{"id":2768,"date":"2015-09-27T19:31:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T06:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2015-09-27T19:31:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T06:31:56","slug":"paradise-harbour-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/2768","title":{"rendered":"Paradise Harbour Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After our Zodiac cruise and hot chocolate drive-thru we returned to the ship and headed up to the observation deck at the front of the National Geographic Explorer to watch the Paradise Harbour birds that were nesting on the cliffs. Being nudged in against the rock\u00a0we we were up amongst the Blue-eyed Shags that were ferrying food back to their chicks. It began to snow and we noticed a Snowy Sheathbill scavenging among the nests and managed to work out it&#8217;s circuit to get\u00a0some flight opportunities in a more natural environment than we had seen them in at Port Lockroy. A single Cape Petrel arrived and landed, presumably at a nesting site, before doing a few circuits and giving us some flight opportunities against the cliff and against the grey sky. Down on the rocks a Brown Skua scavenged a shag chick that had fallen from a\u00a0nest on the cliff above.<\/p>\n<p>Having the time to watch\u00a0the birds was great and, as always, it was\u00a0amazing how much you could\u00a0see by simply quietly observing! Having some eye level photo opportunities with the cliff breeding birds was a real bonus and unique opportunity as much more intimate images are possible.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2769\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2769\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Blue-eyedShag_D817039-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2769\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Blue-eyedShag_D817039-web.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Blue-eyed Shag heading off to fish. Orange lichens on the cliff face behind\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Blue-eyedShag_D817039-web.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Blue-eyedShag_D817039-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue-eyed Shag heading off to fish as the snow begins to fall. Orange lichens on the cliff face behind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2773\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SnowySheathbill_D816934-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2773\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SnowySheathbill_D816934-web.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Snowy Sheathbill flying between Shag nests to scavenge\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SnowySheathbill_D816934-web.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SnowySheathbill_D816934-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Sheathbill flying between Shag nests to scavenge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2772\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/CapePetrrelSnow_D817017-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2772\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/CapePetrrelSnow_D817017-web.jpg?resize=800%2C534&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cape Petrel flying up to land on the cliff in the snow\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/CapePetrrelSnow_D817017-web.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/CapePetrrelSnow_D817017-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cape Petrel flying up to land on the cliff in the snow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2770\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/BrownSkuaScavenging_D816994-6x4.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2770\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/BrownSkuaScavenging_D816994-6x4.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Brown Skua scavenging a Blue-eyed Shag chick.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/BrownSkuaScavenging_D816994-6x4.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/BrownSkuaScavenging_D816994-6x4.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brown Skua scavenging a Blue-eyed Shag chick.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A bonus was to catch the Cape Petrel against the grey sky which was perfect for my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/galleries\/birds\/birds-on-white\/\" target=\"_blank\">Birds on White<\/a> series of images.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2771\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a 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