Location
Taioroa Head, Dunedin, South Island
New Zealand
Metadata
Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
at 320 mm
Exposure 1/500 s, f/5, ISO 3200
Image size 800 x 534 pixels
IOC Names
Order Procellariiformes Family Diomedeidae
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Comments
This Northern Royal Albatross belongs to the colony at Taiaroa Head, near Dunedin, New Zealand. In 1937, one of the first albatrosses to appear at Taiaroa Head was tagged and then studied coming back to the same spot for 60 years. A film of her last trip was made.
Grandma, the Oldest Albatross, Natural History New Zealand, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2005.
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| 26/03/2011 |
Northern Royal Albatross |
Jean-Michel PAULUS
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