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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,
Stormy Petrel is an early Australian television drama. A period drama, the 12-episode serial told the story of William Bligh and aired in 1960 on ABC. It was the first live TV serial from the ABC. [2] It was based on a script by Rex Rienits adapted from his 1948 radio serial. [3]
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 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 .
Stormy petrel is an alternate term for Storm petrel, the name for two families of petrels Stormy Petrel may also refer to: People. The Stormy Petrel, nickname for ...
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'.
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 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.