Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Light-mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) - 20Feb2022

This beautiful species of the circumpolar pelagic waters around Antarctica almost slipped by without me seeing it.  I was mostly hanging out in the back of the boat while Matt was up front.  We were taking a divide and conquer strategy. Most of the Albatrosses seemed to be coming up the wake of the boat, checking us out and then veering off to the sides.  However, I was checking the guidebook and it said that Light-mantled Albatross always seems to come in from the front of the boat, so I repositioned myself for a bit and this beauty showed up just like the guidebook said.




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