shy albatross

shy albatross. in front of the albatross a white-chinned petrel and a great shearwater (and another one to the left). two sooty shearwaters on the right.

three albatross species together, an adult shy albatross on the left, one older immature black-browed albatross in the front and another black-browed flying away; the head of an Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross is visible behind the 2nd black-browed; there's also a white-chinned petrel.

many thanks for all the nice comments to the long-tailed tit yesterday. Something completely different now: this photo was taken during a pelagic birding trip off Cape Town. There are six different bird species on the photo: black-browed albatross, shy albatross, Salvins albatross, white-chinned...

Another pic of the Shy Albatross taken from the cruise ship. It is only after getting back home that I have learned that this sub-specie is endemic to Australia (the other sub-specie, known as the White-capped Albatross, breeds on the Auckland Islands, south of New Zealand). The Shy only...

Just back from a cruise into Bass Strait and across the Great Australian Bight. A few pics of Short-tailed and Flesh-footed Shearwaters, Gannets, Petrels & a Prion that are Ok to identify, but probably not good enough for here, a couple of Albatross we are yet to confirm, plus this Shy...

Taken on a pelagic off Cape Town to the trawling grounds. This shy albatross has grabbed some breakfast as the trawler pulled in its nets.

Another of June's holiday snaps. Cropped quite a bit.

Just had a couple of weeks in hospital so been playing around with June's photos on the laptop. Think this is a Shy Albatross.

And again

SHY ALBATROSS AGAIN

Three Albatross shots and I think they are all Shy Albatross.

I think its a Shy Albatross trying no to be shy

Photographed on a pelagic off the southern coast of South Australia. More photos can be seen on my blog at http://topbirdsandeveryfing.typepad.com/top-birds-everyfing/

Taken on the Cape Town Pelagic on 10/11/2009

Photographed on a Cape Town Pelagic on Nov 10th 2009. It might not look it but the conditions this day were awful and it became so bad that we had to abort the Pelagic early because of the windy conditions which made any photography extremely difficult. John.

This pair of Salvins albatross lodged high on cliffs on one of the Bounty Islands (bleak rocks in the Southern Ocean NZ) taken from zodiac. This subspecies (salvini) of the shy albatross is differentiated by a marble coloured bill with a yellow tip on the upper half and a black spot on the lower...

Well I am back from my pelagic trip and was blessed with 3 days of clear blue skys. I was able to photograph about 6species and subspecies of albatrosses and a couple of petrels as well here is just a quick one

See previous postof a White-capped Albatross.This photo shows a Shy Albatross,from which the previous species was split off.

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Stayed with our ship for 10-15 minutes, putting on quite a display for the cameras.