Ron Fredrick: A Black-browed Albatross glides easily over a calm sea
Ron Fredrick: A Southern Giant Petrel - A beautiful soaring bird at sea but an aggressive, opportunistic carrion eater and killer of smaller birds or penquins...especially the chicks.
Ron Fredrick: A Black-browed Albatross mom & chick - Mom has just fed her chick so there's a temporary halt to the begging for food
Ron Fredrick: A great looking(IMO) Rock Hopper Penguin poses nicely for a portrait shot.
Ron Fredrick: A Striated Caracara, cleaning up the remains of a duck
Ron Fredrick: A Rock Hopper Penguin gives me the look
Ron Fredrick: An adult female Upland Goose
Ron Fredrick: A male, *flightless* Falkland Steamer Duck
Ron Fredrick: Northern Giant Petrel
Ron Fredrick: The 700 meter isthmus and area South of the rocky Fort Point in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Ron Fredrick: Fort Point...on the southeast coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Ron Fredrick: A handsome, Chinstrap Penguin at Fort Point...it just exited the rough surf and is standing among thousands of highly worn and polished rocks
Ron Fredrick: An adult Gentoo Penguin, moving quickly (for a penguin) across a grassy field
Ron Fredrick: A staring contest with a Rockhopper Penguin
Ron Fredrick: Two King Penguins, strolling along the shore in South Georgia...our ship is anchored in the background
Ron Fredrick: A Falkland Steamer Duck
Ron Fredrick: A rugged, snowy mountain range of South Georgia Island
Ron Fredrick: The fastest swimming penguin species, a Gentoo Penguin porpoises to increase its speed and breathe easier when traveling.