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LichtenHansen > Gentoo penguin chick portrait.
Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
LichtenHansen > Southern rockhopper penguin portrait.
New Island, Falkland Islands.
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LichtenHansen > 
Pair of Macaroni penguin preening.
Cooper Bay, South Georgia Island.
Female Macaroni Penguins can begin breeding at around five years of age, while the males do not normally breed until at least six years old. Females breed at a younger age because the male population is larger. The surplus of male penguins allows the female penguins to select more experienced male partners as soon as the females are physically able to breed. Commencing a few days after females arrive to the colony, sexual displays are used by males to attract partners and advertise their territory, and by pairs once together at the nest site and at changeover of incubation shifts. In the ecstatic display, a penguin bows forward, making loud throbbing sounds, and then extends its head and neck up until the neck and beak are vertical. The bird then waves its head from side to side braying loudly. Birds also engage in mutual bowing, trumpeting, and preening.
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LichtenHansen > Preening Macaroni penguin. 
Cooper Bay, South Georgia.
LichtenHansen > 
Preening Macaroni penguin.
Cooper Bay, South Georgia Island.
The Macaroni penguin colony at Cooper Bay is one of the best places on South Georgia Island to see Macaroni penguins.
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LichtenHansen > Adelie penguin on ice. 
Paulet Island, Antarctica.
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Portrait of three King penguins.
Penguin conference.
St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island.
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LichtenHansen > My beautiful tongue.
Gentoo Penguin. Port Lockroy, Antarctica.
LichtenHansen > Gentoo penguin chicks begging for food.
Booth Island, Antarctica.
Gentoo penguin chick portrait.
Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
LichtenHansen > Gentoo penguin chick portrait.
Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
Gentoo penguin chick portrait.
Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
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