Take a bow king penguin! It was fairly inevitable but still nice to get news today that the king penguin I saw on Bruny Island, Tasmania earlier in the year with Elaine has been accepted by Birdlife Australia and is just the 6th record for the country away from the breeding colonies on the sub-antarctic Macquarie and Heard Islands which are around 1500km away. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm not sure how I'll ever find a better bird than a vagrant king penguin. 1500km is a long way from home for a flightless bird.
Well done, right place right time.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely right place right time. If you read the original post from 29th January you'll see that we simply stopped at a random beach for a walk and there it was, difficult to miss and not a particularly difficult identification either! But then again, I guess that many rarity finds are largely a case of right place right time.
DeleteWow that is indeed far from home. Good observation from your side. Great photo as well.
ReplyDeleteRegards,
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