Sorry, two bird words in one month - maybe too many?
1) Stormy Petrel: one of the sea birds of family Hydrobatidae, having dark
plumage with paler underparts; also called 'storm petrel'.
2) One who brings discord or strife, or appears at the onset of trouble.
Then, it further explains: Stormy Petrel is an alteration of earlier pitteral
, probably named in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea - from the fact
the bird flies close to the water in order to feed from surface swimming
organisms and ship's refuse. Called S tormy because birds surround the ship
during stormy, rough waters in order to catch the organisms brought to the
surface during a storm. When the storm is over, the birds disappear.
That's all, Folks, on this Petrel
Mary Jane Black
Denver
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