Abstract
Greay Whales Eschristius robustus are the only large whales that are specialized bottom feeders, foraging on bottom sediments. When surfacing after a feeding dive a mud plume is formed at the surfa ...
Highlights
Two subspecies have been described of the Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni, the smaller exilipes in northern Eurasia and the larger hornemanni in Greenland and North America
The bird is large with a long wing, 82 mm, but looks otherwise as a Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea (Figure 1)
On 6–7 August 2005, in the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea, approximately between 66° 40’ N, 170° 50’ W and 67° 16’ N, 173° 50’ W the Oden passed an area with large flocks (>10 000 in each flock) of Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris (Figure 1 and 2) and many feeding Grey Whales Eschrichtius robustus and Humpback Whales Megaptera novaeanglie
Summary
Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris forage in Grey Whale Eschrichtius robustus mud plumes On 6–7 August 2005, in the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea, approximately between 66° 40’ N, 170° 50’ W and 67° 16’ N, 173° 50’ W the Oden passed an area with large flocks (>10 000 in each flock) of Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris (Figure 1 and 2) and many feeding Grey Whales Eschrichtius robustus and Humpback Whales Megaptera novaeanglie. The shearwaters were feeding mainly at the surface, but were attracted to both whale species as soon as they surfaced.
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