Wandering albatross chick on nest, Bird Island, South Georgia

With eggs laid in December/January, by the following November this chick is rapidly shedding the down that has kept it warm for the last year. Once all the down has gone it will be ready for its first attempts at flight. Photo taken on 29 November 2015 with Canon 7Dii and 100-400mm at 200 mm. Exposure was 1/320 sec at f/8.0; ISO 100