Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Coming home is my favourite in this very nice set. Cheers, Nathan On 30 Jan 2014, at 17:01, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu/