Monday 15 April 2013

Black-Browed Albatross :-)

Over the last 6 months i have seen 5 species of albatross or mollymawks. Today i was lucky enough to see the 6th species, The Black-Browed Mollymawk, now there are two sub species the NZ Black-browed mollymawk and the Subantarctic Black-browed mollymawk...personally i think the pictures i got are of a Subantarctic Black-browed mollymawk as its eye was brown, whereas the NZ Black-browed mollymawk has a honey-coloured eyes. The subantarctic mollymawk breeds circumpolar subantarctic, including Bollons I, Western chain (the Snares) and the Campbell Islands, they are often seen of NZ coast, especially in winter. Their black brow is very obvious, they are beautiful and its almost like they have a bit of lipstick on the end of their bill, very feminine!

here are a few pictures:







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