DSC_1849 'White krill' or 'whale feed' (Nyctiphanes australis) washed ashore and concentrated in a pool at Broad Bay, provides a feast for Red-billed gulls (Larus novaehollandiae), and Black-backed gulls (Larus dominicanus). Otago Harbour *
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 *
