SOUTH GEORGIA ON MY MIND.

The two day voyage to South Georgia was spent intermittently watching sea birds, drinking tea and  being force fed three times a day.

 CAPE PETREL

 SLENDER BILLED PRION

 SBP

 SBP

 Slender Billed Prions were numerous here.

 BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS

 BBA

 BBA

 SBP

 BBA

 SBP

 BBA Immature.

CAPE PETREL

 SOUTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS

 SNOW PETREL was the pelagic highlight so far,what a beauty.

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 GREY HEADED ALBATROSS

 GHA

 SHAG ROCKS in the middle of nowhere these two pinnacles appear they are home to a large colony of Imperial Cormorants.

 IMPERIAL CORMORANT

IC

 WILSONS PETRELs were now showing up.

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 CAPE PETRELS

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 WILSONS PETREL walking on the water.

 ANOTHER SNOW PETREL

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 SOUTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS

 -The dark line on the bill is diagnostic of Royal,

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 -SOUTHERN ROYAL its hard work getting into the air.

 -WANDERING ALBATROSS has the largest wingspan on earth up to 350 mm,it also has a clean pinkish bill lacking the dark line of the Royal.

 -This one is in its 5th or 6th year and has small black feathers on the side of the tail.

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 -Tomorrow morning we should arrive at South Georgia....