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