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Birds of Falkland Islands

A very relaxing holiday in Falkland Islands in Dec 2009.  Here are some pictures to share with:



黑眉信天鶲  Black-browed Albatross  - really exhilarating to see these big birds





巨鸌 Southern Giant Petrel







紅背鵟 Red-backed Hawk






皇家鸕鷀  Imperial Shag








石鸕鷀 Rock Shag




棕賊鷗 Falkland (Antarctic) Skua

Sitting on nest ?








Silvery Grebe 銀鸊鷉




白簇鸊鷉 White-tufted Grebe






雙斑鴴 Two-baned Plover




Rufous-chested Dotterel 棕胸鴴




Kelp Goose 白草雁




斑脇草雁 Upland Goose







Ruddy-headed Goose 棕頭草雁




Falkland Flightless Steamer Duck 灰船鴨 (endemic)




Crested Duck 冠麻鴨




Speckled Teal 斑頭鴨




Pale-faced (Snowy) Sheathbill 白鞘咀鷗






Magellanic Oystercatcher 智利蠣鷸










南美蠣鷸Blackish Oystercatcher








Magellanic Snipe 南美沙錐






Southern Caracara 鳳頭巨隼




Striated Caracara 紅腿巨隼.








短耳鶚  Short-eared Owl




福克蘭鶫Falkland Thrush.






Long-tailed Meadowlark 長尾草地鷚









Dark-faced Ground-tyrant 暗臉地霸鶲




淡黑抖尾地雀Tussacbird




Cobb’s Wren 科氏鷦鷯 (endemic)






Black-chinned Siskin 黑頦金翅雀




Black-throated Finch黑喉草鵐






Black-necked Swan 黑頸天鵝




Kelp Gull 黑背鷗





Brown-hooded Gull 褐頭鷗



Dolphin Gull 豚鷗





Rockhopper Penguin












Magellanic Penguin












Gentoo Penguin












King Penguin












Macaroni Penguin.





[ Last edited by eling at 25/03/2010 22:05 ]

Dragonfly

Only one word for that: WOW!

tbob

Fantastic series of shots, maybe better than your India & South America photos

Bob

mayihem

Amazing photos....
Hope you can share the itinerary with us!!

fneil

I've just seen this wonderful series.  What an experience that must have been.
Neil.

HFCheung

Looks like a very enjoyable trip.  May be good for an indoor meeting.
I think HKBWS should help our members to share information on foreign trips.  If you don't mind, we will ask you to get us some basic information on travelling later.

That Snipe looks very similar to Common Snipe.  The Short-eared Owl seems to be very different to what we have.  The one we have in this part of the world has yellow iris.

HF Cheung

eling

thank you everyone for your appreciation.

Chairman HF Cheung: just let me know what can i do for the society.  you are always welcome.

eling

感謝上星期四到來室內講座的朋友. 我的行程是委託了 Falkland Islands Holidays 安排 : http://www.falklandislandsholidays.com/index.cfm

他們很尊業. 安排得十分美滿. 令到行程得以順利完成. 從他們的網頁可得到很多資料.  我去年的行程如下 :

Thank you so much for attending the indoor meeting last Thursday (especially the one who could not understand Cantonese).  My itinerary in Falkland Islands as follows:

05 December 2009
Arrived in Pleasant International Airport via LAN (from Punta Arenas, Chile). Overnight in Stanley – Malvina House Hotel for 1 night (B&B)

06 to 08 December 2009
Internal FIGAS (Falkland Islands Government Air Service) flight to Pebble Island. Stayed for 3 nights (full board)

09 & 10 December 2009
Internal FIGAS flight to Saunders Island.  Stayed for 2 nights in Rockery (self-catering)

11 to 13 December 2009
Internal FIGAS  flight to Carcass Island.  Stayed for 3 nights (full board)

14 to 16 December 2009
Internal FIGAS flight to Sea Lion Island.  Stayed for 3 nights (full board)

17 December  2009
Internal FIGAS flight to Stanley.  Transfer to Malvina House Hotel for 2 nights accommodation (B&B).

18 December 2009
Full day excursion to Volunteer Point (King penguin colony)

19 December 2009
Flight from Mount Pleasant to Punta Areas, Chile

因一星期只有一班機從智利 Punta Arenas 飛到福克蘭群島的 Mount Pleasant . 所以行程一般都是一星期或兩星期.

There is only one flight to Mount Pleasant (Falkland Islands) from Punta Arenas (Chile) by Lan, as such, people can only stay there on a weekly basis.

以下還有一些 video . 當晚沒有足夠時間跟大家分享. 抱歉.  There are some more video to share with (which should have shown during the indoor meeting).  My apology for not properly managing the time.

Gentoo Penguin



King Penguin



Rockhopper Penguin



Magellanic Penguin

jojomau

I like the owl so much that I have set it as my computer desktop.  Thanks.

wgeoff

I understood every word you said.

Great presentation, brilliant photos and an amazing holiday.