Falklands, South Georgia & Antarctic Peninsula - 2004 - All Photos
Rush hour on New Island: abandoned fishing vessel, Zodiac, yacht, and Endeavour, bumper to bumper. |
The striated caracara--"Johnny Rook"--is the scavenger of the Falklands. |
A nesting blackish oystercatcher eyed us calmly as we landed. |
Serious photographers poised for action. |
This Magellenic gentleman is having none of it and is returning to his burrow. |
But not before Jean nabs him. |
These two -- also Magellenic penguins -- were a bit more social. |
"What do you suppose it is?" "I don't know, but that red coat has to go!" |
A Cobb's wren, one of a pair nesting in the gorse. |
Rob and Lorraine McGill, the island's owners, receive guests at their farm. |
Though the name seems ominious, Carcass was named for a British warship. |
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