Posted in Birding, Nature, Photography, Travel, Urban on 8 June, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Saturday, 29 March:
A Peregrine Falcon got the day off to a good start as it flew close overhead while I had coffee on the terrace of our apartment. Although I’ve seen Peregrines a number of times before, this one provided good looks.
After a light breakfast we all walked to Avenida Santa Fe and caught [...]
Posted in Birding, Nature, Photography, Travel, Urban on 29 May, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Thursday, 27 March:
We woke up ungodly-early and caught a pair of cabs to the Punta Arenas airport, careening wildly in the light rain. I’m not sure, but we think the cabs may have been racing each other the 5 miles to the airport. If so, Jim & Diane’s driver won, but only barely. [...]
Posted in Birding, Nature, Photography, Travel on 22 May, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Tuesday, March 25 (continued):
We’d arrived a bit early for our 4:30pm departure from the Punta Arenas docks, and milled around at the end of the road in the wind for a bit before they started letting folks board. The ship, a re-purposed auto ferry, was large and of a 1960’s vintage. We sat [...]
Posted in Birding, Nature, Photography, Travel on 20 May, 2008 | 18 Comments »
Monday, March 24:
We awoke to a magnificent sunrise, easily the loveliest I have ever seen, and I rushed outside in a t-shirt and sweats to capture it before it faded.
Posted in Birding, Hiking, Nature, Photography, Travel on 6 May, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Sunday, March 23:
After a quick breakfast at our hotel we loaded up the car and headed to Salto Grande, just a quarter mile past where we’d parked the previous day for our boat ride across Lago Pehoe. The winds were blowing fiercely, but the air was warm’ish as we made our way the few [...]
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