A common and widespread seabird, the Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) is an adept diver and powerful flyer we often see in our sailing trips. This member of the cormorant family is the focus of our #16 Bird Photography Challenge.
The Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) is often the first bird we see when we get on board our boat… Several of them sit along our lifelines, twittering away, and true to their name, they welcome us. The crew on board have mixed views about this little visitor. Wade thinks they are “little poop machines”, Bengie…
Having left Bittangabee at dawn on Tuesday, the hardest part of the voyage was ahead of us: a 124nm (about 20 hours) passage back to the Gippsland Lakes in lumpy seas and light variable breeze, not to mention the end of our cruise.
Sv-Anui 