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Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Catharacta skua
Skuas are the seabird pirates of the the open seas. Easily recognisable by their large size, sturdy build, brown and white flecked feathers and long, hooked bill. Aggressive birds, will steal food from others as large as gannets. Despite this, I only ever saw them being chased by fulmars!
Rocky coasts with sheer cliffs and the open sea
The guy in the first picture nearly landed on my head! These were taken off one of the Shetland Islands, called Foula. We were sampling at 4am, and the water was eerily still, and HUNDREDS of birds were surrounding the boat. It was incredible. I later found out that "Foula" translated from Old Norse means "bird island", which couldn't have been more apt!
Lat: 60.14, Long: -2.08
Spotted on Jul 4, 2011
Submitted on Jul 10, 2011
15 Comments
Great series Laura!
i like the birds!!!!!!
Great series Laura!
That is a super shot Laura
Thank you both for the comments :) It was a lucky shot, I thought he was going to land on my head haha!
wow, so nice....
What a gorgeous shot!
Thanks Ashish, it was quite an amazing morning to find these birds surrounding us! They are pretty cute, I think :D
Lovely spotting... Specially like 4th in all pictures.
Great info... Cute bird... Great spotting..!!
Thank you Eve! Yes, they are indeed amazing, and very bold!
Wow! awesome pic of an amazing bird :)
Thank you!
Nice pics specially the first one
Thank you Luc! Yes I was very pleased with how that first photo came out :) The bird island was amazing!!
It must have been amazing this " bird island " Laura . I love your photos, they are very impressive. My favorite is the first in full flight ! wow !! :))