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Stercorarius skua
The Great Skua breads on coastal moorland nests right on the ground. It usually lays two spotted olive-brown eggs. Only one egg was found in this nest. Like other skuas, it will fly at the head of a human or other intruder approaching its nest. These pictures were taken at Ingólfshöfði, Iceland, part of the largest breeding ground in the world for the Great Skua.
Coastal moorland surrounded by glacial black sand dunes (sandar). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ing%C3%B3lf...
These pictures were taken at the long end of a 150-500 mm zoom, at a remote, respectful distance from the nest. The first 2 parts of this series can be found here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/348... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/349...
Spotted on Jun 24, 2013
Submitted on Aug 1, 2013
5 Comments
Glad you like it Technopony13!
Wow! I like it.
You're welcome Satyen. Yes, flynn.jeannette, it's big! Have you seen the bird? it's big too:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/348...
Thanks for sharing! Also thanks for stating that this was taken from a good distance from the nest.
Wow! That is big.