Location
Off Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape
South Africa
Metadata
Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
at 376 mm
Exposure 1/1000 s, f/5.6, ISO 500
Image size 800 x 534 pixels
IOC Names
Order Procellariiformes Family Procellariidae
Deutsch Riesensturmvogel Dutch Zuidelijke Reuzenstormvogel
Italian Ossifraga del sud Spanish Abanto-marino Antártico
Comments
The Southern Giant Petrel is probably the only procellariform agile enough on land to kill other birds; at its nesting grounds it will attack young penguins inadequately guarded by their parents.
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| 22/11/2010 |
Southern Giant Petrel |
Jean-Michel PAULUS
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