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LichtenHansen > Pair of preening King penguins. Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island.
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. download
LichtenHansen > Pair of mating Gentoo peguins. Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
LichtenHansen > Two Blue-eyed shags. Petermann Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
LichtenHansen > Pair of Black-browed albatrosses touching bills in their mating ritual. Photo is taken on Westpoint Island in Falkland Islands.
LichtenHansen > Pair of black oystercatcher. Carcass Island, Falkland Islands.
LichtenHansen > Pair of happy macaroni penguins in tussock grass. Cooper Bay, South Georgia.
LichtenHansen > Two Black-browed albatrosses in mating ritual. The Black-browed Albatross is a medium-sized albatross, at 80-95 cm (32-38 in) long with a 200-235 cm (79-93 in) wingspan.Steeple Jason is a home to the largest colony of Black-browed Albatrosses in the world. Over 70% of the global population of Black-browed Albatross breeds in the Falkland Islands.Black-browed albatross is on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, mainly due to long lone fishing after tuna.
LichtenHansen > Two Magellan Snipe walking around in the tussock grass at Carcass Island, Falkland Islands. On the Falklands they are totally unafraid of people. Rats, cats and other introduced predators have radically declined the population of this bird on the Falklands, but on Carcass and a few others, which are rat and cat free, they are still easily seen.
Pair of preening King penguins.
Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island.
LichtenHansen > Pair of preening King penguins. Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island.
Pair of preening King penguins.
Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island.
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