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Observation’s 9/1; Beagle Channel; Ushuaia - Port Williams
Magellanic Penguin 23 ex. Black-browed Albatross 16 ex. Southern
Giant Petrel 9 ex. Imperial Cormorant > 200 ex. Rock Shag 3 ex.
Chilean Skua 17 ex. Kelp Gull > 1000 ex South American tern >
520 ex. Black-faced Ibis 2 ex. South American Fur Seal 2 ex. 10/1
Beagle Channel; Port Williams – Isla Gardener Magellanic Penguin
1450 ex. Black-browed Albatross 370 ex. Sooty Shearwater 160 ex.
Southern Giant Petrel 60 ex. Magellanic Diving Petrel 2 ex Imperial
Cormorant 2200 ex. Rock Shag 21 ex. Chilean Skua 125 ex. Kelp Gull
420 ex Dolphin Gull 80 ex/ South American tern 750 ex. South
American Sea Lion 6 ex (1 male + 5 fem./young). Peal’s Dolphin 7
ex. 11/1; Isla gardener – Cabo Horno Magellanic Penguin 77 ex.
Rockhopper Penguin 6 ex. Black-browed Albatross 220 ex. Sooty
Shearwater 4800 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 5 ex. Wilson’s Storm
Petrel 30 ex. Magellanic Diving Petrel 2 ex Imperial Cormorant >
2000 ex. Rock Shag 8 ex. Kelp Gull > 50 ex South American tern
> 25 ex. Turkey Vulture 2 ex South American Fur Seal 32 ex.
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Peal’s Dolphin 6 ex. Dusky Dolphin 50 ex. Dolphin spec 3 ex.
12/1; Cabo Horno – Edge continental shelf (57.08.955 S/67.22.84 W);
(04.00 – 13.00 h) Magellanic Penguin 3 ex. Wandering Albatross 20
ex. Southern Royal Albatross 43 ex. Northern Royal Albatross 1 ex.
Black-browed Albatross 1500 ex. Grey-headed Albatross 12 ex.
Southern Giant Petrel 35 ex. Sooty Shearwater 200 ex. White-chinned
Petrel 3 ex. Cape Pigeon 6 ex Wilson’s Storm Petrel 4500 ex.
Black-bellied Storm Petrel 3 ex. Blue Petrel 3 ex. Slender-billed
Prion 5 ex Chilean Skua 2 ex. 12/1; Drake Passage; from edge
continental shelf (57.08.955 S/67.22.84 W) till dark (58.07.95
S/66.55.3 W); 13.00 – 22.00 h. Wandering Albatross 5 ex. Southern
Royal Albatross 3 ex. Black-browed Albatross 50 ex. Light-mantled
Sooty Albatross 2 ex. White-chinned Petrel 1 ex. Cape Pigeon 1 ex
Wilson’s Storm Petrel 50 ex. Black-bellied Storm Petrel 3 ex. Blue
Petrel 115 ex. Slender-billed Prion 2 ex Dwarf Mink Whale 1 ex.
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Southern Royal Albatross, Drake Passage, 130108 Photo Florrie de
Pater 13/1 58.47.9 S/66.07.0 W – Convergence; 06.00 – 13.30 h.
Macaroni Penguin 1 ex. Black-browed Albatross 45 ex. Grey-headed
Albatross 1 ex White-chinned Petrel 9 ex. White-headed Petrel 1 ex.
Cape Pigeon 5 ex Wilson’s Storm Petrel 7 ex. Blue Petrel 375 ex.
Slender-billed Prion 3 ex 13/1; Convergence – dark (51.53.0
S/64.00.59 W); 13.30 – 22.00 h. Black-browed Albatross 20 ex.
Grey-headed Albatross 10 ex Southern Roal Albatross 1 ex Southern
Giant Petrel 1 ex Northern Giant Petrel 2 ex. White-chinned Petrel
1 ex. Cape Pigeon 3 ex Wilson’s Storm Petrel 65 ex. Black-bellied
Storm Petrel 15 ex Blue Petrel 90 ex.
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Antarctic Prion 40 ex Risso’s Dolphin 1 ex 14/1; Drake Passage
(60.22.6 S/63.17.8 W) – Table Island (62.14.0 S/60.03.0 W); 03.30 –
24.00 h. Wandering Albatross 17 ex. Southern Royal Albatross 2 ex.
