Snowy sheathbills, the only non-seabird
in the Antarctic. Sheathbills paitently wait for the perfect moment to make a feeding chick regurgitate its meal of krill.

This is how the gentoo penguin regurgitates its meal of krill for its young

The sheathbill flies into the middle of the action hoping to disturb the feeding process

If the young penguin regurgitates its meal the sheathbill is happy to clean up the mess

This is a skua, one of the primary penguin predators in the region


Antarctic Terns resting and flying


They make nice black and whites

Steve Barten nailed this Antarctic Tern with its dinner
He also got this nice portrait

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