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Tuesday 10 February 2015

A bad-tempered Canadian

Black Brant, with Pale-bellied Brent Geese, Sandy Bay, 10th February 2015 (Michael O'Clery).

This Black Brant seems particularly bad-tempered, spending a fair bit of its' time giving out to flock members. It not only snaps at Brent which invade its' personal space', but will also swim over to apparently innocent birds to give them a good ticking off.

Black Brant (left), with Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Sandy Bay, 10th February 2015 (Michael O'Clery).

Black Brant (front), with Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Sandy Bay, 10th February 2015 (Michael O'Clery).

The prominent white 'necklace' almost meets on the hindneck.

Black Brant, Sandy Bay, 10th February 2015 (Michael O'Clery).