A very rare bird in the Pacific Ocean, our 3rd record off Westport, I believe it's the 3rd Washington State Record. WOOHOO! Sucked into the seabird vacuum that is a shrimp trawler, thank you "Swell Rider!"
August 29, 2009. Taken with a Canon EOS 50D and an Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Lens.
Algeria,Angola,Argentina,Australia,Bermuda,Brazil,British Virgin Islands,Canada,Cape Verde,Chile, Denmark,France,French Guiana,Gabon,Ghana,Gibraltar,Great Britain,Greece,Greenland,Ireland, Lebanon,Liberia,Mauritania,Mozambique,Namibia,Netherlands,Netherlands Antilles,Norway,Portugal,Russia, Sao Tome and Principe,Senegal,South Africa,Spain,Suriname,Sweden,Trinidad and Tobago,United States - mainland,Uruguay,Venezuela,
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)