To cheers and applause, last night we learned that Kapitan Khlebnikov is due in on Sunday. We’ll be aboard by Monday. Snow Hill here we come. And we learned if the weather is kinder to us than it has been to previous trips this year, we’ll spend a few days in the Falkland Islands. This is still a wildlife cruise.
Yesterday, a motorcoach took a few of us over the Andes to a large lake. En route we stopped for lunch at a ski centre – cross-country skiing. They served an asado bbq lunch: chicken, lamb and sausages on hot braziers. As we munched away a Fuegian red fox appeared. Fat and sassy. Yes – that’s the one to the right.
That Magellanic Woodpecker has been creating quite a fuss amongst the dedicated birders. Some have hired cabs to return to the Park to capture it on film. The female does have a white stripe on her back. The male has a bright red head! A pair of males were busy courting the lady.
Just sitting here typing I have seen a skua and gull and something I don’t know the name of – I must invest in a book about Patagonian wildlife. Tierra del Fuego is a must for birders.
