A proud-looking adult male Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) seen in Cooper Bay, South Georgia on December 25th, 2024.
A Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) hauled out on an ice flow at Petermann Island, Antarctica on December 31st, 2024. Despite the name, these seals...
The little guy in yesterday’s image was probably about a foot long and tipped the scales at maybe 5 or 6 pounds. Today, we jump to the other end of the seal...
That’s enough of derelict factories – it’s time for some more Antarctic wildlife! Let’s start with the week’s cutest image....
We’re home from our Fijian adventure now after a particularly annoying return trip involving 3 hours of sitting on the apron at DFW Airport waiting...
Here’s another of the photos of the White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) that I spent some time observing as they fished off the beach in front...
Happy New Year! I took a wander down to the Sigasiga Sands shore again this morning and spent some time watching a group of White Faced Herons (Egretta...
Continuing the theme of “birds looking to the left”, here’s a Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) checking out the visitors...
Here’s another bird we saw frequently during our Antarctica trip last year. We stumbled upon this Southern Giant Petrel chick (Macronectes giganteus)...
A Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) seen fishing along the shoreline in Ushuaia, Argentina on December 16th, 2024.
I’m interrupting my Longhorn Band photos to inject some from the expedition to South Georgia last year. Today marks exactly a year since Drew and I headed...
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...
I took a drive up route 475 from Santa Fe into the Sangre de Cristo mountains yesterday evening to see if I could find some colourful aspens. While most...
Staying in St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia today, here’s one of the dramatic views of the South Georgia mountains as seen from the path we took just...
This is another view of the moulting King Penguins at St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia as seen during our visit on December 24th last year. They lined...
I’m delving back into the archive of photos from last December’s trip to Antarctica today. Here, a group of moulting King Penguins (Aptenodytes...
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,...
