Thando the Scienceguy goes Marion Island bird censusing
Hi fellow Steemians,
I'm back!
During the month of August we went around the whole of Marion Island (which I described in my first post here) to census three different bird species, the Crozet Shag, the lesser sheathbill and active Gentoo penguin nests.
Good exercise
During the round the island we walked the whole 72 km of coast line so to not miss any bird colonies. This took us a week to complete since the island is not easy to walk on.
What's not to love about these birds?
Our plan for September
On our next tour around the island in September we will continue to monitor the Crozet Shags and the brooded and guarded chicks of Gentoo penguins, also adding a few more bird species for census. I look forward to showing you more about these fascinating birds as our work continues.
Acknowledgments and disclaimer
All photos taken by Paige Potter.
Cool South African Steemit logo courtesy of @alainite.
Text and photos transmitted by Facebook Messenger to @kiligirl for conversion to a post. If any mistakes were inadvertently introduced it's entirely her doing 😉. Mild apologies due to Monty Python for the weak misuse of the rhythm of the title of their seminal work, "Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying".
Welcome back @scienceguy upvote from me and those beautiful pictures
Thank you, @sylejmanbajgora. I really appreciate your support.
Lovely informative share, what a luck guy you are @scienceguy working in remote places doing what you love.
Will definitely follow to find out more, learn more through the lens of your camera and what you do. Live and love the outdoors and all living creatures.
Thank you so much, @joanstewart. I really appreciate it.
I don't know why but I like the way they look with that blue eyes. Pretty unique.
They are my favorite!
Those sheathbills are beautiful
Never heard of them before
Nice post
Thanks! Glad you like them. I think they're beautiful too. They can be naughty.
Great post, it must have been a great experience, thank you for sharing this with us.
Thank you, @rynow, it's been an amazing experience so far. I really appreciate you reading my post. It's tough to get the information out, so when I can put a post together I'm very happy.
Looks like an amazing place to go @scienceguy - you are lucky to be there
Totally amazing, @pandamama! Thank you for reading. I really appreciate it.
What an experience. I'd love to visit Marion Island. Thanks for sharing the pics.
It is an amazing experience. Our whole research team will be here for many months still, so I'll be posting more and giving you a better idea what the island is like.
These birds are super cute. I want to pet on them. You are so fortunate to be beside them. For me, my closest experience with birds were seagulls that flew past my cruise balcony.
Lol!
Upvoted done hope u also dobMine
Thank you! I really appreciate it. Will check yours out.
Thankyou
A pleasure.
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