Baby Giant Petrel meets Didier Noirot

While searching for sardine run action of Cape St Francis during the Earth’ Great Events Great Tide shoot, we were treated to a vist by a fledgling giant petrel. Hugely inquisitive, the bird landed close to the boat and then proceeded to follow us around as we drifted during out tea break. Didier jumped into the water and filmed the bird on his Sony HD; I followed suit with my Nikon D200. According to Didier these birds are normally incredibly shy - this juvenile must have either been extremely bold or never had any form of contact with humans before.