Site Report: Antarctica - Danger Islands
Blue Iceberg
Table Iceland
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Antarctic Shag (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis)
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Blue Iceberg
Table Iceland
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Antarctic Shag (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis)
Island full of penguins
Visits
- 2021-12-06: We arrived in the morning at this island out in the middle of a bunch of icebergs. Despite what I would call nearly glassy conditions, the kayaking expedition was cancelled. And, shore landings were cancelled. This was a recurring pattern of cancelling shore excursions due to "weather conditions". Instead, we drove around in a zodiac watching penguins.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (11 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(11 records)
Class: Birds
(11 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(5 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Antarctic Shag (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)
- Family: Sheathbills
- Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
- Order: Tubenoses
(5 records)
- Family: Albatrosses
- Cape Petrel (Daption capense)
- Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Southern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
- Southern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides)
- Family: Southern Storm Petrels
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)