Falklands, South Georgia & Antarctic Peninsula - 2004 - All Photos
 Rush hour on New Island: abandoned fishing vessel, Zodiac, yacht, and Endeavour, bumper to bumper. |
 The striated caracara--"Johnny Rook"--is the scavenger of the Falklands. |
 A nesting blackish oystercatcher eyed us calmly as we landed. |
 Serious photographers poised for action. |
 This Magellenic gentleman is having none of it and is returning to his burrow. |
 But not before Jean nabs him. |
 These two -- also Magellenic penguins -- were a bit more social. |
 "What do you suppose it is?" "I don't know, but that red coat has to go!" |
 A Cobb's wren, one of a pair nesting in the gorse. |
 Rob and Lorraine McGill, the island's owners, receive guests at their farm. |
 Though the name seems ominious, Carcass was named for a British warship. |
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