Monday, November 2, 2009 - Sea Lion Island Part 2

The tussac bird (Cinclodes antarcticus antracticus) is  one of the characters of the Falkland Islands. Whilst at Rockhopper point if you overturn rocks they will rush in to eat the "jumping jacks". This fellow suggests tht he has had a good feed of these in recent times!!

Without shadow of a doubt Sunday was the worst day i have ever witnessed on the Islands, hail and gusting winds led me to look around the islands from the comfort of a land rover. At Long Pond  there were 12 Silvery Grebes. As I lay on the banks of the pond they became curious and came over for a look.

Upland Geese (Chloephaga picta leucoptera) are very prevalent in the Islands. Below is a fairly recently hatched gosling.

Black-crowned Night -herons (Nycticorax nycticorax falklandicus) frequent the small pond (in particular the juveniles). The juvenile pictured below is about to land. The second picture is of two adults fighting at Weaner Pool.