BIRDS OF TIERRA DEL FUEGO

Before joining ship in Ushuaia our party spent two nights in the Hotel Tolkyen on the shores of the Beagle Channel one day in the Tierra del Fuego National Park with guide Marcelo and a day in town.Here are some of the birding highlights.

 RUFOUS COLLARED SPARROW the first bird seen outside the airport building.

 AUSTRAL NEGRITA

 KELP GOOSE male

 KELP GOOSE female

 RUFOUS CHESTED DOTTEREL

 SOUTHERN CARA CARA

 RINGED KINGFISHER

WHITE ORCHID

 PATAGONIAN SIERRA FINCH-female

 UPLAND GOOSE

 FUEGAN FOX

 FLIGHTLESS STEAMER DUCK

 ROCK CORMORANT

 BLACK FACED IBIS

 CHILOE WIGEON

 WHITE RUMPED SANDPIPER

 WHITE RUMPED SANDPIPER

 BAIRDS SANDPIPER

 BAIRDS SANDPIPER

 YELLOW BILLED PINTAIL

 RUFOUS CHESTED DOTTEREL=JUV

 CRESTED DUCK

 AUSTRAL NEGRITA

 MAGELLANIC OYSTERCATCHER

 BLACKISH OYSTERCATCHER

 BLACKISH OYSTERCATCHER

 SOUTHERN LAPWING

 DOLPHIN GULL

 BUFF WINGED CINCLODES

THIS OLD TUG WAS HOME TO----

 SOUTH AMERICAN TERNS

 AND THIS DARK BELLIED CINCLODES WAS BUILDING A NEST INSIDE THE TUG

 DARK BELLIED CINCLODES

 DOLPHIN GULL

 BLACKISH OYSTERCATCHER

CHILEAN SKUA Note the chesnut body and underwing.

 CHILEAN MOUNTAINS IN ARGENTINE WATERS

 AUSTRAL THRUSH

 PROBABLY THE MOST SOUTHERLY BUTTERFLY IN THE WORLD.

 JUVENILE NIGHT HERON

GREEN ORCHID

CHIMANGO CARACARA

IMPERIAL CORMORANT

RUFOUS COLLARED SPARROW