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Saturday 22 January 2011

Ballestas Island pics



 To avoid disturbing the animals and birds, we couldnt get very close in, so the quality of detail is limited.
Many under-cliff caves - ´Sea-cats´(Sea Otters) known to be there
Sealions jousting

Red legged cormorant with peruvian booby
Pelicans and peruvian boobies
same
More peruvian boobies



Inca terns

More Sealions


Red-legged cormorants
Humboldt penguin

Humboldt penguins

Sealioñs with cub

Pelicans

Disused platform for lowering guano onto boats

Will label this when I know what they are :)

No idea what this is.  Ñigel, any idea?

Turkey vulture waiting for breakfast

Pelican and friends

Pelican crossings

The Candelabra Geoglyph on the north coast of the Paracas peninsula

2 comments:

  1. It looks fantastic. Very jealous, I'm affraid. Would you want to get any closer?,some of those birds look like they would eat you for breakfast.Can't wait for the next photos. Cathy

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  2. Hi Cath,
    Bad news - had camera and backup stolen with loads of pics :(´´´´´ including shots of Condors in flight.
    So may be a while before I can get the next instalment up. But hey, worse things happeñ at sea.

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