Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Report #51 Albany, Western Australia, Australia February 20, 2018 Tuesday Cloudy & 65 degrees Sailaway Part #3 Of 4 80 Pictures

Sailing out of the bay……

 

 

Curious tern

 

They fly very fast

 

The size of an arctic tern

 

On the hunt

 

He sees something below

 

These birds are loners

 

Seldom fly together

 

Just coming up from a dive

 

Dripping wet

 

Recovering

 

Scenic cruising, since the whales are not here until May

 

A honey bee on the railing

 

Ravens

 

Here comes the pilot boat

 

Australian magpie

 

Handsome coloring

 

Skimming the tops of the wave

 

They will also dive

 

They are fast

 

Entertaining

 

Always hungry

 

Looking

 

Silver gull

 

Coloring is nice also

 

Clean-looking

 

Anzac Peace Park

 

Three bin big wheel

 

An Australian pelican about to land

 

There it is – big as life

 

These birds can weigh up to 30 pounds

 

Wingspan over 6 feet

 

We only saw two of them

 

Harassed by a tern

 

Standing alone

 

There is the second one

 

Probably a mate

 

A water landing

 

Large bird

 

Ruffled feathers

 

Australian pelican resembles a Dalmation pelican

 

Two birds

 

Together

 

Fighting

 

Room for one

 

Pigeons were flying overhead

 

Pigeons in a row

 

Terminal building was unmarked in Albany

 

Loading of the wheat

 

Pilot’s work was done

 

Pile of silica for glass-making

 

Ship to be loaded with grain

 

Leaving Albany pier

 

 

Nasty-looking skies

 

Silica

 

Sunset might be good

 

Mountains of wood chips

 

Getting too cold to stay outside

 

Coming out of the bay

 

Close to the shoreline

 

Passing through the gap

 

A flock of cormorants

 

Diving birds

 

Rocky island

 

Watchers on this rock

 

Close to shore

 

They stayed for a long time watching us

 

Scenic

 

Ship at anchor

 

The headlands

 

Preserved ruins?

 

Nice coloring in the boulders

 

Reds and grays

 

No access here

 

Narrow exit out of the bay

 

The Anzac Museum

 

Mountain with a view

 

Dramatic scenery

 

Many islets

 

Deserted

 

Leaving Albany, heading for Freemantle next