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\"Buller\u2019s<\/a>
Buller\u2019s Shearwater in flight showing the dorsal wing pattern and long tail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Buller\u2019s Shearwater (Puffinus bulleri<\/em>) is a large\/medium endemic seabird that breeds only at the Poor Knights Islands off the eastern coast of Northland New Zealand. They have a long slender, hooked beak typical of shearwaters and are significantly larger than the Fluttering Shearwaters<\/a> we looked at last week.<\/p>\n

\"Focus<\/a>
Focus stacked image of a Buller\u2019s and Fluttering Shearwater in the Firth of Thames to show the relative sizes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Buller\u2019s<\/a>
Buller\u2019s Shearwater photographed on the Firth of Thames off Te Puru.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They are attractive birds with grey\/brown and white patterned plumage.  They have a V pattern over the upper wings reminiscent of the pattern seen on Prions. They are common in the Hauraki Gulf and Bay of Plenty but after the breeding season disperse to the northern Pacific east of Japan and off California. Their conservation status is listed as Naturally Uncommon. They are easy to identify due their size and plumage pattern and are often seen with flocks of Fluttering Shearwater and Fairy Prion feeding at workups of Kahawai or Trevally feeding on krill, baitfish or salps. To my eye they seem to have a front-heavy appearance.<\/p>\n

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Buller\u2019s Shearwater resting on the Hauraki Gulf.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Buller\u2019s<\/a>
Buller\u2019s Shearwater flying over the Firth of Thames showing the white ventral surface.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Buller\u2019s Shearwaters are another example of species recovery after eradication of pests from their breeding islands. Pigs were released onto New Zealand mainland and islands by Captain Cook to provide a food source. Their rooting behaviour devastated habit of burrow breeding seabirds. Despite this Buller\u2019s Shearwaters clung on at their breeding site of the Poor Knights but their population dropped into the 1000s in the early 20th century. Pigs were eradicated for the Poor Knights in 1936 and the Buller\u2019s Shearwaters have bounced back with 1980\u2019s population estimates being 2.5 million birds with over 200 000 breeding pairs. The Northern New Zealand Seabird Trust have been working on an updated population assessment<\/a> and results should be available in the near future.<\/p>\n

\"Buller\u2019s<\/a>
Buller\u2019s Shearwater skimming low over the Hauraki Gulf.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Close-up<\/a>
Close-up of Buller\u2019s Shearwater showing the tube nostrils of a Procellariform and the long slender, hooked beak of a shearwater.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Another<\/a>
Another close-up flight shot of Buller\u2019s Shearwater showing the complete white undersurface.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Buller\u2019s<\/a>
Buller\u2019s Shearwater preening some breast feathers after taking off from the Hauraki Gulf.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All photos with Nikon D500, Firth of Thames images with Nikon 300mm f4PF + TC14 teleconverter, Hauraki Gulf images with Nikon 500mm f5.6PF lens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Buller\u2019s Shearwater (Puffinus bulleri) is a large\/medium endemic seabird that breeds only at the Poor Knights Islands off the eastern coast of Northland New Zealand. They have a long slender, hooked beak typical of shearwaters and are significantly larger than the Fluttering Shearwaters we looked at last week. 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They breed on a number islands in northern New Zealand all of which are clear of introduced predators or have active trapping\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "birds"","block_context":{"text":"birds","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/birds"},"img":{"alt_text":"Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flesh-footedShearwater-D5C_4875-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flesh-footedShearwater-D5C_4875-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flesh-footedShearwater-D5C_4875-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flesh-footedShearwater-D5C_4875-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9654,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9654","url_meta":{"origin":9690,"position":5},"title":"Fluttering Shearwater","author":"tony","date":"January 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Fluttering Shearwater is a common endemic seabird in New Zealand. In the past few months I have been pleased to see large numbers in the Marlborough Sounds, Cook Strait, Firth of Thames and Hauraki Gulf. 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