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Storm petrel or stormy petrel may refer to one of two bird families, both in the order Procellariiformes, once treated as the same family. Up and down!—up and down! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown,
The Everyday Hero - JOSEPH RAY HODGSON (STORMY PETREL)- Born 3.10 1829 Sunderland. Died: 15.10. 1908 Poplar. A Brave and Unselfish Man Risking His Own Life to Save Others From Shipwrecks. Commemorated Here By His Proud Descendants- C.S. 2006 [15] Hodgson is commemorated in the 2010 album The Stormy Petrel by Sunderland punk band Leatherface.
The family Oceanitidae was introduced in 1881 by the English zoologist William Alexander Forbes. [1] Two subfamilies of storm petrel were traditionally recognized. [2] The Oceanitinae, or austral storm-petrels, were mostly found in southern waters (though Wilson's storm petrel regularly migrates into the Northern Hemisphere); the ten species are placed in five genera. [3]
The more specific "storm petrel" or "stormy petrel" is a reference to their habit of hiding in the lee of ships during storms. [37] Early sailors named these birds " Mother Carey 's chickens" because they were thought to warn of oncoming storms; this name is based on a corrupted form of Mater Cara , a name for the Blessed Virgin Mary .
The European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus), also known as British storm petrel, or just storm petrel, is a species of seabird in the northern storm petrel family, Hydrobatidae. The small, square-tailed bird is entirely black except for a broad, white rump and a white band on the under wings, and it has a fluttering, bat-like flight.
The Stormy Petrel, nickname for Maxim Gorky (1868–1936), Russian revolutionary writer The Stormy Petrel, nickname for Joseph Ray Hodgson (1829—1908), English heroic lifesaver Literature and the arts
Tristram's storm petrel has a distribution across the north Pacific Ocean, predominantly in tropical seas. This storm petrel has long, angular wings. This is likely the largest member of the storm petrel family, with a total length 24.5 to 27 cm (9.6 to 10.6 in), a wingspan of 54 to 57 cm (21 to 22 in) and a body mass of 71 to 120 g (2.5 to 4.2 ...
Stormy Petrel, written by Rex Rienits and Colin Dean, had been a big success for the ABC. In November 1960 it was announced Dean and Rienits would reunite for a serial about William Redfern. [3] In March 1961 Dean said "it has not quite the clear, dramatic line of 'Stormy Petrel'.