Common but local. Breeds on cliff ledges. Winters well offshore. Solitary but often found in numbers if food is plentiful. Often follows fishing boats. ID: Heavy-set bird that falls between a shearwater and a gull in size and appearance. Broad tail and neck with wings and body held stiff and straight. Shallow wingbeats followed by glides and high arcs in bad weather. Sits high in water. Stout yellowish bill. Different color morphs poorly defined. All have dark smudge around eye (giving mean look), pale area at base of primaries, and gray tail. Dark and intermediate morphs much scarcer than light. HERALD (TRINIDADE) PETREL Pterodroma arminjoniana HEPE Very rare in Gulfstream. Variable: 2(?) morphs with some birds intermediate. Dark morph most regular. ID: Easy to dismiss as SOSH but slightly smaller and more compact with straighter wings and shorter neck. All have pale bases to flight feathers and greater coverts forming pale panel in dark underwing. Light birds appear hooded and have uniform upperparts. Sits high in water with dove-like head.