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upland geese and a new one - the Kelp Goose and it was really quite pretty - pure

white with black bill and feet. Darting along among us were several little songbirds -

the Tussock Bird, the Siskin or Meadowlark, Military Starlings and a TBJ (tiny brown

jobby) that no one has identified for us yet. We were fortunate enough to see several

of the Falkland bird species on this and other walks.

The different plants were so fascinating and lovely too. There was one that looked

magenta at a distance and also appeared to be very like “vinagresia” seen in

Argentine Patagonia. There was a very low-to-the ground plant whose leaves

appeared to be begonias too. And all the different greens blended occasionally and

then contrasted to make a wonderful foreground for the hills that continued up the

slope from where we walked. Most of them were decorated near their tops with bare

spots caused by an eruption of sharp-edged whitish-gray stones.

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