Friday, March 13, 2015

Cape Horn and the Atlantic Ocean

February 21, 2015

We were on deck about 7 am. We could feel the Antarctic from the south. It was the coldest on deck on the whole trip. Between 8:00 and 9:00 am we sailed around Cape Horn Island.  Too busy watching birds to take photos. 

We then headed east to the Atlantic Ocean, then northeast toward the Falkland Islands.

I saw:

Southern Royal Albatross
Snowy (Wandering) Albatross
Black-browed Albatross (1,000 +)
Gray-headed Albatross
Southern Giant-Petrel
Cape Petrel
Slender-billed Prion (100 +)
White-chinned Petrel
Sooty Shearwater (2,000+) 
Great Shearwater
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Imperial Cormorant (1,000 +)
Chilean Skua
South American Tern

Other birders identified:  Kelp Goose, Magellanic Penguin, Northern Giant-Petrel, Black-bellied Storm-Petrel, Common Diving-Petrel 

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