Black-browed Albatross 18 ex. Grey-headed Albatross 30 ex. Sooty
Albatross 1 ex Light-mantled Sooty Albatross 2 ex Southern Giant
Petrel 30 ex. Northern Giant Peterel 3 ex White-chinned Petrel 90
ex. Cape Pigeon 50 ex Southern Fulmar 2 ex Wilson’s Storm Petrel 85
ex. Black-bellied Storm Petrel 3 ex. Blue Petrel 5 ex. Antarctic
Prion 200 ex Antarctic Fur Seal 6 ex. 15/1; English Strait
Chinstrap Penguin 10s Gentoo Penguin 10s Southern Giant Petrel 3 ex
Cape Pigeon ca. 50 ex Wilson’s Storm Petrel several Brown Skua >
100 ex Antarctic Tern 10s Leopard Seal 1 ex. Dwarf Mink Whale 1 ex.
15/1; Yankee Harbour Gentoo Penguin 1000s (colony) Chinstrap
Penguin 20 ex. Antarctic Cormorant 1 ex. Brown Skua > 100 ex
Kelp Gull 1 ex Antarctic Tern 10 ex Leopard Seal 4 ex. Weddell Seal
8 ex.
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Elephant Seal 1 ex. 16/1 Half Moon Island Gentoo Penguin 10s
Chinstrap Penguin 1000s (colony). Wilson’s Storm Petrel 10s
Antarctic Cormorant 10s Sheathbill 4 ex. Brown Skua > 100 ex
South Polar Skua 10s Kelp Gull 10 ex Antarctic Tern 30 ex Leopard
Seal 1 ex. Weddell Seal 2 ex. Antarctic Fur Seal 1 ex. Humpback
Whale min. 5 ex. 17/1; Half Moon Island – Deception Island Gentoo
Penguin several Chinstrap Penguin 1000s (colony on Half Moon Isl.
And Dec. Isl)). Wilson’s Storm Petrel 10s Cape Pigeon 100s, Dec.
Isl. Antarctic Cormorant 10s, Dec. Isl. Skua spec. 10s Kelp Gull
several 18/1; Deception Island (in the craterlagoon itself) Gentoo
Penguin 3 ex. Chinstrap Penguin 10s . Antarctic Cormorant 5 ex.
Brown Skua 10s 19/1, Whaler’s Bay, Deception Island Chinstrap
Penguin 5 ex . Antarctic Cormorant 2 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 1
ex. Brown Skua 10s South Polar Skua 2 ex Kelp Gull 10s 19/1;
Deception Island – Christiana Island; 14.00 – 22.00 h, Allmost no
birds on the sea. Chinstrap Penguin several.
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Southern Giant Petrel several Wilson’s Storm Petrel regularly
seen Cape Pigeon 100s, Dec. Isl. Antarctic Prion several 20/1;
Christiana Island – Enterprise island; 06.00 – 17.00 h. Sea is
empty. Wilson’s Storm petrel several Southern Fulmar 10 ex Skua
spec. Several Humpback Whale 2 or 3 ex. 20/1; Enterprise Island, in
situ at wreck of Norwegian whaler. Antacrtic Cormorant 50 ex.
(colony) Brown Skua several Antarctic Tern 20 ex. (colony)
The Anna Margaretha in Errera Channel with Gentoo penguins,
210108 Photo Piet Veel 21/1; Gerlach Strait (between Enterprise
Island and Errera Channel) Chinstrap Penguin 1 ex. Gentoo Penguin 1
ex. Southern Giant Petrel 1 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 3 ex.
Antarctic Prion 1 ex. Skua spec 8 ex.
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South Polar Skua 1 ex. Humpback Whale min. 3 ex. 21/1; Errera
Channel Chinstrap Penguin several Gentoo Penguin 1000s (colony).
