These amazing images show the annual nesting session for a giant colony of seabirds in Patagonia , Argentina . Drone footage shows thousands of birds making a home for themselves across a 2,000 square metre ( 21,528 sq.ft . ) beach on the Argentinian coastline . A team of researchers captured more than 5,300 pairs of nesting Imperial Cormorants , as part of a project to record the reproduction habits of the seabirds . Scroll down for video . Amazing scenes : Thousands of birds in a colony of Patagonian seabirds have settled on this Argentinian beach to nest . Bird is the word : A research team used drones to capture the extent of the nesting colony , thought to be more than 5,300 'bird couples ' Making babies : In the footage , the Patagonian seabirds can be seen nesting on a 21,528 square foot beach in Argentina . 'We used friendly , funny , cheap and safe drones who made the previous laborious job made by pilots and photographers in the past , ' Dr. Flavio Quintana , a leading marine conservation biologist said . 'The results were glorious , several high qualities images from different angles and altitudes allow us to determine , with accurate data , the real number of breeding pairs in different colonies which helps us to understand trends of the Patagonian population . ' 'The drone footage shows a huge mixed colony of seabirds , several species nesting at the same site in the coast of Patagonia , Argentina . 'The Imperial Cormorant is a diving seabird that nest along the Patagonian coast of Argentina and Chile and is one of our research target species . Sneaking : A team of researchers photographed the nesting Imperial Cormorants as part of a project to record their reproduction habits . Chick this out : Thousands of birds are getting ready for nightfall as the sun sets over the beach in Patagonia , Argentina . Dr. Flavio Quintana said flying the drones allowed the team to 'determine , with accurate data , the real number of breeding pairs in the colonies ' The drone footage shows a huge mixed colony of seabirds , several species nesting at the same site in the coast of Patagonia , Argentina .
Drone captures thousands of bird couples nesting on the coast of Patagonia , Argentina . More than 5,300 pairs of Imperial Cormorants can be seen nesting on a 21,528 square foot beach .