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Booby Bird Carcass on Barren Coral Rubble Beach, Clipperton Island
Booby Bird Carcass on Barren Coral Rubble Beach, Clipperton Island
Magellanic penguins walk through tussock grass, on their way to their burrows after foraging at sea all day, Spheniscus magellanicus, Carcass Island
Upland goose, male, beside pond in the interior of Carcass Island near Leopard Beach, Chloephaga picta
Gentoo penguin. Gentoo penguins reach 36" in height and weigh up to 20 lbs. They are the fastest swimming species of penguing, feeding in marine crustaceans and fishes, Pygoscelis papua, Carcass Island
Magellanic penguin, at its burrow in short grass, in the interior of Carcass Island, Spheniscus magellanicus
Gentoo penguins walk through tussock grass. After foraging in the ocean for food, the penguins make their way to the interior of the island to rest at their colony, Pygoscelis papua, Carcass Island
Gentoo penguin, vocalizing, atop of hill of tall tussock grass, Pygoscelis papua, Carcass Island
Magellanic penguins, at their burrow in short grass, in the interior of Carcass Island, Spheniscus magellanicus
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 futility and inevitability of the final result. Striated caracaras eventually took possession of the dead chick and fed upon it, Phalcoboenus australis, Pygoscelis papua, Steeple Jason Island
Visitors watch gentoo and Magellanic penguins on beautiful Leopard Beach, coming ashore after they have foraged at sea, Spheniscus magellanicus, Carcass Island
Beautiful white sand beach, on the southern tip of Carcass Island, with gentoo and Magellanic penguins coming and going to sea, Spheniscus magellanicus
Beautiful white sand beach, on the southern tip of Carcass Island, with gentoo and Magellanic penguins coming and going to sea, Spheniscus magellanicus
Northern giant petrel scavenging a fur seal carcass. Giant petrels will often feed on carrion, defending it in a territorial manner from other petrels and carrion feeders, Macronectes halli, Right Whale Bay
Gentoo penguin, returning from the sea after foraging for crustaceans, krill and fish, Pygoscelis papua, Carcass Island
Magellanic penguin, juvenile, coming ashore on a sand beach after foraging at sea, Spheniscus magellanicus, Carcass Island
Kelp goose, male with chick, Chloephaga hybrida, Carcass Island
Ponds and grasses, in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay
Visitors walk across Carcass Island, named for the HMS Carcass which surveyed the island in 1766
Magellanic penguins walk through tussock grass. After foraging in the ocean for food, the penguins make their way to the interior of the island to rest at their colony, Pygoscelis papua, Carcass Island
Flightless steamer duck, male, with ducklings, swimming in the ocean, Tachyeres brachypterus, Carcass Island
Upland goose, male (white) and female, beside pond in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay, Chloephaga picta
Mixed group of Magellanic and gentoo penguins, walk from the ocean through tall tussock grass to the interior of Carcass Island, Pygoscelis papua, Spheniscus magellanicus
Kelp goose, male, Chloephaga hybrida, Carcass Island
Magellanic penguin, at its burrow in short grass, in the interior of Carcass Island, Spheniscus magellanicus
Gentoo penguin, returning from the sea after foraging for crustaceans, krill and fish, Pygoscelis papua, Carcass Island
Magellanic penguin, coming ashore after foraging in the ocean for food, Spheniscus magellanicus, Carcass Island
Magellanic penguin, juvenile, coming ashore on a sand beach after foraging at sea, Spheniscus magellanicus, Carcass Island
Magellanic penguin, juvenile, coming ashore on a sand beach after foraging at sea, Spheniscus magellanicus, Carcass Island
Gentoo penguins, Carcass Island, Pygoscelis papua
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