White-faced Storm-petrel
Pelagodroma marina
Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand - November 2005
Despite being weak fliers that are greatly affected by the wind, storm-petrels feed mostly on the wing, fluttering just above the waves with their long legs dangling beneath them. In the case of the White-faced Storm-petrel, it often dips its legs into the water and appears to push off from the waves with them, progressing forward in a series of bounding "jumps".
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