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Photographed on the way to the Falkland Islands
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The Trip - (01/01/23 to 01/21/23)
On the first day of 2023, my wife and I flew to Buenos Aires, Argentina, in preparation for a cruise to Antarctica, via The Falkland Islands and South Georgia Island. We’d never visited Antarctica and, in fact, felt a little unprepared for this trip since we’d only been on one cruise previously...and that was many years ago when we went on a cruise to Alaska…and that one trip to Alaska was enough to let my wife know that she was very prone to seasickness. Consequently, she was very concerned about this much longer trip because of the potential for rough weather.
We spent several days in Buenos Aires before we finally boarded the ship on 01/06/23 and headed off towards the Falkland Islands. The ship we were on was very nice…clean and comfortable room, friendly staff, incredibly interesting folks for lectures: A former astronaut, a former college professor with a doctorate in Ornithology and a geologist.
The photos:
Until we made landfall in the Falklands, the only wildlife we would see were the many pelagic birds that occasionally accompanied our ship. The larger birds, albatross, giant petrels, etc. managed to effortlessly soar over the swells, seemingly without ever flapping their wings. The smaller birds like the prions, also appeared to not waste much energy flapping their wings and were fun to watch as they maneuvered back and forth alongside our ship. Most of the photos I took from the ship were taken from our balcony on deck six. The balcony was a great location for landscape shots when we were near shore…but the height above the water made it difficult to photograph birds that were close to the water’s surface. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking with it. :-)
I plan to post photos taken at the several various locations we visited, as well as any I took while we were underway. I apologize in advance for the small size of the underway photos because they were taken either from the ship’s bow, stern or our balcony on deck 6, and I was a long way from the water. For the most part, and for no particular reason, I’ll be posting the photos chronologically.
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From Wikipedia: The black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris), also known as the black-browed mollymawk,[3] is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae; it is the most widespread and common member of its family. Mollymawks are albatrosses in the family Diomedeidae and order Procellariiformes, which also includes shearwaters, fulmars, storm petrels, and diving petrels. These birds share certain identifying features. They have nasal passages that attach to the upper bill called naricorns, although the nostrils on the albatross are on the sides of the bill.
Description:
The black-browed albatross is a medium-sized albatross, at 80 to 95 cm (31–37 in) long with a 200 to 240 cm (79–94 in) wingspan and an average weight of 2.9 to 4.7 kg (6.4–10.4 lb).[3] It can have a natural lifespan of over 70 years. It has a dark grey saddle and upperwings that contrast with the white rump, and underparts. The underwing is predominantly white with broad, irregular, black margins. It has a dark eyebrow and a yellow-orange bill with a darker reddish-orange tip. Juveniles have dark horn-colored bills with dark tips, and a grey head and collar. They also have dark underwings. The features that distinguish it from other mollymawks (except the closely related Campbell albatross) are the dark eyestripe which gives it its name, a broad black edging to the white underside of its wings, white head and orange bill, tipped darker orange. The Campbell albatross is very similar but with a pale eye. Immature birds are similar to grey-headed albatrosses but the latter have wholly dark bills and more complete dark head markings.
The black-browed albatross is circumpolar in the southern oceans, and it breeds on 12 islands throughout that range. In the Atlantic Ocean, it breeds on the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and the Cape Horn Islands. In the Pacific Ocean it breeds on Islas Ildefonso, Diego de Almagro, Islas Evangelistas, Campbell Island, Antipodes Islands, Snares Islands, and Macquarie Island. In the Indian Ocean it breeds on the Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, Heard Island, and McDonald Island.
Feeding:
The black-browed albatross feeds on fish, squid, crustaceans, carrion, and fishery discards. This species has been observed stealing food from other species
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Enodes erythrophris.
This bird can also sometimes be called Flame-browed Myna, and / or Starling seemingly depending on your mood !
They were generally seen in the canopy, often in the company of Grosbeak Starlings/Mynas, but on this occasion a couple of birds were tempted to feed lower down, which gave us an opportunity to enjoy them a lot closer than normal.
Location: Highlands of Pahang, Malaysia
Distribution: Peninsular Malaysia (Malaysia) and Sumatra (Indonesia)
Black-browned barbet is an Asian barbet native to Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
Habitat: Forested area between 600 and 2,000 m (2,000 and 6,600 ft) altitude.
Diet: insects and fruits
IUCN: Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its wide distribution and stable population
Description: The black-browed barbet is mostly green with a yellow blue-bordered throat. It has black streaks above the eyes and red patches above its bill, lores, throat and nape. One female measured was 21.5 cm (8.5 in) long and weighed 62 g (2.2 oz).
Breeding: In Sumatra, it breeds from February to November while in Malaysia from March to June. Like all barbets, this sp. nests in tree holes.
Name: Snowy-browed flycatcher (male)
Scientific: Ficedula hyperythra
Malay: Sambar Dahi Putih / Sambar Kening-salju / Sambar Kudong
Family: Muscicapidae
IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2017): Least Concern
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Thalassarche melanophris
This one is an adult. I was slightly surprised that the Black-browed was not easily the most numerous Albatross that we saw..... that honour went to Salvin's !
The yellow-browed bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family - mainly yellow on the underside and olive above with a distinct yellow brow.
A pair of Black Browed Albatrosses are seen racing to take flight. They had been sitting on the surface in the path of our boat and only at the last moment decided that the time was right to move.
I will post other photos of these graceful birds in flight at some point.
The yellow-browed bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family - mainly yellow on the underside and olive above with a distinct yellow brow.
Lechuzón Acollarado Chico, Tawny-browed Owl, Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana.
Especie # 1.993
Parque Estadual Intervales
Estado de São Paulo
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I know that I said that I didn't share more pictures of Brow without her wig... But yesterday... I changed Darla's wig and I tried this wig on Brow and well... I LOVE HER!!!!
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As you can notice, these days I'm doing some changes in some of my girls... Yes, I have many time to be bored! I'll show you the new Darla soon!
Its flamboyant plumage shines out from the deep shadows of the rainforest. Turquoise-browed Motmot has a limited range, from the Yucatán Peninsula south to northwest Costa Rica. It is one of the most eye-catching of a very colourful family!
(Plocepasser mahali)
Mat Mata Rest Camp, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Black-browed albatross nest of the cliff edges of some of the Falkland Islands, mostly in areas untouched by the sheep.
They are monogamous, raising one chick a year. The egg is incubated for 70 days, and the chick fledges at about 120 days.
The mud nests are re-used each year creating a mosaic of mounds all just outside pecking distance of each other.
The Turquoise-browed Motmot is surely one of the most flamboyantly plumaged of a remarkable family, and it is sufficiently distinctive from other motmots to be afforded its own genus. Given its relatively small range, in the Yucatán Peninsula of eastern Mexico and northernmost Guatemala, and on the Pacific slope of Middle America, from southern Mexico south to northwest Costa Rica, it might seem remarkable that as many as seven subspecies are generally recognized. Virtually all of them have largely olive-green underparts with a cinnamon or rufous belly, and a darker reddish patch on the mantle, but the most eye-catching features are the turquoise flash in the flight feathers, the similarly colored eyebrow contrasting with the black mask, and the long graduated bright blue tail, which has the central feathers twice as long as the rest. Although they are reduced to mere shafts over more than half their length, they are ‘capped’ by black-tipped turquoise rackets. The dark bill is relatively long and slightly decurved.