Skua to identify

>
> one that got away
>
> this same tour group had what was most possibly a Wilson's Storm Petrel on
> the same day off Mantra Reef Hotel on the northern tip of Pemba.
>
> with no one looking we miss many pelagics off our coast, esp of Pemba that
> actually juts out into real ocean.
>
> Neil
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Hi Neil,
>
> As much as I would love to be able to assist with identifying a new species
> for East Africa, I would think we would be hard pressed to put a definitive
> name to this bird based on this photo. Personally, I don't believe it is
> identifiable from this photo, but perhaps there is someone out there who is
> braver than I am...:)
>
> Kind regards
> Trevor
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tanzaniabirdatlas" <tzbirdatlas@yahoo.co.uk>
> To: "John Graham" <jmgraham@iafrica.com>
> Cc: "trevor hardaker" <hardaker@mweb.co.za>; "trevor hardaker 2"
> <trevor@zestforbirds.co.za>
> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 10:27 PM
> Subject: Fw: Skua
>
>
> > OK guys
> >
> > is this identifiable ?? if it's a Brown it's new for East Africa.
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Neil
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nik Borrow" <n.borrow@btinternet.com>
> > To: "tanzaniabirdatlas" <tzbirdatlas@yahoo.co.uk>
> > Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 4:48 PM
> > Subject: Skua
> >
> >
> >> Hi Neil,
> >>
> >> here is the skua pic........any ideas on id?
> >> Best wishes
> >> Nik
> >>
> >> n.borrow@btinternet.com
> >>
> >> website
> >> http://web.mac.com/nikborrow
> >
> > Neil and Liz Baker, Tanzania Bird Atlas, P.O. Box 1605, Iringa, Tanzania.
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