Continuing the theme of “birds looking to the left”, here’s a Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) checking out the visitors...
A Black-Browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) in flight over the Southern Ocean between Tierra Del Fuego and the Falkland Islands on December 18th,...
A pair of affectionate Black-Browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) seen on New Island in the Falkland Islands on December 19th, 2024. It’s...
A Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) soars above the Southern Ocean west of South Georgia on December 21st, 2024. These birds hold the record for the largest...
It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a year since Drew and I headed off on our Antarctic adventure. As I see the start of this year’s...
A Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) perched on a post in the bay behind the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, Texas, on July 11th,...
An immature Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) preening at the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center on July 11th, 2025.
A Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) seen at the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, Texas on July 11th, 2025.
We’re spending a few days down on the Gulf coast so I got up early (too early, as it happens – sunrise is currently more than an hour earlier...
We spotted this group of Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) on New Island in the Falklands on December 19th, 2024 as they were making their way down a penguin...
I got back onto penguin images again yesterday so here’s another. We spent an hour or so on December 19th last year fascinated by groups of Gentoo...
A Ruddy-Headed Goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps) seen New Island, one of the Falkland Islands, on December 19th, 2024.
A Striated Caracara or Forster’s Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis) seen on New Island in the Falkland Islands on December 19th, 2024.
A Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes Giganteus) silhouetted against the sunset sky near the western Falkland Islands, December 18th, 2024.
A Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) gets ruffled by a high wind as it sits on its nest on New Island, one of the Falkland Islands, on December...
Apparently yesterday was Penguin Awareness Day and I missed an opportunity to post one of the many penguin pictures I have lined up. I’ll make good...
We cruised past the world’s largest iceberg, A-23a, this morning and picked up a significant following of local seabirds including this Antarctic...
The first bird colony we visited on New Island (on December 19th) was home to a large number of Imperial Cormorants (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis) including...
A Gentoo penguin with two chicks in a colony on New Island, one of the Falkland Islands, on December 19th, 2024. The landscape of New Island reminded me very...
Today was our first penguin day! We spent it visiting a couple of different bird colonies on New Island, one of the 704 islands comprising the Falkland...
