May I ask your opinion on storm-petrels?
TBH, I have never successfully ID'd one without an "expert" helping me. I find a lot of these pelagics to be difficult (also their taxonomy is up in the air right now). Its hard for me to get excited by them, but here's a few for you...
They are pretty cute up close!!!
European Storm Petrels (Hydrobates pelagicus), family Hydrobatidae, order Procellariiformes, found in the seas off of Europe and north Africa
photograph by Richard Crossley
Wilson's Storm Petrels (Oceanites oceanicus), family Oceanitidae, order Procellariiformes, near the coast of Tasmania, Australia
photographs by JJ Harrison
White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina), family Oceanitidae, order Procellariiformes, off the coast of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
photographs by JJ Harrison