We get an early wake up call and board Zodiacs (tiny little rubber speed boats) to land at Saunders Island in the Falklands. Lots and lots of penguins: rockhoppers, gentoos, magellanics; plus plenty of birds including the albatross. It's windy but not cold, yet we bundle up for the Zodiac ride because we get soaked riding to shore!
The rockhoppers are hilarious! Named because they jump from rock to rock and look silly in doing so. When we get home I'll post video on YouTube but it's too expensive to do from here.
We also see a huge expanse of black browed albatrosses nesting with their newly fledged chicks. Very regal birds. We probably spent 2-3 hours just watching all these birds. We could get within a couple of feet of them and they just ignored us! So cool.
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