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Day 3 (Isla Bartolome) - Galapagos Penquin (Spheniscus mendiculus) - My "FIRST" photo & lifer of a Penquin - YAY...
I have not yet perfected the sharp photo of these guys swimming yet - they are so fast! However, this is the best shot I have made so far. I kind of like that the penquin is moving and I like the bubbles he is producing.
The Wuppertal zoo is very proud of their new penguin display. You can go below and watch the penguins swim above your head.
This photo was taken at a huge colony located on Right Whale Bay where many of the King Penguins were in varying stages of moulting. During moulting the birds can not go to sea. They stand near the stream/water to keep cool.
This is a photo of a Yellow-eyed Penguin that I took while on Bushy Beach near Oamaru, on the South Island of New Zealand. I was surprised when the bushes below moved and it suddenly appeared less than 15 feet from me. I believe it is a hungry young chick waiting in the evening hours for its parents to return from sea with food. I think it knew it was time for them to return and was looking for them.
The yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) is only found in New Zealand and is one of the rarest of penguins. They live and breed around the south-east coast of South Island, on Stewart Island and in the sub-Antarctic Auckland and Campbell islands. They are known to Maori as Hoiho
At Dog Woods. Read more in Christy's blog at cmesker.blogspot.com/2008/09/birthday-camping-recap.html