Just back from New Zealand, we did three "Ocean Wings" trips at Kaikoura on South Island. The big albatrosses are used to human handouts as you can see here...
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Salvins Mollymawk -
fun to try to get one of these in the FRAME, never mind in focus, from the back of the boat when under way...
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Wandering (Gibson's) Albatross
You can't cling to a camera-and-lens AND a pair of binos AND the handrail so the binos stayed in the bag and I vowed to try to "work out" the bird identifications from the photos. But I'm basically unfamiliar with these so hope they are ID'd properly.
![](//3.bp.blogspot.com/_2echr0cKeuc/SSkxdWZCXKI/AAAAAAAAAdY/eNJjPL_0MzI/s400/NZAlbatross1-01.jpg)
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That takes care of some of the "big fellas"
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2echr0cKeuc/SSkxdtW5KMI/AAAAAAAAAdo/Nsu-k9wiSQQ/s400/NZboatbirds1-01.jpg)
Salvins Mollymawk -
fun to try to get one of these in the FRAME, never mind in focus, from the back of the boat when under way...
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2echr0cKeuc/SSkxdjIUaZI/AAAAAAAAAdg/uFdDgO_dqmY/s400/NZSalvins1-01.jpg)
Wandering (Gibson's) Albatross
You can't cling to a camera-and-lens AND a pair of binos AND the handrail so the binos stayed in the bag and I vowed to try to "work out" the bird identifications from the photos. But I'm basically unfamiliar with these so hope they are ID'd properly.
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2echr0cKeuc/SSkxdWZCXKI/AAAAAAAAAdY/eNJjPL_0MzI/s400/NZAlbatross1-01.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2echr0cKeuc/SSkxdC2YK8I/AAAAAAAAAdQ/-Cah2E0YHfo/s400/NZAlbatross2-01.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2echr0cKeuc/SSkxdHeUCXI/AAAAAAAAAdI/Y1cLd1e5KB4/s400/NZAlbatross3-01.jpg)
That takes care of some of the "big fellas"
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