Off the coast of central Chile, is Punihuil, where penquins spend their summers
Overlooking Punihuil Bay where we take a boat out to see the penquins and other birds
Dawn meets Penquins
Getting ready to board our boat. Note the really cool rolling dock. I was really intriqued by this invention and never seen one before. It kept our feet dry.
Climbing on board the rolling dock
The crew wheels the tourists out to the boat and climb on board (above and below) . . . is this really cool or what!
The village on the beach
A young Magellanic with adultMagellanic and Humboldt Penquins have breeding colonies at Punihuil on Chiloe Island.
Magellanics are slightly bigger than Humboldts and have two black pectoral bands. Humboldts have only one black pectoral band.
A group of singing Magellanics
The one with single pectoral band (middle) is a Humboldt surrounded by a bunch of Magellanics
Neotropic Cormorant
Red-legged Cormorant
Gull with nesting material
Otter-like Rock
Female Kelp Goose
Black Oystercatcher
The other half of our groupClick on "older posts" below to continue tour
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