Search results for Carcass Island

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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
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.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24051  
Gentoo penguin, atop of hill of tall tussock grass, Pygoscelis papua, Carcass Island
Gentoo penguin, atop of hill of tall tussock grass.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24052  
Magellanic penguins, coming ashore after foraging at sea, Spheniscus magellanicus, Carcass Island
Magellanic penguins, coming ashore after foraging at sea.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24054  
Kelp goose, male (white) and female, Chloephaga hybrida, Carcass Island
Kelp goose, male (white) and female.
Species: Kelp goose, Chloephaga hybrida
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24057  
Magellanic penguins, coming ashore after foraging at sea, Spheniscus magellanicus, Carcass Island
Magellanic penguins, coming ashore after foraging at sea.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24058  
Upland goose, male, beside pond in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay, Chloephaga picta
Upland goose, male, beside pond in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay.
Species: Upland goose, Chloephaga picta
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24064  
Upland goose, male, beside pond in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay, Chloephaga picta
Upland goose, male, beside pond in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay.
Species: Upland goose, Chloephaga picta
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24065  
Upland goose, male (white) and female, beside pond in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay, Chloephaga picta
Upland goose, male (white) and female, beside pond in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay.
Species: Upland goose, Chloephaga picta
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24066  
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 futulity and inevitabliityof the final result.  Striated caracaras eventually took possession of the dead chick and fed upon it, Phalcoboenus australis, Pygoscelis papua, Steeple Jason Island
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 futulity and inevitabliityof the final result. Striated caracaras eventually took possession of the dead chick and fed upon it.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Striated caracara, Phalcoboenus australis, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24207  
Gentoo penguins, walking over short grass to their colony on Carcass Island, Pygoscelis papua
Gentoo penguins, walking over short grass to their colony on Carcass Island.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23971  
Gentoo penguins, walking over short grass to their colony on Carcass Island, Pygoscelis papua
Gentoo penguins, walking over short grass to their colony on Carcass Island.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23982  
Gentoo penguins, walking over short grass to their colony on Carcass Island, Pygoscelis papua
Gentoo penguins, walking over short grass to their colony on Carcass Island.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24001  
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.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24007  
Gentoo penguins, Carcass Island, Pygoscelis papua
Gentoo penguins, Carcass Island.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24040  
Gentoo penguins, walking over short grass to their colony on Carcass Island, Pygoscelis papua
Gentoo penguins, walking over short grass to their colony on Carcass Island.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24046  
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.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24055  
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.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23975  
Ponds and grasses, in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay
Ponds and grasses, in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay.
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23977  
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.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24009  
Ponds and grasses, in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay
Ponds and grasses, in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay.
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24028  
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.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24060  
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.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24061  
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.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24062  
Ponds and grasses, in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay
Ponds and grasses, in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay.
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24067  
Interior of Carcass Island, with mounds of tussock grass and other low-lying vegatation
Interior of Carcass Island, with mounds of tussock grass and other low-lying vegatation.
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24068  
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
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.
Species: Northern giant petrel, Macronectes halli
Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 23688  
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
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.
Species: Northern giant petrel, Macronectes halli
Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 23697  
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
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.
Species: Northern giant petrel, Macronectes halli
Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 23698  
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