Elephant......Seals that is.
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DonGut
Registered: Nov 28, 2008
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Taken on South Georgia and the Falklands during birthing and mating season.

surfnron
Registered: Dec 17, 2004
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A neat set Doug ~ Ron

tinyfishy
Registered: Sep 16, 2009
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Great action recorded here....LIKE
Alfred

z06jim
Registered: Jun 18, 2009
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Great action in these captures Don...must have been an awesome trip...like em' all with 2 & 4 my favorites....looking forward to shooting with you here in SWF....

Jude Perera
Registered: Jan 10, 2007
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Nicely captured. My favorite is the 1st one.

Jude

thomas_1950
Registered: Nov 19, 2012
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Super set Don! That must have been quite an experience.

Ted ellis
Registered: Aug 08, 2007
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Fantastic Don!

KCollett
Registered: Jul 02, 2010
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Excellent images Don. The bird beast interaction is quite neat.

DonGut
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KCollett wrote:
Excellent images Don. The bird beast interaction is quite neat.
Thanks Ken. It was quite interesting to watch the bird persist. The big guy would wake up and snort or shake and then fall back asleep, at which time the bird was right back at his meal! Don

birdied
Registered: May 02, 2010
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Wonderful set. Really like the last 2 shots.

Birdie

marklankton
Registered: May 23, 2008
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These are fun and interesting to see, Don. Looks like you were close maybe uncomfortably close?) to these huge critters. The action when the males go after each other must be pretty impressive.
Mark

Tim Kuhn
Registered: Nov 29, 2006
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Not the prettiest of animals now are they Thanks for sharing shots of something we don't often see around here Don.

Tim

Rob Tillyer
Registered: Nov 17, 2007
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Awesome stuff Don, ugly animals.

Rob

Shasoc
Registered: Aug 24, 2005
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Excellent set, Don. You got some great action and behavioral captures. What an experience must have been!
Thanks for sharing these
Socrate

jdc562
Registered: Mar 27, 2006
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These southern elephant seals look different than the northern elephant seals we have in California. The southern cousins look better fed and less beat-up. Thanks for sharing!
---John

douter
Registered: Mar 10, 2010
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Wonderful captures. Good work throughout.
Douglas

eyelaser
Registered: Oct 29, 2005
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While I have never seen an elephant seal in person I have a very long and somewhat funny reason for liking these remarkable looking animals...one day I'll share the story...
What is lurking off shore to take advantage of the blubbery meals?
The skua looking for some protein and the gull being a bit of a vampire are fascinating shots!
This looks like it was a pretty special adventure Don...keep us posted
Eric

Older Fossil
Registered: Nov 20, 2009
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Great stuff!

#1 really makes me think of an old guy without his dentures.

Art

waldr_p
Registered: Apr 18, 2008
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Nice set Don, great to see these beasts! Paul.

David Leask
Registered: Nov 19, 2003
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Cool set Don. Thanks for sharing
David

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