DSC_7258 'White krill' or 'whale feed' (Nyctiphanes australis) drift ashore in spectacular numbers in Otago Harbour, and elsewhere along the east coast of the South Island, during spring and summer. At such times they become an important food for seabirds such as these Black-backed gulls (Larus dominicanus) and for fish. Pudding Island, Otago Harbour *
11001-63004 Black-backed gull, or karoro (Larus dominicanus) a small group of breeding birds with a chick on a secluded eastern headland on the Otago Peninsula. Te pari o Te Mataahua *
11001-63008 Southern black-backed gull (Larus dominicanus dominicanus) in flight. Kaikoura *
