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  1. Even an ugly mug

    Even an ugly mug

    looks better clean ;) Last post from out at sea off Kaikoura. Not that I don't have more, but they'd get repetitive. And anyway, I need to finish this trip so I can share some of my UK and Norway pics. And of the trip, there's still four more days in NZ to cover, then Hawaii, then California...
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    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  2. SF2 - Splash racing

    SF2 - Splash racing

    Just after landing, with a big front splash, this Northern Giant Petrel splashes up a wake behind him as he races for the chum bag. It's as if he had an outboard motor.
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    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  3. Probably not

    Probably not

    And here's the likely solution to yesterday's puzzle. Next shot of the burst and, with no wave in between, we can see that his wing tip isn't quite touching the water.
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    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  4. Wings 1

    Wings 1

    Today's theme is wings. I hadn't planned on doing this set, but then I promised to try to settle yesterday's puzzle (touch ... or not?), and that would have broken up the sets I'd planned. So there will be two water sets for weekend fun, then we'll putter back into port over the weekend. So...
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    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  5. Touch! ... or not

    Touch! ... or not

    I think I may actually have captured this Giant with a wingtip juuuuuust touching the water :D Although, there may be a fraction of a millimeter between wingtip and water, and that may be a wave in the way creating the illusion of contact. If I've created a mystery, I'll share the solution (if...
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    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  6. SF3 - Chums chummily chomping chum

    SF3 - Chums chummily chomping chum

    Turns out there was enough for everybody after all. Well ... enough for all the big guys. The smaller birds picked up what they could snatch of the leftovers these big greedy ones dropped or missed.
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    • 1kf 80-400 d90 macronectes halli new zealand northern giant petrel seas off kaikoura wandering albatross
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    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  7. SF2: NO! Outta MY way!

    SF2: NO! Outta MY way!

    Northern Giant isn't about to give up the fight for his (lion's ... no, giant's) share of the chum bag.
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    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  8. Evil eye

    Evil eye

    Finally, in this nickname set, here's a Northern Giant showing his evil eye look. And now to catch up on browsing |=)|
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    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  9. BFG

    BFG

    Or perhaps not so friendly, as we'll see in some later shots. But behaving friendly enough in this shot, or at least trying to make friends with us on the boat as he waits for the skipper to toss out the chum bag ;)
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    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  10. Northern Giant

    Northern Giant

    The first bird to recognize the boat and start following in our wake was this Northern Giant Petrel. Perhaps we should call him BFG. He stayed with us all the way out to where our captain decided was a good spot - probably because he saw several albatross in the area, or just because he knew the...
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    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  11. Grey Heron Landing

    Grey Heron Landing

    Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) at Bhigwan Wetlands in Maharashtra, India. Nikon D800, 80-400G @400mm
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Eurasian Thick-knee

    Eurasian Thick-knee

    Eurasian Thick-knee (Burbinus oedicnemus) @ Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA www.kevincreation.com
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. Spot-Billed Duck

    Spot-Billed Duck

    Spot-Billed Duck (Anas_poecilorhynchos) @ Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA www.kevincreation.com
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    • 80-400 ahmedabad anas_poecilorhynchos atomicmak bird birds bird_sanctuary closeup duck gujarat kadi kevincreation mak nature nik nikkor
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Large Grey Babbler

    Large Grey Babbler

    Large Grey Babbler (Turdoides_malcolmi) Breeding @ Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA www.kevincration.com
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

    Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

    Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles_exustus) @ Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA More on : http://www.kevincreation.com
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    • 80-400 ahmedabad atomicmak bird birds bird_sanctuary chestnut-bellied chestnut-bellied_sandgrouse closeup gujarat kadi kevincreation mak
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

    Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

    Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles_exustus) @ Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA More On : http://www.kevincreation.com
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    • 80-400 ahmedabad atomicmak bird birds bird_sanctuary chestnut-bellied chestnut-bellied_sandgrouse closeup gujarat kadi kevincreation mak
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

    Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

    Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles_exustus) @ Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA More images on : http://www.kevincreation.com
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus_bimantopus)

    Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus_bimantopus)

    Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus_bimantopus) @ Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA More can be seen at : http://www.kevincreation.com
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus_bimantopus)

    Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus_bimantopus)

    Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus_bimantopus) @ Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA More can be seen at : http://www.kevincreation.com
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    • 80-400 ahmedabad atomicmak bird birds bird_sanctuary black-winged_stilt closeup gujarat himantopus_bimantopus kadi kevincreation mak natu
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus_bimantopus)

    Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus_bimantopus)

    Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus_bimantopus) @ Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA More can be seen at : http://www.kevincreation.com
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    • 80-400 ahmedabad atomicmak bird birds bird_sanctuary black-winged_stilt closeup gujarat himantopus_bimantopus kadi kevincreation mak natu
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  21. Greater Flamingo

    Greater Flamingo

    Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus_ruber) @ Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA More can be seen at : http://www.kevincreation.com
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  22. Sarus Crane

    Sarus Crane

    Sarus Crane (Grus_antigone) @ Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA More can be seen at : http://www.kevincreation.com
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    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  23. Purple Swamphen

    Purple Swamphen

    Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio_poliocephalus) @ Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA More can be seen at : http://www.kevincreation.com
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  24. Kentish Plover

    Kentish Plover

    Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Breeding Plumage @ Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  25. Kentish Plover

    Kentish Plover

    Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Breeding Plumage @ Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA
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    • 80-400 ahmedabad atomicmak bird birds bird_sanctuary charadrius_alexandrinus closeup gujarat kadi kentish_plover kevincreation mak nature
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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