Category Archives: Central & South America

Todays Images • The Magellanic Cormorant

Seabirds Nesting On Islands In the Beagle Channel Nesting season in the Southern Hemisphere is usually January through April and on a visit to Terra del Fuego and the Beagle Channel it was difficult to wrap our heads around the sheer numbers of seabirds everywhere. Magellanic Cormorants are hardy and rather shy sea birds, building nestsContinue reading “Todays Images • The Magellanic Cormorant”

Question of the Week • Most Visited Cities 2024

What five cities had the largest number of international visitors in 2024? Every year there are more and more people traveling the world and each year there seems to be a particularly popular new destination city. Official records for major cities keep track of passport entries from specific countries and each year the numbers change.Continue reading “Question of the Week • Most Visited Cities 2024”

Odd Man Out In The Falklands

A King Among Gentoo Penguins On visiting The Falkland Islands the big attraction is looking for penguins and sea lions. Traveling up to the windswept north coast we found that both the sea lions and the penguins had plenty of newborns among them. It was February and the Gentoo Penguins were there making up largeContinue reading “Odd Man Out In The Falklands”