Pink-footed Shearwater, Puffinus creatopus


Pink-footed Shearwater
Pink-footed Shearwaters are larger and slower-flying than the more numerous Sooty Shearwaters, and seem to be willing to approach boats  more confidently, and so are the most-photographed species of this family of splendid ocean flyers off the central California coast.


Pink-footed Shearwater


Pink-footed Shearwater


Pink-footed Shearwater


Pink-footed Shearwater


Pink-footed Shearwater


Pink-footed Shearwater