Cape Pigeon 4 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel several. Antarctic
Cormorant several Skua spec several. Kelp Gull several Antarctic
Tern 10 s. Leopard Seal 3 ex. Humpback Whale min. 6 ex. 21/1;
Waterboat Point Chinstrap Penguin 1 ex. Gentoo Penguin 1000s
(colony). Southern Giant Petrel 1 ex. Antarctic Cormorant several
Skua spec 10s. Kelp Gull several Leopard Seal 2 ex. 22/1; Paradise
Harbour Gentoo Penguin 100s (colony). Wilson’s Storm Petrel several
Antarctic Cormorant 3 ex. Skua spec 3 ex. Antarctic Tern several
Leopard Seal 1 ex. Humpback Whale min. 6 ex. 22/1 Gerlach Strait
Gentoo Penguin 1000s (colonies). Chinstrap Penguin 2 ex. Southern
Giant Petrel > 10 ex. Cape Pigeon > 50 ex. Wilson’s Storm
Petrel > 50 ex. Skua spec 15 ex. South Polar Skua 3 ex.
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Humpback Whale 1 ex. Orca min. 5 ex. 23/1; Port Lockroy Gentoo
Penguin 1000s (colony). Antarctic Cormorant ca. 50 ex. (colony)
Sheathbill > 100 ex South Polar Skua 10s. Kelp Gull 10s
Watching Humpback Whales, Lion Sound, 240108 Photo Piet Veel
24/1; Neumayer Channel & Lion Sound, Chinstrap Penguin 3 ex.
Gentoo Penguin 1000s (colony). Adelie Penguin 4 ex. Southern Giant
Petrel 2 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 55 ex. Antarctic Cormorant 1 ex.
South Polar Skua 4 ex. Kelp Gull 2 ex. Antarctic Tern 1 ex.
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Humpback Whale 3 ex. Leopard Seal 1 ex. 24/1; Gerlach Strait
Gentoo Penguin 10s Southern Giant Petrel 1 ex. Wilson’s Storm
Petrel 25 ex. South Polar Skua 17 ex. 24/1 Schollaert Channel
Gentoo Penguin 30 ex. Chinstrap Penguin 2 ex Southern Giant Petrel
1 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 7 ex. South Polar Skua 3 ex. Humpback
Whale 2 ex. 25/1; Dallman Bay & Melchior Islands Chinstrap
Penguin 70 ex. Gentoo Penguin 7 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 2 ex.
Wilson’s Storm Petrel 1 ex. Southern Fulmar 10 ex. Antarctic
Cormorant 50 ex. South Polar Skua 2 ex. Kelp Gull 4 ex. Antarctic
Tern 3 ex. Antarctic Fur Seal 4 + 2 ex. 25/1; Melchior Islands
Weddell Seal 1 ex. 25/1; leaving Anderson’s Harbour (Melchior
Islands) for Drake Passage (64.06 S/62.59W; 21.00 – 23.00 h.)
Wilson’s Storm Petrel 3 ex. Southern Fulmar 45 ex. Kelp Gull 3 ex.
Antarctic Tern 3 ex. Humpback Whale 1 ex.
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26/1; Drake Passage, continental shelf; 05.45 h (63.20S/63.09W)
– 12.00 h. (62.43.3S/63.12.3W). Chinstrap Penguin 15 ex.
Black-browed Albatross 8 ex. Grey-headed Albatross 2 ex. Southern
Giant Petrel 2 ex. Southern Fulmar 16 ex Cape Pigeon 11 ex.
Wilson’s Storm Petrel 13 ex. Black-bellied Storm Petrel 6 ex.
Antarctic Prion 1 ex Antarctic Fur Seal 1 ex. 26/1; Drake Passage;
12.00 h (62.43.3S/63.12.3W) – 23.00 h (61.13.7S/63.19.0W) Wandering
Albatross 1 juv. ex. Black-browed Albatross 32 ex. Southern Giant
Petrel 15 ex. White-chinned Petrel 10 ex. Cape Pigeon > 100 ex;
hard to count because groups follow the ship. Southern Fulmar 4 ex
Wilson’s Storm Petrel 45 ex. Black-bellied Storm Petrel 7 ex. Blue
Petrel 2 ex. Antarctic Prion 25 ex 27/1; Drake Passage; 06.00 h
(61.07.2S/63.57.4W) – 12.00 h (60.54.6S/65.07.4W) Wandering
Albatross 1 ex. Black-browed Albatross 6 ex. Southern Giant Petrel
2 ex. White-chinned Petrel 3 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 3 ex.
