Date: 7/12/25 4:42 am From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] Juan Fernandez Petrel - Gloucester Whale Watch
From a whale watch out of Gloucester, here's the report from ebird.
Let's hope others are lucky enough to catch up with this one.
Juan Fernandez Petrel (Pterodroma externa) (1) - Reported Jul 11, 2025 16:11 by Andy Sanford - Seven Seas Whale Watch-leg6 42.49490, -70.53705, Essex, Massachusetts - Map:http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-70.53705&<ll...>,-70.53705 - Checklist:https://ebird.org/checklist/S259029683 - Media: 9 Photos - Comments: "425p Woah! Steaming in and looking NE, I spotted what I thought was a distant shearwater that was heading ENE, but after looking at pics and talking with Sam Z., seems it was something more interesting! (I said to Sam, "I guess it’s a very good thing I’ve never heard of that!”). Sam’s summary: “Good points favoring Juan Fernandez: tiny black mark at the wrist and black primary tips, otherwise clean white underwings, half-collar separated from face mask, small white rump patch in molt. Nothing else really looks like it, just a minor issue: IT’S IN THE WRONG OCEAN!!”. Indeed. Thanks Sam!"
