petrel
Ocean-walking bird
A petrel is a seabird that spends most of its life over open ocean, coming to land only to breed.
Petrels range from small storm petrels to the giant petrel, and include shearwaters and fulmars.
They're found worldwide, gliding low over waves and feeding on fish, squid, and carrion.
We spotted petrels following the ship for days.
Long-winged oceanic bird
- shearwaterTube-nosed pelagic bird
- fulmarTube-nosed seabird species
- prionSelf-propagating rogue protein
- Wilson'sPossessive form, surname
beak · plumage · wingspan · webbed feet · colony · burrow · nesting · chick
Relating to the sea
- pelagicOf the open sea
- offshoreAway from land
- saltwaterOcean water, chemically speaking
- oceanographyScientific study of seas
plankton · krill · squid · fish · trawler · bycatch · longline · scavenger
Violent windstorm or turmoil
- galeSevere sustained wind
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- St. Elmo's fireElectrical glow on pointed objects
- omenProphetic indicator
superstition · rough seas · windswept · hardy · weather · harbinger
Movement to new territory
- flywayEstablished bird migration path
- transoceanicCrossing a major sea
- breeding groundsSites where species reproduce
- winteringPassing the cold season
subantarctic · homing · navigation · long-distance · seasonal · return · journey · dispersal
albatross
Long-winged oceanic bird
- shearwaterTube-nosed pelagic bird
- fulmarTube-nosed seabird species
- prionSelf-propagating rogue protein
Wilson's · beak · plumage · wingspan · webbed feet · colony · burrow · nesting · chick · fledgling
marine
Relating to the sea
oceanography · plankton · krill · squid · fish · trawler · bycatch · longline · scavenger · foraging
tempest
Violent windstorm or turmoil
- galeSevere sustained wind
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- St. Elmo's fireElectrical glow on pointed objects
omen · superstition · rough seas · windswept · hardy · weather · harbinger
migration
Movement to new territory
- flywayEstablished bird migration path
- transoceanicCrossing a major sea
- breeding groundsSites where species reproduce
wintering · subantarctic · homing · navigation · long-distance · seasonal · return · journey · dispersal · circumnavigation
- Petrels
- birdsrobin, crow, eagle, owl, duck
- AntarcticaSouth Pole, Amundsen, Scott, penguins, ice sheet
- island wildlifemarine iguana, Darwin's finches, Galapagos tortoise, giant tortoise, giant tortoises
- migrantsmigrants, arctic tern, monarch butterfly, caribou, humpback whale
- North Atlantic lifeAtlantic cod, Atlantic salmon, cod, herring, haddock