Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis - Pair

This pair of Fulmar seen on a nesting colony on Lunga (near Mull) were performing a noisy greeting ceremony which included excited head waving and conversational cackles and chuckles interspersed with gutteral crooning purrs. Fulmars mate for life and return to the same breeding site each year protecting it against intruders with projectile vomiting. This sticky stomach oil can be deadly on predatory birds as it water logs their feathers.

 

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