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| Gentoo penguin coming ashore, after foraging at sea, walking through ocean water as it wades onto a sand beach. Adult gentoo penguins grow to be 30" and 19lb in size. They feed on fish and crustaceans. Gentoo penguins reside in colonies well inland from the ocean, often formed of a circular collection of stones gathered by the penguins. Image ID: 23845 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Gentoo penguin coming ashore, after foraging at sea, walking through ocean water as it wades onto a sand beach. Adult gentoo penguins grow to be 30" and 19lb in size. They feed on fish and crustaceans. Gentoo penguins reside in colonies well inland from the ocean, often formed of a circular collection of stones gathered by the penguins. Image ID: 23850 Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Zodiac boats, are lowered into the ocean from the ship M/V Polar Star in preparation for a day exploring New Island in the Falklands. Image ID: 23708 Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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| Interesting rock formations on plateau atop New Island, with sheer rugged seacliffs and the ocean beyond. Image ID: 23798 Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Photographer Al Bruton, photographing Magellanic penguins on grasslands above the ocean. Image ID: 23799 Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Sand beach at New Island Settlement, with zodiac ashore and shipwrreck. Image ID: 23800 Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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| Rockhopper penguin portrait, showing the yellowish plume feathers that extend behind its red eye in adults. The western rockhopper penguin stands about 23" high and weights up to 7.5 lb, with a lifespan of 20-30 years. Image ID: 23723 Species: Rockhopper penguin, Western rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Rockhopper penguin. This juvenile has not yet developed the yellowish plume feathers that extend behind its red eye in adults. The western rockhopper penguin stands about 23" high and weights up to 7.5 lb, with a lifespan of 20-30 years. Image ID: 23727 Species: Rockhopper penguin, Western rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Rockhopper penguin portrait, showing the yellowish plume feathers that extend behind its red eye in adults. The western rockhopper penguin stands about 23" high and weights up to 7.5 lb, with a lifespan of 20-30 years. Image ID: 23728 Species: Rockhopper penguin, Western rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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| Rockhopper penguin portrait, showing the yellowish plume feathers that extend behind its red eye in adults. The western rockhopper penguin stands about 23" high and weights up to 7.5 lb, with a lifespan of 20-30 years. Image ID: 23729 Species: Rockhopper penguin, Western rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Rockhopper penguin portrait, showing the yellowish plume feathers that extend behind its red eye in adults. The western rockhopper penguin stands about 23" high and weights up to 7.5 lb, with a lifespan of 20-30 years. Image ID: 23730 Species: Rockhopper penguin, Western rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Rockhopper penguin portrait, showing the yellowish plume feathers that extend behind its red eye in adults. The western rockhopper penguin stands about 23" high and weights up to 7.5 lb, with a lifespan of 20-30 years. Image ID: 23731 Species: Rockhopper penguin, Western rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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| Rockhopper penguin portrait, showing the yellowish plume feathers that extend behind its red eye in adults. The western rockhopper penguin stands about 23" high and weights up to 7.5 lb, with a lifespan of 20-30 years. Image ID: 23732 Species: Rockhopper penguin, Western rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Rockhopper penguins, on rocky coastline of New Island in the Falklands. True to their name, rockhopper penguins scramble over the rocky intertidal zone and up steep hillsides to reach their nesting colonies which may be hundreds of feet above the ocean, often jumping up and over rocks larger than themselves. Rockhopper penguins reach 23" and 7.5lb in size, and can live 20-30 years. They feed primarily on feed on krill, squid, octopus, lantern fish, molluscs, plankton, cuttlefish, and crustaceans. Image ID: 23747 Species: Rockhopper penguin, Western rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | 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. Image ID: 23754 Species: Kelp goose, Chloephaga hybrida, Chloephaga hybrida malvinarum Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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| Kelp goose, 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. Image ID: 23755 Species: Kelp goose, Chloephaga hybrida, Chloephaga hybrida malvinarum Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Kelp goose, female with multicolored plumage very different from the pure white of male kelp geese. The kelp goose is noted for eating only seaweed, primarily of the genus ulva. It inhabits rocky coastline habitats where it forages for kelp. Image ID: 23758 Species: Chloephaga hybrida, Chloephaga hybrida malvinarum Location: New 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. Image ID: 23759 Species: Kelp goose, Chloephaga hybrida, Chloephaga hybrida malvinarum Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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| Imperial shag or blue-eyed shag, in tussock grass. The Imperial Shag is about 30" long and 4-8 lbs, with males averaging larger than females. It can dive as deep as 80' while foraging for small benthic fish, crustaceans, polychaetes, gastropods and octopuses. Image ID: 23762 Species: Imperial shag, Phalacrocorax atriceps, Leucocarbo atriceps Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Patagonian crested duck, 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. Image ID: 23764 Species: Crested duck, Lophonetta specularioides Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Upland goose, female, walking across grasslands. Males have a white head and breast, females are brown with black-striped wings and yellow feet. Upland geese are 24-29" long and weigh about 7 lbs. Image ID: 23770 Species: Upland goose, Chloephaga picta Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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| Upland goose, male, walking across grasslands. Males have a white head and breast, females are brown with black-striped wings and yellow feet. Upland geese are 24-29" long and weigh about 7 lbs. Image ID: 23773 Species: Upland goose, Chloephaga picta Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Magellanic penguin, adult and chick, in grasslands at the opening of their underground burrow. Magellanic penguins can grow to 30" tall, 14 lbs and live over 25 years. They feed in the water, preying on cuttlefish, sardines, squid, krill, and other crustaceans. Image ID: 23775 Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Magellanic penguin, in grasslands at the opening of their underground burrow. Magellanic penguins can grow to 30" tall, 14 lbs and live over 25 years. They feed in the water, preying on cuttlefish, sardines, squid, krill, and other crustaceans. Image ID: 23777 Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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| Magellanic penguin, adult and chick, in grasslands at the opening of their underground burrow. Magellanic penguins can grow to 30" tall, 14 lbs and live over 25 years. They feed in the water, preying on cuttlefish, sardines, squid, krill, and other crustaceans. Image ID: 23778 Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Magellanic penguins, in grasslands at the opening of their underground burrow. Magellanic penguins can grow to 30" tall, 14 lbs and live over 25 years. They feed in the water, preying on cuttlefish, sardines, squid, krill, and other crustaceans. Image ID: 23779 Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Magellanic penguins, in grasslands at the opening of their underground burrow. Magellanic penguins can grow to 30" tall, 14 lbs and live over 25 years. They feed in the water, preying on cuttlefish, sardines, squid, krill, and other crustaceans. Image ID: 23780 Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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| Magellanic penguins, in grasslands at the opening of their underground burrow. Magellanic penguins can grow to 30" tall, 14 lbs and live over 25 years. They feed in the water, preying on cuttlefish, sardines, squid, krill, and other crustaceans. Image ID: 23781 Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Magellanic penguin, in grasslands at the opening of their underground burrow. Magellanic penguins can grow to 30" tall, 14 lbs and live over 25 years. They feed in the water, preying on cuttlefish, sardines, squid, krill, and other crustaceans. Image ID: 23782 Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Snowy sheathbill in flight, flying over the ocean. Image ID: 23823 Species: Snowy sheathbill, Chionis alba Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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