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Kelp goose eating kelp, chick and adult male showing entirely white plumage. The kelp goose is noted for eating only seaweed, primarily of the genus ulva. It inhabits rocky coastline habitats where it forages for kelp. Chick Photo. Image ID: 23752 Species: Kelp goose, Chloephaga hybrida, Chloephaga hybrida malvinarum Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	King penguin colony. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest at Salisbury Plain, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Chick Picture. Image ID: 24388 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island	King penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest here, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Stock Photography of Chick. Image ID: 24431 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island

King penguin colony. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest at Salisbury Plain, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Photograph of Chick. Image ID: 24456 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island	Adelie penguin, adult feeding chick by regurgitating partially digested food into the chick's mouth. The pink food bolus, probably consisting of krill and marine invertebrates, can be seen being between the adult and chick's beaks. Chick Photos. Image ID: 25008 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean	King penguin colony. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest at Salisbury Plain, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Chick Image. Image ID: 24386 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island

Black-browed albatross colony on Steeple Jason Island in the Falklands. This is the largest breeding colony of black-browed albatrosses in the world, numbering in the hundreds of thousands of breeding pairs. The albatrosses lay eggs in September and October, and tend a single chick that will fledge in about 120 days. Professional stock photos of Chick. Image ID: 24122 Species: Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	Kelp goose chicks, nestled on sand between rocks. The kelp goose is noted for eating only seaweed, primarily of the genus ulva. It inhabits rocky coastline habitats where it forages for kelp. Pictures of Chick. Image ID: 23753 Species: Kelp goose, Chloephaga hybrida, Chloephaga hybrida malvinarum Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	Patagonian crested duck, adult and chick on sand beach. The crested dusk inhabits coastal regions where it forages for invertebrates and marine algae. The male and female are similar in appearance. Chick Photo. Image ID: 23757 Species: Crested duck, Lophonetta specularioides Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom

Gentoo penguin defends its dead chick (right), from the striated caracara (left) that has just killed it. The penguin continued to defend its lifeless chick for hours, in spite of the futulity and inevitabliityof the final result. Striated caracaras eventually took possession of the dead chick and fed upon it. Chick Picture. Image ID: 24075 Species: Striated caracara, Gentoo penguin, Phalcoboenus australis, Pygoscelis papua Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	Black-browed albatross in flight, against a blue sky. Black-browed albatrosses have a wingspan reaching up to 8', weigh up to 10 lbs and can live 70 years. They roam the open ocean for food and return to remote islands for mating and rearing their chicks. Stock Photography of Chick. Image ID: 24076 Species: Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	Striated caracara feeds upon a gentoo penguin chick it has just killed. Photograph of Chick. Image ID: 24086 Species: Striated caracara, Gentoo penguin, Phalcoboenus australis, Pygoscelis papua Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom

Black-browed albatross colony on Steeple Jason Island in the Falklands. This is the largest breeding colony of black-browed albatrosses in the world, numbering in the hundreds of thousands of breeding pairs. The albatrosses lay eggs in September and October, and tend a single chick that will fledge in about 120 days. Chick Photos. Image ID: 24110 Species: Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	Black-browed albatross, feeding its chick on the nest by regurgitating food it was swallowed while foraging at sea, Steeple Jason Island breeding colony. The single egg is laid in September or October. Incubation takes 68 to 71 days, after which the chick is tended alternately by both adults until it fledges about 120 days later. Chick Image. Image ID: 24117 Species: Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	Black-browed albatross chick on its nest, Steeple Jason Island breeding colony. The single egg is laid in September or October. Incubation takes 68 to 71 days, after which the chick is tended alternately by both adults until it fledges about 120 days later. Professional stock photos of Chick. Image ID: 24152 Species: Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom

Black-browed albatross colony on Steeple Jason Island in the Falklands. This is the largest breeding colony of black-browed albatrosses in the world, numbering in the hundreds of thousands of breeding pairs. The albatrosses lay eggs in September and October, and tend a single chick that will fledge in about 120 days. Pictures of Chick. Image ID: 24224 Species: Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	King penguin colony. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest at Salisbury Plain, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Chick Photo. Image ID: 24407 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island	King penguin colony. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest at Salisbury Plain, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Chick Picture. Image ID: 24409 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island

King penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest here, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Stock Photography of Chick. Image ID: 24410 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island	King penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest here, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Photograph of Chick. Image ID: 24411 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island	Adelie penguin chicks, huddle together in a snowstorm for warmth and protection. This group of chicks is known as a creche. Chick Photos. Image ID: 25026 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean

Southern giant petrel kills and eats an Adelie penguin chick, Shingle Cove. Chick Image. Image ID: 25027 Species: Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean	Adelie penguins, adults and chicks. Professional stock photos of Chick. Image ID: 25102 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Devil Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica	Black-browed albatross, adult and chick, at the enormous colony on Steeple Jason Island in the Falklands. This is the largest breeding colony of black-browed albatrosses in the world, numbering in the hundreds of thousands of breeding pairs. The albatrosses lay eggs in September and October, and tend a single chick that will fledge in about 120 days. Pictures of Chick. Image ID: 24120 Species: Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom

Black-browed albatross colony on Steeple Jason Island in the Falklands. This is the largest breeding colony of black-browed albatrosses in the world, numbering in the hundreds of thousands of breeding pairs. The albatrosses lay eggs in September and October, and tend a single chick that will fledge in about 120 days. Chick Photo. Image ID: 24258 Species: Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	Juvenile 'oakum boy' penguin begs for food, which the adult will regurgitate from its stomach after foraging at sea. This scene plays out thousands of times each hour amid the vast king penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, where over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest and rear their chicks. Chick Picture. Image ID: 24395 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island	King penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest here, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Stock Photography of Chick. Image ID: 24396 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island

Juvenile 'oakum boy' penguin begs for food, which the adult will regurgitate from its stomach after foraging at sea. This scene plays out thousands of times each hour amid the vast king penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, where over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest and rear their chicks. Photograph of Chick. Image ID: 24432 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island	Gentoo penguin tending to its two chicks. The nest is made of small stones. Chick Photos. Image ID: 25551 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica	Kelp goose chicks eating kelp (seaweed). The kelp goose is noted for eating only seaweed, primarily of the genus ulva. It inhabits rocky coastline habitats where it forages for kelp. Chick Image. Image ID: 23754 Species: Kelp goose, Chloephaga hybrida, Chloephaga hybrida malvinarum Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom