1. 19 May

    Snow Petrels: Specimens from the California Academy of Sciences. Terri Nelson, 2015
    Snow Petrels. Terri Nelson, 2015

    Snow Petrels: Pagodroma nivea nivea, by Terri Nelson, 2015

    These birds live on pack ice at the Antarctic and can be seen sitting on glacier ice or flying with a fluttering motion.  They are from the Procellariidae family, and, like all members of that family, they vomit a smelly fish-oil when defending themselves. 

     
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