PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Ardenna pacificus  

Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacificus)
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© Kay Parkin 2012
Lord Howe Island, NSW (Mar, 2012)

This fluff ball is actually a shearwater although it looks more like a ball of wool with a beak! It was so fat that it looked comical as it waddled about changing position to warm itself in a patch of sun.

Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacificus)

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacificus)

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacificus)

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacificus)

Wedge-tailed Shearwater Chick