Chick fending off a Turkey Vulture. Black-browed Albatross or Mollymauk (Thalassarche melanophris). South America, Falkland Islands, Saunders Island, summer

diomedea melanophris diomedea melanophrys thalassarche melanophris thalassarche melanophrys cathartes aura seaside island summer predator prey posing nest to threat tenderness nest overview lichen sweetness three quarter shot rock shore falkland islands one on one black browed albatross thalassarche melanophris down cathartes defense attitude turkey vulture cathartes aura fledgling near threatened species january thalassarche south atlantic ocean water surface nobody coasts seasides coast islands small island islet small islands islets summertime predators predatory preys posed pose settlings settling nesting nested threats threatening threaten threatened affection good looking cute tenderly caress caresses tendernesses nests overviews global sight global sights full length lichens downy softnesses soft sweet softness sweetnesses three quarter views three quarter view three quarter shots three quarter sight three quarter sights three quarter length rocky coast rock shores rocky coasts rocky shore rocky shores falkland islas malvinas falkland islands archipelago face to face black browed albatross diomedea melanophris tomenteux tomenteuse downs tomenteuses pubescent pubescents pubescence pubescences defensive attitude small bird small birds chick chicks least concern species southern atlantic water surfaces watersurface watersurfaces with nobody strand area landform earth's crust temperate season seasons ambiance predation relation between species species reproductive behaviour emotion animal construction flora south america america mollymawk thalassarche sp albatross sea bird bird sauropsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal general morphology organism cathartidae falconiformes aves sauropsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota vulture urubu new world vulture vulture prey diurnal bird young stage of development individual iucn red list of threatened species diomedeidae procellariiformes atlantic ocean world sea and ocean water matter