Hi Erik,
I'd say the bird is a Shy type, most likely a Shy over a White-capped Albatross.
Cheers,
Inger
Inger Vandyke
Natural History Writer and Photographer
Assistant Publicity Officer - Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association (SOSSA)
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> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:09:39 +1000
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> Hi all,
>
> yesterday I saw two albatrosses from the beach west of Barwon Heads,
> Victoria, together with hundreds of shearwaters. I didn't bring a scope, so
> I wasn't able to identify the birds that were so far out at sea. However,
> one of the albatrosses was close enough for me to make some poor record
> shots and I wondered if anyone might want to take the challenge to identify
> this bird... The photos are in the record shots album on my Australia page:
> www.pbase.com/kleyheeg/australia2010.
> Thanks a lot for any ID suggestions!
>
> Cheers,
> Erik
>
> Ps. I would also like to thank everyone who suggested that I should go to
> the You Yangs. I went there on Saturday and saw not only Swift Parrots, but
> 6 other lifers as well. Great!
>
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