Nightingale Island
Rugged, remote, and infested with life, Nightingale Island sits in the South Atlantic and serves as a breeding oasis for literally millions of seabirds. Most common are the Great Shearwaters (in foreground), but visitors will also find many prions, yellow-nosed and sooty albatrosses, and an assortment of petrels. Our Zodiac cruise in the generous swell off the east side of the island allowed us to appreciate the variety of life that calls this island home. Rockhopper penguins scrambled up the coastal rocks, their long yellow head stripes waving in the breeze as they made their way past dozing sub-antarctic fur seals. Those web visitors with keen eyes will see the seals in the background of this photo, along the shore to the right. This is the last of the southern islands on our journey, and from here on we will be bereft of penguins and seals.
Rugged, remote, and infested with life, Nightingale Island sits in the South Atlantic and serves as a breeding oasis for literally millions of seabirds. Most common are the Great Shearwaters (in foreground), but visitors will also find many prions, yellow-nosed and sooty albatrosses, and an assortment of petrels. Our Zodiac cruise in the generous swell off the east side of the island allowed us to appreciate the variety of life that calls this island home. Rockhopper penguins scrambled up the coastal rocks, their long yellow head stripes waving in the breeze as they made their way past dozing sub-antarctic fur seals. Those web visitors with keen eyes will see the seals in the background of this photo, along the shore to the right. This is the last of the southern islands on our journey, and from here on we will be bereft of penguins and seals.
