Date: 10/14/26 3:19 pm From: Henrietta Bensussen via groups.io <gardnrz2...> Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Identification help
This bird looks very like the ones I saw this morning in the SF Bay between near the Berkeley shoreline/Marina. They were diving and flying up. Henri
> On Oct 14, 2026, at 12:26 PM, Michael Coustier via groups.io <mcoustier...> wrote:
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> Yesterday my wife and I visited the Channel Islands; my novice eyes didn't notice any new species ( lots of cormorants, some grebes and gulls ) but one stuck out as something I've not encountered.
> My best Sibley Birds of the West guess is that it's a "Shearwater"
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> I exposed it a bit hot so I'm not getting a good sense of additional markers but I'm wondering if anyone here can make a definitive ID ?
> Thank you.

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