FLORA ON ULVA ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

VIEW FROM THE BOAT, PATERSON INLET, STEWART ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

ALBATROSSES WAITING & FIGHTING FOR FISH, PATERSON INLET, STEWART ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

   These Albatrosses were attracted by the fish thrown overboard by the captain of our boat.  It also attracted many other birds.  The Albatrosses waited for the fish to be thrown and would sometimes fight over them.

RED-BILLED GULL OR SILVER GULL IN FLIGHT, PATERSON INLET, STEWART ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

WHITE-CAPPED ALBATROSS, PATERSON INLET, STEWART ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

RAINBOW OVER PATERSON INLET, STEWART ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

SALVIN'S ALBATROSS, PATERSON INLET, STEWART ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND

   We can ID this albatross as a Salvin's Albatross by its silver-grey crown; grey face, upper throat and upper mantle; grey-black back, upperwing, and tail; white rump and underparts with a black thumbmark on the underwing and an underwing that is white with narrow black leading and trailing edges and black wings tips.  The bill has a pale yellow upper ridge,  a yellow tip on the upper mandible and a dark spot on the tip of the lower mandible. 

   Salvin's Albatross is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 762.