Sooty shearwaters take off.
A Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) taking off.
A  Blue Whale swims just under the surface (Balaenoptera musculus) and scares up a Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus).
A Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) runs across the mirrorlike surface trying to take flight.
A flock of Surf Scoters (Melanita perspicillata) take flight.
A Common Murre (Uria aalge) came up from a deep dive and immediately took flight over the glassy blue water.
Black-Footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) takes off.
Black-Footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) catches the breeze off the top of a swell.
Sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) create horizontal lines as they take off.
Sooty shearwaters take off.
Sooty shearwaters take off.
Sooty shearwaters take off.
See photo in original gallery.