Tristram's Storm-Petrel

Tristram's Storm-Petrel is one of the rarest seabirds we are likely to see here. They are burrow nesters and are monitored on one of the seabird plots. They only nest sparingly in the North Western Hawaiian Islands and a few islands off Japan and are only seen at sea in the areas between these nesting islands. There is really very little known about this dove sized bird that spends it's whole life at sea except to breed. I helped band a couple this morning and it was quite a thrill to see and hold something so rare.