PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Ardenna tenuirostris  

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)
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© Geoff Walker 2010
Bruny Island, TAS (Nov, 2010)

Thousands of these birds were coming in to roost in burrows in the ground at the penguin and mutton-bird roost, Bruny Island.

It was 10pm and dark and you could hear them crash landing.

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater