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The Falkland Islands
... to the plastic nature of the mines locating them all is difficult, so lots of beaches still have warnings posted concerning mines that may wash ashore. Sadly 30 years after the Argentine Invasion, the island is still suffering from unusable land and dangerous areas. Clearing the areas is costly, dangerous and time consuming. The sand has shifted and many of the mines are quite deep. Fortunately, today there are very few incidents of humans being injured by ...
I meet Rockhopper!
... but the sun was out, so I went to see the penguins. They are so cute! The biggest ones only are about 15 inches tall, and they really do hop around on the rocks. There were birds of all ages, from chicks that still had their downy coats to some adults that were molting. Everywhere you looked were these funny endearing little birds, doing interesting things. I started shooting pictures, and hardly noticed that it had gone cloudy until all of ...
Falklands, Seasickness and Cider
... this up to us was to send some Commerson and Peals dolphins alongside the boat to play for a few hours and to tease us with distant views of Magallanic penguin colonies. We also saw some Gentoo penguins and some Rockhopper penguins swimming by the ship. I was delighted to see the dolphins, Emma was convinced there was a conspiracy to keep us on the boat!!
Feb 7th
The Falkland Islands are finally at our disposal. We land at Stanley, ...
Reminders of war, Falkland Islands
... Geese, Flightless Steamer Ducks, South American Terns, Upland Geese, and Dolphin gulls. Given the harsh conditions, I am surprised at the number of birds that either breed here or make the Falklands their home. I read that there would be sea lions along the shore (that can turn a penguin inside out with a savage shake!). Fortunately, we didn’t see that! I saw a lot of sea cabbage that reminded me of (an unrelated) plant I’ve seen along the Monterey peninsula. ...
Penguins!
... colonies in the world), 1000 Gentoos, and several thousand Magellanic penguins at Volunteer Point. Although they live in close proximity to each other, they seemed to interact only with their own kind. Each type would cluster in large groups, then suddenly break away alone or in small groups and waddle off to the beach where a bunch of them would dash into the surf and then just as quickly waddle back over ...
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