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Subject: [Leica] Falklands 1
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:22:58 +0100
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Wonderful pictures Jayanand, I love them all, they shall be viewed large and 
they are stunning!

Thanks for sharing

Cheers
Lluis

El 30/01/2014, a las 17:01, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
escribi?:

> The first port of call on the Antarctic trip was the Falklands.
> Falklands has quite a variety of bird life, and is a critical habitat
> for the Black-browed Albatross - 80% of the breeding pairs in the
> world nest in the Falklands. Our first landing was supposed to be on
> Sealion Island, but adverse sea conditions scuttled that plan. So we
> did two landings on Bleaker Island, on opposite sides. Bleaker Island
> is a privately owned island where a novel experiment is currently
> under way. A part of the island is fenced off for sheep rearing, and
> the rest is left in totally natural condition for endemic wild life.
> 
> The first landing was on a beach which had both a Magellanic Penguin
> colony, a Blue-eyed Shag colony as well a small Gentoo Penguin colony.
> Magellanic Penguins are the southernmost species of "Warm Weather
> Penguins", which include the Jackass Penguins of South Africa and the
> Galapagos Penguins amongst others.
> 
> Penguin Highway:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140108_0833.jpg.html
> 
> Gang on the Beach:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140108_0906.jpg.html
> 
> Coming Home: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140108_1271.jpg.html
> 
> Stepping Out: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140108_1060.jpg.html
> 
> Skua Nesting: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140109_1336.jpg.html
> 
> Opportunist: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140109_1432.jpg.html
> 
> Blue-eyed Shag:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140109_1501.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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