson's Storm-Petrels and an Audubon's Shearwater - Maryland waters (8/15/2010). While not a particularly good photo, this captures the impression of Leach's pretty well. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Vagrancy is always dangerous, but it's especially so for storm-driven birds. This seemed to be especially the case for Leach's Storm-Petrels in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Here is a Leach's Storm-Petrel caught by a juvenile Peregrine Falcon at Marcus Hook, Delaware River, Pennsylvania (10/30/2012). Photo by Tom Johnson. (MBP list)

A Leach's Storm-Petrel found grounded on the NOAA ship Pisces in the Gulf of Maine (10/14/2012). Photo by Tom Johnson. (MBP list)


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