Our last day for this trip on Phillip Island was a lot warmer and the northerly winds proved a new experience at The Nobbies - no jumper required! Even in Summer we have always needed a jacket or jumper for the cold southerly wind, but not today.
The highlight apart from the Fairy Penguins was a pair of immature Kelp Gulls:
The Kelp Gull is able to be distinguished from the more common Pacific Gull by the "lipstick only on the bottom part of the beak":
The highlight apart from the Fairy Penguins was a pair of immature Kelp Gulls:
Kelp Gull with chick
The Kelp Gull is able to be distinguished from the more common Pacific Gull by the "lipstick only on the bottom part of the beak":
Kelp Gull head shot
but the stars of the show were the two chicks:
The day was punctuated with a few other sightings.
Fairy Penguin
Brown Songlark
Crested Tern
Sooty Oystercatcher
Hi!
ReplyDeleteLovely gull chick serie.
Greetings from Sweden
/ingemar