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Salisbury Plain on South Georgia Island is home to an immense rookery of King Penguins. It is a spectacular wildlife location, unequaled in all the world.
Image ID: 24682
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island
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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.
Image ID: 24388
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin colony and the Bay of Isles on the northern coast of South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 nesting pairs of king penguins reside here. Dark patches in the colony are groups of juveniles with fluffy brown plumage. The icebreaker M/V Polar Star lies at anchor.
Image ID: 24383
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin preening. Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island.
Image ID: 24387
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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Oakum boys, juvenile king penguins at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island. Named 'oakum boys' by sailors for the resemblance of their brown fluffy plumage to the color of oakum used to caulk timbers on sailing ships, these year-old penguins will soon shed their fluffy brown plumage and adopt the colors of an adult.
Image ID: 24405
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Oakum boys, juvenile king penguins at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island. Named 'oakum boys' by sailors for the resemblance of their brown fluffy plumage to the color of oakum used to caulk timbers on sailing ships, these year-old penguins will soon shed their fluffy brown plumage and adopt the colors of an adult.
Image ID: 24406
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.
Image ID: 24431
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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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.
Image ID: 24456
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.
Image ID: 24386
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Icebreaker M/V Polar Star anchored in the Bay of Isles,offshore of the vast king penguin colony at Salisbury Plain.
Image ID: 24397
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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King penguin at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island.
Image ID: 24398
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin, mated pair courting, displaying courtship behavior including mutual preening.
Image ID: 24399
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin, mated pair courting, displaying courtship behavior.
Image ID: 24400
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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King penguin colony, over 100,000 nesting pairs, viewed from above. The brown patches are groups of 'oakum boys', juveniles in distinctive brown plumage. Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island.
Image ID: 24404
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.
Image ID: 24407
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Oakum boys, juvenile king penguins at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island. Named 'oakum boys' by sailors for the resemblance of their brown fluffy plumage to the color of oakum used to caulk timbers on sailing ships, these year-old penguins will soon shed their fluffy brown plumage and adopt the colors of an adult.
Image ID: 24408
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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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.
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.
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.
Image ID: 24411
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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King penguin colony, over 100,000 nesting pairs, viewed from above. The brown patches are groups of 'oakum boys', juveniles in distinctive brown plumage. Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island.
Image ID: 24447
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Oakum boys, juvenile king penguins at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island. Named 'oakum boys' by sailors for the resemblance of their brown fluffy plumage to the color of oakum used to caulk timbers on sailing ships, these year-old penguins will soon shed their fluffy brown plumage and adopt the colors of an adult.
Image ID: 24455
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.
Image ID: 24395
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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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.
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.
Image ID: 24432
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguins at Salisbury Plain.
Image ID: 24433
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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King penguin colony and the Bay of Isles on the northern coast of South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 nesting pairs of king penguins reside here. Dark patches in the colony are groups of juveniles with fluffy brown plumage. The icebreaker M/V Polar Star lies at anchor.
Image ID: 24401
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin colony and the Bay of Isles on the northern coast of South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 nesting pairs of king penguins reside here. Dark patches in the colony are groups of juveniles with fluffy brown plumage. The icebreaker M/V Polar Star lies at anchor.
Image ID: 24402
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin colony and the Bay of Isles on the northern coast of South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 nesting pairs of king penguins reside here. Dark patches in the colony are groups of juveniles with fluffy brown plumage.
Image ID: 24403
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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King penguin at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island.
Image ID: 24437
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin, mated pair courting, displaying courtship behavior including mutual preening.
Image ID: 24438
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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