ANTARCTICA: Crossing the Drake Passage… Again!
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Jun 19, 2010 | by Kevin Loughlin
After a bumpy night on the Drake, we awoke to a beautiful day and relatively calm waters. The light was wonderful and I was able to get some fun shots of tough birds, like the Antarctic Prion above. Cape Petrels were numerous again, as expected, but we also added Blue Petrel, Soft-plumaged Petrel and a quick flying Common Diving-petrel.
Southern Giant Petrel in both dark and light morphs also join us quite frequently. Southern Fulmars, Wilson’s Storm-petrels and the occasional Black-bellied Storm-petrel were welcome visitors. White-chinned Petrels were seen often, but typically at a distance… a few allowed us to see the tiny white spot on their chins!
Immature (above) and adult Wandering Albatross were quite numerous. They offered great views in many plumages. We actually saw seven species of albatross on our return trip! Black-browed were the most common along with Gray-headed. Light-mantled Sooty Albatross joined us from time to time and a Yellow-nosed made a magnificent fly-by!
