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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
Artists rendition of Inkayacu paracasensis There are 17 living species of penguins, which make up their own Linnean family (Spheniscidae), which is the only family in the order Sphenisciformes. Penguins are flightless, but some species locomote over long distances on antarctic ice to travel between breeding grounds and the sea.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 22, 2011
There is a very distinctive smell found on seabird colonies, where thousands upon thousands of birds come to breed and, coincidentally, deposit large quantities of waste. A great place to watch whales and pelagic seabirds. As well as gulls the islands home large colonies of Brandt’s Cormorants. And finally, a view from that step.
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