Nephrurus
Very Well-Known Member
Greetings all,
As some of you may be aware, my interest in wildlife doesn't stop at "animals that can be kept in plastic tub at 30degrees". On Sunday I was silly enough to leave the perfectly stable dry land and get onto a rocking, nausea inducing boat that would take us out to the edge of the continental shelf. We were going out to look at some seriously big birds (no, not Emus).
The Southern Ocean Seabird Study Association (SOSSA) has been banding and studying seabirds since 1994 to expand on work banding albatross done in the 50's. They go out twice a month, sometimes more, to watch, record, catch and band seabirds. Visitors are welcome to come along, and most come out with a big camera and lense. I only had my little Nikon camera, so the photos were a bit ordinary. Heres what came out in focus.
Crested Tern
Providence Petrel
Campbells Albatross
Campbells Albatross, Silver Gulls and Wedgetail shearwaters
Another Campbells Albatross
Young Wandering Albatross (antipodean race/species)
That same young Wandering Albatross
Young Wandering Albatross with adult male Wandering Albatross (antipodean species/race)
That same male Albatross, suffering the brief indignity of banding.
It was a fun trip, aside from my seasickness, and for the keen birdwatchers out there it is very easy to quickly learn alot about sea birds.
If you're interested, check out the SOSSA website, www.sossa-international.org
All the best,
-H
As some of you may be aware, my interest in wildlife doesn't stop at "animals that can be kept in plastic tub at 30degrees". On Sunday I was silly enough to leave the perfectly stable dry land and get onto a rocking, nausea inducing boat that would take us out to the edge of the continental shelf. We were going out to look at some seriously big birds (no, not Emus).
The Southern Ocean Seabird Study Association (SOSSA) has been banding and studying seabirds since 1994 to expand on work banding albatross done in the 50's. They go out twice a month, sometimes more, to watch, record, catch and band seabirds. Visitors are welcome to come along, and most come out with a big camera and lense. I only had my little Nikon camera, so the photos were a bit ordinary. Heres what came out in focus.
Crested Tern
Providence Petrel
Campbells Albatross
Campbells Albatross, Silver Gulls and Wedgetail shearwaters
Another Campbells Albatross
Young Wandering Albatross (antipodean race/species)
That same young Wandering Albatross
Young Wandering Albatross with adult male Wandering Albatross (antipodean species/race)
That same male Albatross, suffering the brief indignity of banding.
It was a fun trip, aside from my seasickness, and for the keen birdwatchers out there it is very easy to quickly learn alot about sea birds.
If you're interested, check out the SOSSA website, www.sossa-international.org
All the best,
-H