September 8th, 2007. Monterey Bay, CA. Black Storm-petrelOceanodroma melina. (c.150).
Hundreds seen during a 'Shearwater Journeys' dedicated pelagic, most of them around an especially large mixed raft of storm-petrels the vast majority of which were Ashies.
Images taken through Canon Powershot A540 using Leica 8 x 42 binoculars.