#shearwaters

Every young creature's first and only job is to grow big and strong, just like their parents, and juvenile great shearwaters take this job very seriously. In fact, at their peak, young great shearwaters will actually weigh about 40% more than their parents! This is thanks to the constant supply of fish they are provided with, and provides them with excess energy for fledgling and their first migration.

Great Shearwater on our AK Wildlife Cruise from Falmouth, Cornwall 16th September 2025

Beautiful, bold; brown and white,

A joy to see on the sea and in flight,

Ocean wanderers of which we saw a great amount,

Ranger Rick's Nature Magazine; March 1979 edition. Illustration by Peter Zallinger.

Photo: Niall Perrins

"This small seabird is widespread in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans, mostly in tropical waters; in North America, it is regular over warm waters off the southeastern coast. At sea it is usually solitary or in small groups."

'A'o (Hawai'ian Shearwater/Newell's Shearwater)

These small seabirds were once thought to be extinct on the islands, but was rediscovered in 1947 on Kaua'i. They're able to dive up to 150ft in pursuit of fish.

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