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King penguins at Salisbury Plain.
Image ID: 24435
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | 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: 24436
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguins, showing ornate and distinctive neck, breast and head plumage and orange beak.
Image ID: 24463
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Grytviken, 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: 24440
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: 24441
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Photographer overlooking the vast king penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, with over 100,000 pairs of king penguins.
Image ID: 24442
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.
Image ID: 24443
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguins and whale bones, on the cobblestone beach at Godthul, South Georgia Island. The whale bones are evidence of South Georgia's long and prolific history of whaling.
Image ID: 24726
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Godthul, 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: 24497
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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King penguins at Salisbury Plain. Silver and black penguins are adults, while brown penguins are 'oakum boys', juveniles named for their distinctive fluffy plumage that will soon molt and taken on adult coloration.
Image ID: 24506
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguins at Salisbury Plain. Silver and black penguins are adults, while brown penguins are 'oakum boys', juveniles named for their distinctive fluffy plumage that will soon molt and taken on adult coloration.
Image ID: 24507
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin, mated pair courting, displaying courtship behavior including mutual preening.
Image ID: 24510
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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King penguins at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Hundreds of thousands of 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: 24511
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguins at Salisbury Plain.
Image ID: 24513
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | 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: 24514
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: 24515
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | 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: 24524
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguins at Salisbury Plain.
Image ID: 24525
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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Photographer overlooking the vast king penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, with over 100,000 pairs of king penguins.
Image ID: 24526
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: 24527
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguins at Salisbury Plain.
Image ID: 24528
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: 24529
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguins at Salisbury Plain.
Image ID: 24530
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: 24531
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: 24532
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | 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: 24533
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: 24535
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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King penguins at Salisbury Plain. Silver and black penguins are adults, while brown penguins are 'oakum boys', juveniles named for their distinctive fluffy plumage that will soon molt and taken on adult coloration.
Image ID: 24537
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguins at Salisbury Plain. Silver and black penguins are adults, while brown penguins are 'oakum boys', juveniles named for their distinctive fluffy plumage that will soon molt and taken on adult coloration.
Image ID: 24538
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: 24539
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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