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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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