This post is for World Bird Wednesday.
When the boat came closer to one group I saw that they were Gannets. The skipper of the boat said that they only saw Gannets in this area during the winter months.
Gannets are wonderful divers and we saw several dive after fish while we were watching. I was not fast enough to get photos of them diving but did manage some in-flight photos.
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You were very lucky to be able to get that close to the Australasian Gannet.Beautiful photos.
wow. they're so 'perfect' looking, they almost look like a cartoon - like the puffins do. :)
Super shots Mick and they look so much like Northern Gannet it's not true.
They are so lovely Mick!
Wonderful photos!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
Fantastic images of your Gannets Mick... a beautiful bird to see.
Fabulous Gannetts! I love to photograph them. Wonderful color and detail you got there!
These are also cool looking birds. I got to see them diving into the water, a very cool sight. Wonderful photos.
Super shots of the Gannets from 'down under' Mick.
Great shots Mick.
A bird I've still not seen here :-(
Wonderful shots Mick. The in-flights are really awesome! Such a regal looking bird too. That beak is a thing of beauty! Cheers!
Great shots of in-flight! Never seen these guys before.
Great shots of the Gannets, especially against the blue sea.
Hi there - I'm lucky enough to have been out to a colony of these birds in the middle of Port Phillip Bay - splendid birds.
I don't think that I could ever get tired of watching them. Great birds.
Funny how you say that you have only seen the Red-Tails flying up from beside the road - that’s pretty much all I had seen until I went to Magnetic Island.
Cheers. Stewart M
Beautiful Northern Gannet shots, Mick! You captured their strange facial features so well.
Gannets are beautiful birds! These are great captures!
Great shots of the Gannets...a very hard bird to photograph!
great shots Mick, this bird is on my wishlist. :)
Whoa! Those Gannets look great with that really,really blue water as a background.
Beautiful shots!
Lucky you to catch them!
MARVELOUS photos! I love the eyes of the gannets!
I maybe like these even more than the whales. What a fabulous trip -- wow! Thanks for taking us along.
Spectacular!!
Lovely images... have never seen Gannets myself... they are gorgeous! (thanks for dropping by and visiting my Sharp-shinned Hawk post)
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