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A
Black Browed Albatross soaring over the South Atlantic.
Black-browed Albatross riding the rising air currents above the
cliff at the rookery on New Island.
Each Albatross builds a nest out of guano that is slightly larger
in diameter than its downy, gray albatross chick. Rockhopper
Penguins and Blue-Eyed Shags wander freely throughout the
Albatross rookery.
Albatross chicks have oversized beaks and black stripes running
around the sides of their face, so it looks a little like they
are wearing beak masks.
Black
Browed Albatross gliding over the rookery on New Island.
Black
Browed Albatross.
Environmental Research Unit, Falkland Islands background information about the Black Browed Albatross.
Link to the Falklands Conservancy pages about the Black Browed Albatross.
A Wandering Albatross flying with a Black
Browed Albatross over the Beagle Channel. The Wandering Albatross
is noticeably larger than the Black Browed Albatross.
Wandering
Albatross soaring over the South Atlantic. Young Wandering
Albatrosses have dark wings.
A Wandering Albatross soaring over the Drake
Passage. Older Wandering Albatrosses have more white on their
wings.
Southern Giant Petrel riding the ridge lift from the ship in the
South Atlantic Ocean.
Giant Petrels ride on the ridge lift from the
high winds blowing over the jetty at Port Stanley Harbor.
Southern Giant Petrel near Hannah
Point on Livingstone Island. Petrels seem to relish high winds.
They glide in front of ships, turning left and right to stay in
the region of lift produced by the wind rising over the bow of
the ship.
Environmental Research Unit, Falkland Islands background information about the Southern Giant Petrel
Cape Petrels and Stormy Petrels build nests in
the stones above the penguin rookery at Cape Lookout. Some of the
black and white petrels can be seen to be sitting on chicks.
A Cape Petrel patrols its cold and lonely territory in the
Weddell Sea.
Link to information about Petrels and other Birds of the Antarctic.
A
small, black and white Cape Petrel cruises low over the dark
water of Andvord Bay.
Link to information about Petrels and other Birds of the Antarctic.
Cape Petrel facts from the Australian Antarctic Division.
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Southern Giant Petrel
Black Browed Albatross
Falklands Skua
Blue-Eyed Shag (King Cormorant)
Black Crowned Night Heron
Patagonia Duck
Pied Oystercatcher
Snowy Sheathbill
Cape Petrel
Kelp Gull.
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