Antarctic Prion 5 ex This meagre morning (20 birds in 6 hours time)
was followed by an amazingly birdless rest of the day. Only at
22.05 1 White-chinned Petrel passed. 28/1; Drake Passage; 07.00 h
(59.58.9S/66.12.7S) – antarctic convergence; 13.00 h
(59.20S/66.22W) Black-browed Albatross 1 ex. Southern Giant Petrel
1 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 1 ex. Prion spec 2 ex i.e. 5 birds in 6
hours, the rest of the day remained evenly poor, I did not keep
track.
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29/1; Drake Passage; 09.00 h (57.09.8S/66.46.4W) – continental
shelf ; 17.00 h (56.30.3S/66.58.0W) Diomeda spec 4 ex. Wandering
Albatross 5 ex. Southern Royal Albatros 4 ex. Black-browed
Albatross 20 ex. Grey-headed Albatross 2 ex. Southern Giant Petrel
6 ex. Northern Giant Petrel 1 ex. Sooty Shearwater 3 ex.
White-chinned Petrel 2 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 12 ex.
Slender-billed Prion 4 ex
Crossing Drake Passage, 270108 Photo Piet Veel 29/1; Drake
Passage, edge continental shelf; 17.00 h. – 22.00 h
(56.04.2S/67.05.1W) Black-browed Albatross ca. 60 ex. Sooty
Shearwater ca. 150 ex. 30/1; Hershel Island Imperial Cormorant
10s
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Kelp Goose 2 pairs Crested Duck ca. 20 ex Chimango 1 ex.
Magellanic Oystercatcher 15 ex. Black Oystercatcher 1 ex Baird’s
Sandpiper 3 ex. Kelp Gull several South American Tern several
Bar-winged Cinclodes 1 ex. Patagonian Sierra Finch 2 ex. 30/1 Bahia
Nassau Magellanic Penguin 4 ex. Rockhopper Penguin 2 ex.
Black-browed Albatross ca. 700 ex. Sooty Shearwater ca. 1500 ex
Southern Giant Petrel 25 ex. Magellanic Diving Petrel 7 ex. Common
Diving Petrel 1 ex. Imperial Cormorant ca. 300 ex. Chilean Skua 5
ex. Kelp Gull several South American Tern several 31/1; Puerto
Toro, Isla Navarino; two hour morning walk Black-crowned Night
Heron 1 ex. Crested Duck 4 ex Chimango 3 ex. Magellanic
Oystercatcher 2 ex. Kelp Gull several South American Tern several
Chilean Swallow 10s Dark-bellied Cinclodes several Southern House
Wren several Austral Trush common Thorn-talied Rayadito common
Crested Tit-Tyrant common White-crested Elenia common Black-necked
Siskin several Patagonian Sierra Finch several Rufous-necked
Sparrow common 31/1: Paso Picton & Beagle Channel to Puerto
Williams Magellanic Penguin > 1000 ex. Gentoo Penguin 2 ex.
Rockhopper Penguin 2 ex. Great Grebe 1 ex.
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Black-faced Ibis 1 ex. Black-crowned Night Heron 1 ex.
Black-browed Albatross 100’s Southern Giant Petrel several
Magellanic Diving Petrel 1 ex. Imperial Cormorant 100’s Rock Shag
several Chilean Skua several. Kelp Goose several Crested Duck
several Steamer Duck 10’s Kelp Gull 100’s Dolphin Gull several
South American Tern 100’s Chilean (Black) Dolphin 3 ex. 1/2; Puerto
Williams; two hour morning walk on shore. Black-faced Ibis 4 + 2
ex. Bairds Sandpiper several White-rumped Sandpiper ca. 10 ex.
Rufous-chested Dotterel 3 ex. Crested Caracara 2 ex. Chimango
several Magelanic Oystercatcher several Spot-billed Ground-tyrant 3
ex. Other birds noted but no numbers taken down: Kelp Gull, Rock
Shag, Black-chinnned Siskin, Austral Trush. 1/2; Beagle channel;
Puerto Williams to Ushuaia. The usual birds like Black-browed
Albatross, Imperial Cormorant, Rock Shag, Kelp Gul, South American
Tern were noted, but due to the falling dark no numbers could be
assessed.