G'day Ian
I reckon this is an immature Kelp Gull. A common site along the sw Vic coast
these days. I can't find a field guide picture that shows the hooded effect
shown in your photos but everything else seems OK for Kelp Gull.
Nice pics of birds from our great cliffs.
Cheers
Steve Clark
Hamilton
On 26/04/2012, at 5:30 PM, wrote:
> I was at Cape Bridgewater yesterday and photographed a seabird that I cannot
> ID. Images can be found at
> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-huq5qSlym-E/T5jsD6Of5eI/AAAAAAAABdA/Jsk9UrT7NQM/s400/%3fspecies.jpg
>
> or on my blog at
> http://smissen.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/having-revised-my-plans-for-and.html
> (Sorry about the image quality - the bird was about 400 m offshore so images
> are heavily cropped)
> Thanks, Ian Smissen
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