Panorama of Ushuaia from Bahia Encerrada.

Crested Ducks ... Bahia Encerrada — Ushuaia, Argentina.

Crested Duck ... Bahia Encerrada — Ushuaia, Argentina.

Kelp Gulls ... Bahia Encerrada — Ushuaia, Argentina.

Kelp Gull shooing off an immature gull ... Bahia Encerrada — Ushuaia, Argentina.

Blackish Oystercatcher ... Bahia Encerrada — Ushuaia, Argentina.

Shag & Gull ... Bahia Encerrada — Ushuaia, Argentina.

Shag ... Bahia Encerrada — Ushuaia, Argentina.

Shags ... Bahia Encerrada — Ushuaia, Argentina.

Shags with a Gull ... Bahia Encerrada — Ushuaia, Argentina.

Blackish oystercatcher with a Crested duck ... Bahia Encerrada — Ushuaia, Argentina.

Gull ... Bahia Encerrada — Ushuaia, Argentina.

Chimango Caracara ... Bahia Encerrada — Ushuaia, Argentina.

South American Terns ... Bahia Encerrada — Ushuaia, Argentina.

Ushuaia: Birds @ Bahia Encerrada

February 10, 2025 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 46 °F

The plan for today was to go back to Bahia Encerrada, the nature reserve in the city … to visit with the birds and take photos, but also to circumnavigate it for exercise and sightseeing.

But Ushuaia’s notoriously unpredictable weather put paid to those plans.

I was happily taking videos of the South American terns that were fishing at an outflow channel when suddenly the temperature dropped at least 10 degrees and an icy-cold wind started blowing seconds later. Mother Nature started spitting sleet … and then rain … and then snow … and then rinse and repeat.

Time to find some shelter.Read more