[Leica] Sea Birds

[Bernard Quinn]

Wonderful. Wish I could fly like that!

Barney


Barney Quinn, WK3Z
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> On Nov 23, 2019, at 11:21 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> The next installment of photographs from my South Georgia trip is of birds,
> mostly sea birds, to be exact, the Albatross and Petrels that roam our
> oceans. Most of the photographs, except for the last four, have been taken
> from the boat.
> 
> Let us start with the king of the oceans, the Wandering Albatross. These
> are quite remarkable birds, they have been known to fly over 100k km in a
> year, they seldom touch the ground except to breed, and they have the
> longest wingspan of any bird - 2.5 to 3.5 metres, as can be seen from this
> photograph (natural sky, not replaced!!!😊)
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191012-16833.jpg.html
> 
> The most common albatross in this region is the Black-browed Albatross,
> which can be seen quite easily, and nest in large numbers both in South
> Georgia and more so in the Falklands:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191013-124.jpg.html
> 
> Petrels are the scavengers of the oceans. Here are two of the smaller ones:
> 
> Cape Petrel:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191012-16700.jpg.html
> 
> Snowy Petrel:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191023-6831.jpg.html
> 
> The most common large bird that we encounter in the open ocean, and on
> shore in South Georgia is the Giant Petrel, a formidable and rapacious
> predator and scavenger, so it is not unusual to have more interesting
> photographs of this species over any other:
> 
> Metallic Seas:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191022-5620.jpg.html
> 
> Sunset:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191022-5876.jpg.html
> 
> High Seas:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191012-106.jpg.html
> 
> Take Off:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191022-5221.jpg.html
> 
> Wingspan:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191015-450.jpg.html
> 
> Bath Time:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191024-10345.jpg.html
> 
> The last two photographs are of common species on shore:
> 
> Kelp Gull:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191022-4905.jpg.html
> 
> Skua:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191022-5293.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE.
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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