The Atlantic Ocean

Monday and Wednesday
February 23, 2015 and February 25, 2015

On Monday we were at sea between the Falklands and Puerto Madryn, Argentina.  On Wednesday we were traveling from Puerto Madryn, Argentina to Montevideo, Uruguay.  The days on the Atlantic were pretty similar.  There was not the cold upwelling of nutrients like the Humboldt current of the Pacific Ocean and less birds to look at.  We spent a lot of time staring at the water and chatting, and a few birders took time off to indulge in the amenities onboard, such as, yoga classes, the gym, massages, and manicures.  

I did see some birds in smaller numbers on the Atlantic Ocean that I had seen on the Pacific Ocean:  

Magellanic Penguin
Southern Royal Albatross
Snowy (Wandering) Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
Southern Giant-Petrel
Slender-billed Prion
White-chinned Petrel
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Wilson's Storm Petrel
And a mammal, Peale's Dolphin

I also saw some new birds on the Atlantic Ocean:

Yellow-nosed Albatross
Manx Shearwater
Brown Skua