The King
by vawendy

Comment by roz:
just looking at the thumbs in this challenge .. as opening most pics takes quite a while lately .. and this one jumped right out .. so i had to open it ..
hahahaha .. so funny . made me laugh .. what a great idea .. and what a great pic .. i'm going to have to vote on this .. something that you will like .. which means i will have to vote on the entire challenge .. one day later .. !! .. ;)

The King
by vawendy

Comment by Donald:
My 1st vote this challenge made me laugh then I rated other photos...probably higher than usual due to your mood shot. Had to top score even if I had one other photo I would have scored a point higher.

Three Face
by vawendy

Comment by Donald:
Plain Jane beautiful. Lovely subject. Great for insurance purposes caption. Would have liked color however slight

Good Catch!
by vawendy

Comment by MeMex2:
Great catch for the two of you!

Good Catch!
by vawendy

Comment by grahamgator:
High catch Wendy!

Good Catch!
by vawendy

Comment by IreneM:
Perfect timing, indeed. Great capture, Wendy.

Good Catch!
by vawendy

Comment by primabarbara:
perfect moment! Great image - Congrats!

The King
by vawendy

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
The king's name must be Kilroy.

Good Catch!
by vawendy

Comment by Lydia:
Both of you got a good catch!

Mom! Please stop arguing with the neighbors!
by vawendy

Comment by ThingFish:

Originally posted by vawendy: Originally posted by ThingFish: They look exactly like our Cape Gannets here in South Africa which are not found anywhere else in the world except Africa..well according to this article with photos about them. Cape Gannets What is the sppecies that you photographed called and where did you photograph these? These are northern gannets photographed at Bempton Cliffs with sarar and pangurban. h

That's interesting. They look so alike. I found this article which mentions that similarity also. "The Cape gannet is identified from the Australasian gannet by the all-black tail, a longer black stripe down the throat (from underneath the beak) and more extensive black on the face, but all of these features are difficult to identify unless at close proximity. The Cape gannet is also very similar to the northern gannet, but the latter differs from its entirely white tail and its wings, which are only black at the tip. It also is similar to the blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii)."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_gannet