Wandering Albatross Gallery

Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans (vulnerable)

Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans (vulnerable), and gull, Larus canus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Coutant, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

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Gibsons Albatross

Gibson's Albatross in flight (Gibson's Albatross is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of the Wandering Albatross and by other authorities as a subspecies of the Antipodean Albatross). off Southport, Queensland, Australia

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Blue Whale - aerial view - mother with 22 feet long research boat - Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California)

RES-871
Montagu's Harrier - food pass in flight
Extremadura - Spain - April
Circus pygargus
sequence 5 of 5 - The male (grey bird) has dropped the food (in this case a bird) to the female below - Whilst the female is looking after their chicks the male will catch the food and she will fly up towards him to recieve it as he drops it to her - The complete food pass lasted no more than a couple of seconds
George Reszeter
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