Sunday, 12 January 2020

Albatross's from Kaikoura

Photo: Salvin's albatross.
Today's whale watching trip was really only about seeing sperm whale but inevitably I picked up  a few decent seabirds, most pleasing of which were this stunning Salvin's albatross and a few southern royal albatross. This brings my albatross life list to ten species.



Photo: Salvin's albatross.


Southern royal albatross. Note the dark line along the cutting edge of the bill.



Cape pigeon, a new species for me today.


Northern giant petrel.



Northern giant petrel.



Gibson's wandering albatross. Note the lack of a black line along the cutting edge of the bill.


Not the best photo in the world but good enough to confirm that this is a Westland petrel,

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3 comments:

  1. derek12 January 2020 at 19:23

    Does the Cape pigeon swim or was it in trouble?

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  2. Colin18 January 2020 at 18:01

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  3. Colin18 January 2020 at 18:03

    It's not really a pigeon, it's actually a petrel and it was just resting on the water

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