A lone Cory's Shearwater caught mid-flight, gliding smoothly just above the surface of the textured blue sea.

A tale of two continents! 🌍 Got my Cory's Shearwater lifer in April among hundreds at their Azores breeding grounds. Fast forward to August: looking for Maine puffins, and this solo non-breeder glides by! 🌊🦅

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A Cory's Shearwater, a true pelagic specialist, soars over the ocean near the Azores. Photo by Wendy Dembowski.

Continuing the Azores series fwith the Cory's Shearwater. Birds who spend much of their lives on the open ocean. While they are silent travelers at sea, they are known for their unique and incredibly weird calls which they make on their shoreside nesting colonies at night.

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