Saturday, 24 March 2018

Birds of The Falklands

The Falklands are "a birder's paradise". We managed to see quite a few, and decided to put them together as a separate entry.

Black browed albatross (on the wing)


Caracara (showing its unusual crop)


Giant petrel (on the wing)


Skua (with chick)


Dolphin gull


Turkey vulture...


...and on the wing


Upland geese (male white)


Kelp geese (male white)


Flightless steamer ducks (the largest duck in the world)


Crested duck


King cormorants


Rock cormorant


Black cormorant


Tussock bird


Austral thrush


Long tailed meadow-lark


Correndera pitpit 





















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