As the sun began to peek over the horizon, casting its golden glow upon the vast expanse of the Southern Ocean, anticipation crackled in the air like electricity. Dr. Dominique Paul Rollinson stood at the bow of the MSC Orchestra, his voice booming over the loudspeaker, announcing the presence of a penguin in the water.
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED. L, 200 pairs breed annually, almost all on Gough Island; only 1 or 2 pairs breed on an Inaccessible slat in the Tristan da Cunha group yearly. It remains mainly in the South Atlantic, but some non-br birds disperse into the Indian Ocean, reaching Australia.
We noticed these two different species of Giant Petrels in what looked like a courtship display. Mixed Southern(greenish bill tip) and Nothern Giant Petrels(reddish bill tip) species have been recorded on both Southe Georgia and Marion Islands. We saw this natural behaviour in the deep with the Pelagic birding in Cape Town with Zest for Birds and the Hooked on Africa Fishing Charters team in May 2022.
