More photos from yesterday

Aside from the thousands of penguins, yesterday we also saw a couple of other local critters and I thought I should give them a little exposure too.

As we got close to the penguin rookery, we started seeing a llama-like animal off in the distance. They are called guanacos, a member of the camel family, and are close relatives to llama. It turns out there was an entire herd of them in the sanctuary, although we never got close to them. They are protected here and can't be hunted, farmed, or used for making wool with their fur.

We also saw a little bird that looked like a partridge feeding on shrubs. It's coloring blended in so well with the surroundings it was almost impossible to see. It's called a tinamou and is native to Southern Chile and Argentina.

Ok, since we don't have that many pictures of guanacos and tinamous, here's more penguin pics and another video.Read more