~Travel Friends & Friends View Antarctica 9~

This was our first step on the actual Antarctic continent. The Argentines have a base here called the Argentine Almirante Brown Station. There is a colony of Gentoo penguins here, easily recognized by their bright orange beaks. The birds were in the middle of a 3to4 week molt of all their feathers. On the cliffs were nests for a colony of Blue-eyed Shags. The icebergs were a beautiful color of blue. I can't believe how many Penguin pictures I took!

 
Paradise Bay~Continued
 
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Gentoo chick molting
Gentoo chicks
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Gentoo chick "nap time"
Gentoo chick molting
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Gentoo chicks
Gentoo chick
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Overdid the "fluff cycle"
Snowy Sheathbill eats Penguin poop
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Blue-eyed Shag
Blue-eyed Shag
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Blue-eyed Shag nest on the rock ledges
Cape Pectrell
 
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