There were hundreds of shearwaters around, and I managed to succesfully identify three species, wedge-tailed, short-tailed and fluttering. An unexpected bonus was two Australasian Gannets.
Black-browed albatross. I have seen one before, sitting on a cliff in amongst the Gannet colony on Unst, Shetland, but I didn't see that bird fly and I desperately wanted to see a "mollyhawk" in the southern oceans. Fantastic bird!
Look at those wings! Definitely made for gliding!
I think that the dark underwing makes this an immature bird and I think they more or less rule out every species except black-browed.
Fluttering shearwater
Short-tailed shearwater
Wedge-tailed shearwater
Welcome swallow Black-browed albatross. I have seen one before, sitting on a cliff in amongst the Gannet colony on Unst, Shetland, but I didn't see that bird fly and I desperately wanted to see a "mollyhawk" in the southern oceans. Fantastic bird!
Look at those wings! Definitely made for gliding!
I think that the dark underwing makes this an immature bird and I think they more or less rule out every species except black-browed.
Fluttering shearwater
Short-tailed shearwater
Wedge-tailed shearwater
Hey Colin. Nice pics! Doesn't that albatross show yellow along the upper mandible, making it one of the yellow nosed types? Keep up the posts, even Jack is impresse!
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