 |
|
|
| 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: 24448 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: 24449 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Molting king penguin. Image ID: 24450 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: 24451 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: 24452 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: 24453 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: 24454 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: 24457 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: 24458 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: 24459 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: 24534 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: 24434 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
|
|
|
| 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 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 | 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 |
|
|
|
| Launching a zodiac inflatable skiff boat, from the icebreaker M/V Polar Star. Image ID: 24460 Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Zodiac inflatable skiff boat, with mountains of South Georgia Island, on the Bay of Isles. Image ID: 24461 Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Mara Plains Camp, Luxury Tented Safari Camp, Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya. Image ID: 29973 Location: Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya |
|
|
|
| Mara Plains Camp, Luxury Tented Safari Camp, Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya. Image ID: 30015 Location: Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya | Mara Plains Camp, Luxury Tented Safari Camp, Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya. Image ID: 30019 Location: Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya | Trees and grass plains, Maasai Mara, Kenya. Image ID: 29841 Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya |
|
|
|
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
Natural History Photography Blog posts (20) related to Plains
Alternative Search:
Related Topics:
Keywords: