I think of the sodden penguins, the enormous puddles, the new river in the Canada, the dead chicks we left out in the open so the
kelp gulls could find them.
Parents flying in with a fish were occasionally harried by Jaegers and on one occasion an adult with a bulging crop was pursued by a Kelp Gull. Fish up to c.
On two occasions fledglings were killed when they ventured too close to nests of other species--by a Kelp Gull on 15 November 1977, and by a Sooty Oystercatcher on 25 November 1978.
Preference for covered nest sites and breeding success in
Kelp Gulls Larus dominicanus.
Kleptoparasitism of Magellanic flightless steamer-ducks (Tachyeres pteneres) by
Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus) Boletin SAO 17:141-144.
Subterranean nests of Peruvian diving-petrels occupy areas of very fine pebbles and coarse sand, whereas nests of
kelp gulls (much less frequent than at the AB site) are located among rocks in the granitic outcrops, along with very few plants of Solanum murphyi I.M.
Eighty-six dead birds were found: 5
kelp gulls (Larus dominicanus), 36 skuas (Stercorarius sp), and 45 Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae).
Zodiac landings on the Antarctic Peninsula take in, weather permitting, Half Moon Island, where chinstrap penguins,
kelp gulls, Antarctic terns, and whales are found; narrow, glacier-lined Lemaire Channel, where humpback and killer whales, penguins, and elephant seals are common; Neumayer Channel with its majestic cliffs; Port Lockroy, known for gentoo penguins and blue-eyed cormorants; and Paradise Harbor, famous for ice cliffs and icebergs.