"Answer"
Three responses and three correct
answers probably indicates that this was too easy. On first blush,
one might get the impression that this is some sort of shearwater.
However, the massive chest and bill and legs clearly visible
beyond the tail clearly indicate that this is an albatross, which
is of course obvious from the boat since it's a good thirty per
cent larger than anything else around you. The pale markings
at the base of the bill and the dark legs are good for BLACK-FOOTED
ALBATROSS and the absence of white uppertail coverts suggests
a juvenile or immature bird.
Last updated 11 September, 1999