{"id":9786,"date":"2019-02-24T09:37:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T20:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=9786"},"modified":"2019-02-24T09:37:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T20:37:57","slug":"black-petrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/9786","title":{"rendered":"Black Petrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9791\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1583-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9791\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1583-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1583-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1583-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1583-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Petrel at rest on the Hauraki Gulf off Hauturu\/Little Barrier Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This week we\u2019re back in the Hauraki Gulf with the Black Petrel <em>(Procellaria parkinsoni).<\/em> Black Petrels are a medium sized all black\/dark brown petrel. The outer Hauraki Gulf is one of the best places to see them as they breed on Aotea\/Great Barrier Island (2000 pairs, 2011) and a smaller number breeding on Hauturu\/Little Barrier Island (100 pairs, 1987). They are the smallest of the Procellaria with the other birds in the genus comprising the Westland Petrel, Grey Petrel, White-chinned Petrel and Spectacled Petrel. Being a pelagic bird novice my major difficulty is in differentiating them from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/2019\/02\/flesh-footed-shearwater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flesh-footed Shearwater<\/a> which are a similar size and colour. I am normally looking through a viewfinder at a moving bird from a moving deck so it only when I review my images and can see the bill and leg features that I can be sure of what I have photographed. Black Petrels have black legs and feet and a yellowish bill with a grey\/black tip and black between the bill plates. Experienced birders will pick them easily from their slightly larger and bulkier appearance so I should probably spend less time looking through my camera.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9790\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1491-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9790\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1491-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1491-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1491-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1491-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Petrel in flight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Black Petrels previously bred throughout the North Island of New Zealand but have been eliminated from the mainland by introduced rats, pigs , cats and mustelids. They are vulnerable to recreational and commercial fishers and are the most at-risk seabird from commercial fisheries in New Zealand. They are monogamous burrow breeders that share incubation and feeding duties. Eggs are laid mid-November to late January, hatching after 57 days, fledging occurs &nbsp;96-122 days and the chicks return after 4-6 years and begin breeding after 5-7 years. The birds depart the breeding colonies from July heading to the eastern tropical Pacific off South America until October.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1477-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9789\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1477-web.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1477-web.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1477-web.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1477-web.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BlackPetrel-D5C_1477-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information see <a href=\"http:\/\/nzbirdsonline.org.nz\/species\/black-petrel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Petrel on Nzbirdsoline.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos with Nikon D500 and Nikon 500mm f5.6PF lens<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we\u2019re back in the Hauraki Gulf with the Black Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni). 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