Twenty-two photographs today, all but one showing Australasian Gannets bearing gifts. Whatever you celebrate, or don’t celebrate, at this time of year (and however you are feeling about it) I hope you find these shots interesting and intriguing.
Some gannets seem to have been ambitious about how much they could carry, while others appear a bit mingy. I wonder whether the human-made item was received with extra pleasure or with disappointment.
I’m a bit exhausted from another day working in the garden but it’s looking pretty nice. I worked so hard that I’m aching and was unable to get my boots off! Anyways, my apologies that I don’t have time to share all my usual camera settings but photographers among you could probably take a guess on many of them. Nor do I have time to share information between each shot, it’s a scroll-through kind of post this week.
These shots were taken during several visits to the colony at Point Danger on the Victorian coast. The weather and lighting was different every time I was there, which will be obvious when checking out these gift-bearing gannets. So, I hope you enjoy taking a close look at these presents…
The final shot of this post is an Australasian Gannet chick which I think looks as though it’s smiling – I hope you are too.
Happy birding, Kim
PS If you have a favourite shot from these I’d love to know. I had to select a ‘featured image’ to show if I share this link – I’m wondering whether I chose a good one.
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