A mated pair of black-browed albatross on West Point Island in the Falkland Island group. This morning we walked from the leeward to the windward side of the small island to view albatross and nesting rockhopper penguins. The black-browed albatross has a wingspan of six feet and they love windy weather..and there was plenty of wind sweeping across the high cliffs of West Point Island. Albatross soared and swooped within the updrafts of the Devil's Nose, a prelude to their dramatic fishing trips, and a now familiar view from the deck of the Caledonian Star -- a banking form silhouetted against the horizon and without a wing beat, it shoots between the foam-swept wave-crests, every once and again a peck at the sea surface secures a tender morsel. On the island, on the ground, perched on an ancient pedestal of mud and twigs, mom and dad exchange a tender greeting, a little nip on the cheek, reaffirming their partnership, a partnership to insure their and their species future.
- Daily Expedition Reports
- 05 Dec 1999
From the Caledonian Star in the Falklands, 12/5/1999, National Geographic Endeavour
- Aboard the National Geographic Endeavour
- Galápagos
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