Our first Magellanic Penguins appeared on the sea -
...and a kelp raft had some South American Terns aboard -
Chilean Skuas patrolled the Beagle Channel, showing their typically cinnamon underparts -
Heading further east into the open sea the species became more pelagic and a Black-browed Albatross took off from the sea -
The first of a species which was to become very familiar over the following weeks appeared - a White-chinned Petrel -
... and very noticeably different were small flocks of Sooty Shearwaters - nice to see these long distance travelers in their home hemisphere -
Wilson's Storm-Petrel, that most ubiquitous of seabirds began to appear as they danced over the waves -
....and that most archetypal group of cold water seabirds - the prions - presented its first challenge. Some Slender-billed Prions flew by in their typical zippy, erratic style -
The Great Albatrosses never fail to astound and this Southern Royal Albatross performed its languid majestic arcs of flight all around the ship -
... the dark cutting edge to the bill showed well ...
... a young bird in probably stage 2 plumage ...
A Cape Petrel flew by -
... and that strangest of waders Snowy Sheathbill followed the ship -
Still the prions were predominantly Slender-billed ... except for this Fairy Prion -
... and another familiar visitor to the Northern Hemisphere, Great Shearwater, appeared this time in its natal hemisphere -
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