Little Grebe (3)

Tachybaptus ruficollis

klogan

South Africa

Date taken: Jun 23 2015

Little Grebe. A common bird across Southern Africa

Date uploaded: Feb 21 2020

Views: 14

Eared Grebe (17)

Podiceps nigricollis

klogan

South Africa

Date taken: Jan 19 2011

We have 3 grebes in Southern Africa- Little, Black-necked and Great-crested. This of course is Black-necked

Date uploaded: Feb 21 2020

Views: 15

Leach's Storm Petrel (1)

Oceanodroma leucorhoa

klogan

South Africa

Date taken: Jan 1 1970

An Uncommon summer visitor of the S an W Coasts

Date uploaded: Feb 19 2020

Views: 5

Manx Shearwater (1)

Puffinus puffinus

klogan

South Africa

Date taken: Apr 6 2021

Another very average shot. Have not seen this bird again for many a long year

Date uploaded: Feb 17 2020

Views: 34

Cory's Shearwater (4)

Calonectris diomedea

klogan

South Africa

Details: juvenile

A bird you should see on S African Pelagics

Date uploaded: Feb 17 2020

Views: 32

Wandering Albatross (8)

Diomedea exulans

klogan

South Africa

Date taken: Jan 1 1970

On a winter pelagic off Capetown you have an excellent chance of seeing this bird

Date uploaded: Feb 16 2020

Views: 15

Sooty Albatross (3)

Phoebetria fusca

(Endangered)

klogan

South Africa

Date taken: Apr 6 2021

Usually found in Sub-antarctic waters. We found this bird on the way down to Marion Island

Date uploaded: Feb 16 2020

Views: 10

Yellow-nosed Albatross (4)

Thalassarche chlororhynchos

klogan

South Africa

Date taken: Apr 6 2021

Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross- a bird of the Indian Ocean. You have a good chance of seeing one on a pelagic out of Durban

Date uploaded: Feb 16 2020

Views: 17

Black-browed Albatross (8)

Thalassarche melanophrys

klogan

South Africa

Date taken: Jan 1 1970

One of our most common Albatross. On a good day in winter you can see up to 7 different species of Albatross off Capetown.

Date uploaded: Feb 16 2020

Views: 9

Yellow-nosed Albatross (4)

Thalassarche chlororhynchos

klogan

South Africa

Date taken: Apr 6 2021

The Albatross is my favourite bird. You can find 15 of the 22 species of Albatross in south African waters although a few have just been recorded as vagrants. We have never had the North Pacific birds- Waved,Black-footed, and Short-tailed but there is one record of Laysan's. We are missing some of the New Zealand birds as well. Gibson's, White-capped, and Antipodean. There is one doubtful record of Amsterdam- the one albatross I still need to see
This shot is of an Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Split by IOC several years ago

Date uploaded: Feb 16 2020

Views: 6