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Spotted on Aug 19, 2010
Submitted on Sep 19, 2011
6 Comments
That looks fuzzy
Consider adding it to the Acadia National Park mission.
Nice
I agree with Storm Petrel. Leach's and Wilson's are the only species recorded in Maine and Wilson's is much more common. The best in-hand field mark is the tail. It's forked on Leach's and squared on Wilson's.
No, it wasnt injured. A college student doing studies on island birds pulled it out of its burrow in the ground so that she could band it. I think that I remember that is was some kind of petrel, I just couldnt remember which species :) thank you for the help!
That looks like a Storm Petrel. Not sure of the exact species. They are fairly common on the coast of Maine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_petre...
Is it injured? Any more pictures? Did you dig it up in your garden somehow?