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Our total bird count was well over one hundred. Sea watching produced 4 Albatross species, 10 Petrels, 4 Shearwaters and 12 others. We managed five penguin species missing out on Emperor( as expected) and Adelie.

Our key sightings of non-bird life were Killer Whales, Leopard Seals and three other whale species.

The distance travelled was 4466 Nautical Miles.


Please enjoy.

Friday 22 March 2013

The Start

The start of our epic journey towards the lower regions of the planet

Buenos Aries, Ecological Park

Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Buenos Aries.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalk-browed_Mockingbird

Bay-winged Cowbird, Buenos Aries.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baywing

Great Shearwater




Great Shearwater, South Atlantic.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Shearwater

Wandering Albatross







Wandering Albatross also known as White-winged or Snowy Albatross (adult only), South Atlantic.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Albatross

The Kent Birders

Good fortune in meeting up with a group of keen birders from Kent. By association this 'group 'numbered over 20 on occasions!

Broad-billed Prion



Broad-billed Prion, South Atlantic.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad-billed_Prion

Wilson's Storm Petrel

Wilson's Storm Petrel, South Atlantic.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson's_Storm_Petrel

Southern Giant Petrel

Southern Giant Petrel, South Atlantic.

www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3870

Black-browed Albatross



Black-browed Albatross, South Atlantic.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-browed_Albatross

Thursday 21 March 2013

A Day at Sea, South Atlantic

Practising for the Talent competition later in the day

Cormorant. Beagle Channel

Cormorant, old non breeding or immature. King/Imperial/Blue-eyed??

Magellanic Penguins, Chile






Magellanic Penguins, Beagle Channel

Antarctic Tern


Adult and Juvenile Antarctic Tern, Beagle Channel.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Tern

Black-browed Albatross, Beagle Channel



Black-browed Albatross, Beagle Channel.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-browed_Albatross

Skua, Beagle Channel

Chilean(?) Skua, Beagle Channel.

www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3198

Fur Seal, Beagle Channel

South American Fur Seal, Beagle Channel.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_American_fur_seal

Kelp Gull.Beagle Channel

Kelp Gull, Beagle Channel.

Cormorant, Beagle Channel

Cormorant (King/Imperial/Blue-eyed?), Beagle Channel.

Rock Cormorant, Beagle Channel

Rock Cormorant, Beagle Channel

Cormorant Colony, Beagle Channel


King and Blue -eyed Cormorant Colonies, Beagle Channel.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormorant

Ushuaia and the Beagle Channel




Ushuaia and the Beagle Channel.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushuaia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_Channel

Cape Horn, Chile

Cape Horn  showing the Memorial to all the seaman lost in these waters The cut-out represents the iconic flight mode of Albatross'

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Horn

www.caphorniers.cl/poem.htm

Cape Petrel, Drake's Passage



Cape Petrel or Pintado, Drake's Passage

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Petrel
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