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Thalassarche eremita
A medium sized albatross showing uniformly dark grey head and neck with a bright yellow bill with a prominent black spot on the end of the lower mandible.
The whole world population breeds on one small rock called 'The Pyramid' in the Chatham Islands (last image). after breeding these birds disperse into South American waters for the winter although odd records of them in Australian and recently South African waters exist.
This species has been split from the White-capped and Salvins Albatross.
Spotted on Nov 11, 2013
Submitted on Apr 10, 2015
35 Comments (1–25)
Thank you Mark. I will post some other species in due course.
Congrats Bob, well deserved
I have started a Mission on tube-nosed seabirds (albatross, petrels etc.) if anyone would care to check it out and if you spot one of these wonderful birds i would love to hear from you.
Robert
Thank you to every one who has commented and favorited both here and through the PN page on Facebook.
Congrats awesome images and info
Me Too!
Congrats Robert, well deserved! You are among the awesome images of such wonderful creatures with this guy, makes sense for you to get sotw :) Albatross are such neat animals, I hope to get to see some myself one day!
Fabulous series, triggsturner, congrats on the well-deserved honor and thanks for sharing!
Congrats! Thanks for the Sharing such a beautiful bird!
Congratulations, Rob. Well deserved indeed.
Wow, I feel very honoured. There are such awesome images of such wonderful organisms on this site appearing all the time and to get SOTW has totally made my week. Thank you all for your comments. Robert.
Congratulations Robert!
So majestic!
Congrats!!
Congrats on the SOTW Rob. Still boggling over that rock. Such a tiny ledge supporting a whole species. A few fat seals would take out that real estate in a blink.
Wow!!!! Congrats Rob! What an honor. Well deserved!
So THAT's what the Pyramid is!!! Had been wondering :) . Thank you for sharing...marvelling at how fragile the entire system is...just this one place that they breed on...
Congratulations Rob! This sensational series has been selected as our Spotting of the Week! We're very lucky to have you share your experience and extra lucky to get that Pyramid snap as well. I can only imagine the experience. Congrats again and we look forward to your next series!
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Thank you Leuba for your great comment. I am glad you liked them.
Ha! It looks so much like a pyramid it's funny. Thanks. :-)
Sorted! Thanks for imput Mark.
Sure if you have a shot of The Pyramid that would be a superb addition. Looking forward to it.
Hi Joshua, camera rig fairly basic. a Cannon 60D with a 100-400mm zoom. However yes, they were floating on the wind just astern of the boat and at full zoom could only fit the head into the frame. NZ has the best pelagic birding on the planet in my unbiased view :)
Your welcome. New Zealand would be an ultimate place to bird. I really like your photos, you either have the best camera rig on earth or the albatross was floating in midair (or both?)!
Thank you Joshua. Yes, a very special bird.
Robert