giant petrel

Most, except the giant petrels, have weak legs and are nearly helpless on land.

Those who do not survive become food for the predator birds - the skuas and the giant petrels.

In these areas, skuas seem to defer to the considerably larger giant petrels.

Other species killed by the baits include giant petrels, black ducks and skuas.

The giant petrels are two large seabirds from the genus Macronectes.

The exception to this is the two species of giant petrel, which like the albatrosses, have strong legs used to feed on land (see below).

Southern Giant Petrels often fly close to the shoreline, keeping up with local residents driving along the front road.

Potential predators on some breeding islands are giant petrels, feral cats and rodents.

It is the only known breeding site in the archipelago for Southern Giant Petrels.

Scientists at Palmer Station said gulls, giant petrels and penguins were also affected.

All birds scavenge, and a group (including giant petrels) is shown taking the remains of a whale, left by orca.

The group is also the most important breeding site in the world for Southern Giant Petrels, of which there are about 11,000 pairs.

Giant petrels earn their name.

On the ridgeline Giant Petrels are nesting.

Giant petrels is a genus, Macronectes, from the family Procellariidae and consist of two species.

There were a lot of giant petrels flying very low over the nest when I was taking my weekly picture of Eriksson.

In Patagonia, giant petrels shadow killer whales as they hunt seals by stranding their huge bodies on the beach.

Penguin predators like skuas and giant petrels are only too ready to seize any opportunity to feed themselves and their own offspring.

The giant petrels, uniquely for Procellariiformes, will feed on land, eating the carrion of other seabirds and seals.

Where they share islands with the Southern Giant Petrel, they breed six weeks earlier than their counterpart.

Not only is it the largest Procellaria petrel but is also the largest species in its family outside of the giant petrels.

Giant petrels are highly opportunistic feeders.

Then the far southern ocean, and there at last I had albatrosses, giant petrels, stink-pots, pintadoes: but at such a cost!

Its distribution overlaps broadly with the similar Northern Giant Petrel, though it overall is centered slightly further south.