[Leica] Falkland Islands

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Ric C, Don D, Lluis, Douglas B and Jim N

Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 11:23 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> The Blue-Eyed Shag is a beautiful bird!
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 12/18/2019 7:36 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> > That's an excellent shot of the Imperial Shag (great name that) and
> > while I know little about birds its orange beak bulge does seem oddly
> > unstreamlined considering it breaks the water from a height with its
> > head. I also like the penguins ganging up on the skua, but the
> > albatross is magnificent. A fruitful trip, Jayanand.
> >
> > Douglas
> >
> >
> > On 18/12/2019 15:02, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> >> The second and final bunch of photographs from the Falkland Islands,
> >> featuring all the birds that were the supporting act, for me, at
> >> least, to
> >> the charming Gentoo Penguins!
> >>
> >> We start with the Blue-eyed or Imperial Shag:
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Falklands/South+Georgia-20191030-14029.jpg.html
> >>
> >>
> >> Next we take the Upland Goose - the first three photographs are two
> >> males
> >> locked in a vicious territorial battle that took over 10 minutes to
> >> run its
> >> course - one even held the other's head under the water to try and
> >> drown it
> >> (no picture of this because as a still it lacks drama!). The last is the
> >> victor with his family.
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Falklands/South+Georgia-20191028-15945.jpg.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Falklands/South+Georgia-20191028-15948.jpg.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Falklands/South+Georgia-20191028-16084.jpg.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Falklands/South+Georgia-20191028-16146.jpg.html
> >>
> >>
> >> We go on, now to the elegant and beautiful Black-browed Albatross.
> >> This is
> >> by far the most common albatross seen in these parts, and 80% of the
> >> worldwide population breed in the Falklands. The two flight shots are
> >> virtually full frame - I might have cropped 5% of the first one -
> >> taken as
> >> they whizzed by just over my head to then descend to their nest in a
> >> mixed
> >> colony with Rockhopper Penguins, in a gorge:
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Falklands/South+Georgia-20191030-14199.jpg.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Falklands/South+Georgia-20191030-14200.jpg.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Falklands/South+Georgia-20191030-16341.jpg.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Falklands/South+Georgia-20191030-14249.jpg.html
> >>
> >>
> >> Rockhopper Penguins are among the smallest penguins, and they
> >> actually hop
> >> up steep cliffs to reach their breeding areas which are inevitably on
> >> top,
> >> as they come back from foraging in the sea. Unfortunately, the best
> >> place
> >> to see this behaviour, Saunders Island was in the grip of a violent
> >> squall
> >> on the day we landed, so there was no activity at all.
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Falklands/South+Georgia-20191029-16257.jpg.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Falklands/South+Georgia-20191030-14089.jpg.html
> >>
> >>
> >> I finish with a couple of grebes/ducks:
> >>
> >> White-tufted Grebe:
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Falklands/South+Georgia-20191028-13117.jpg.html
> >>
> >>
> >> Crested Duck:
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Falklands/South+Georgia-20191028-13131.jpg.html
> >>
> >>
> >> Please see LARGE.
> >>
> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Jayanand
> >>
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