Wildlife Photography Blog

We left Los Angeles on a Wednesday night, and finally got to see penguins on Sunday when we took our first trip out to the Gentoo penguin rookery, a 5 minute walk from the Sea Lion Lodge. Our crew, ready for our first encounter with the Gentoo penguins There was a mixture of adults and molting chicks that were three months old The adults were quite vocal as they interacted with their chicks As the sun set a nice pink sky appeared They did their final vocalization before it got dark In the morning they would walk the one mile to the

Jerome Poncet is the man when it comes to the waters of the south Atlantic. He is 72 years young, and has been taking researchers, tourists, and film crews to the Falklands for decades. In 1973 Jerome and a friend were the first people to sail a yacht into Antarctica. Jerome is French, and as such, has what you might call an irreverent approach to his work, making sure his guests completely enjoy themselves. So this is our captain and his first mate for our boat ride! Where do I get off? Jerome is quite the character. He made us

These are the athletes of the penguin world, braving the stormy ocean get to get a meal for their chicks, then literally hopping up cliffs that are up to 600 feet high to feed their chicks at a rookery. And they do this every day while the chicks are growing! The first time we saw them was at Sea Lion Island, high up a cliff, with cormorants as neighbors. Their rookery was high on this cliff, and they were feeding their chicks. One of them offered us a rock as it was walking past. How appropriate for a Rockhopper penguin! They were a raucous

After a 30 minute walk from Georgina's digs we were surrounded by Black-browed albatross adults and chicks. They did not seem to be bothered by our presence, and went about their business right in front of us. At the start of our walk we passed some of the original buildings in the New Island settlement We felt like we were hiking in the English countryside The Black-browed albatross and the Rockhopper penguins had their rookeries at the same location at the cliffs. It is amazing to think that these penguins climb to this height every day to feed their chicks.  The albatross chicks

This page has graphic photos of a sea lion hunting Gentoo penguins. It is nature at its rawest.  This Southern Sea Lion is famous, and he has been seen in documentaries before like the BBC's Frozen Planet series. Learn about his behavior from Georgina as she talks about him at the beach where he does his hunting. It is quite a drive over some very bouncy terrain to get from Georgina's house to North End beach where the sea lion is hunting. He hunts in the afternoon, and if the weather cooperates, and the waves are the right height, he