DIOMEDEID^E: Albatrosses 



DIOMEDEID^E (Family Albatrosses) : Largest of the seabirds. Noted 

 for their remarkable powers of flight. The Wandering Albatross has the 

 widest spread of wing of all birds. It is recorded that a specimen captured 

 off the Australian coast and released, was killed eight days later on the 

 coast of South America, 3200 miles away. 



Ocean Res. Occasional 

 birds, sometimes small groups, 

 are seen by travelers aboard 

 vessels off the California coast. 

 More numerous northward. 

 Nests on islands of central and 

 western Pacific Ocean, north of 

 the equator, especially of the 

 Hawaiian group, where they 

 enjoy at least semi-protection. 



Black-footed Albatross 



FULMARS, SHEARWATERS, AND PETRELS 

 Family Hydrobatidae 



Shearwaters, much more slender than Fulmars; swift in flight. Our 

 various species sometimes join together into enormous flocks in pursuit of 

 fish. Petrels very small; long-winged; flight almost butterfly-like. Often 

 appear actually to run on the water's surface. 



Ocean W.V. Oct. -Mar. 

 Sometimes seen about piers. 

 Dead birds are frequently found 

 on California beaches especially 

 in fall and early winter. Nests 

 on islands in north Pacific 

 Ocean and Bering Sea. 



