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Falkland Islands - Magellanic Penguins

These pictures of the Magellanic Penguins were taken at the back end of the breeding season 2006/07 which runs from September to the following March.
Consequently the only chicks visible are already fully grown and have lost most of their first coat,they can be seen in the group photographs as the ones with the fluffy grey patches on their coat in various stages of moult(the old feathers are pushed out by the new ones growing underneath) into the smooth black and white waterproof coat of the adults.
The Magellanic Penguin is known on the Falkland Islands as the "Jackass Penguin" due to the raucous braying sound they make.

Image: Information Board at Gypsy Cove

Image: Magellanic Penguins on beach

Image: Magellanic Penguins on beach

Image: Magellanic Penguins in the water

Image: Magellinic Penguin in burrow

Image: Magellanic Penguin in burrow

Image: Magellanic Penguins on beach with young

Image: Magellanic Penguins on beach with young

Image: Magellanic Penguins on beach with young

Image: Magellanic Penguins on beach with young

Image: Magellanic Penguin on beach

Image: Magellanic Penguins on beach with young

Image: Magellanic Penguins on beach

Image: Magellanic Penguins on beach with young

Image: Magellanic Penguins on beach with young

Image: Magellanic Penguins on beach with young

Image: Magellanic Penguin in burrow

Image: Magellanic Penguin in burrow

Image: Magellanic Penguins in the water

The photographs below were taken at the beginning of the 2007/08 breeding season in October.

Image: Magellanic Penguin

Image: Magellanic Penguin

Image: Magellanic Penguins

Image: Magellanic Penguins

Image: Magellanic Penguins

Image: Magellanic Penguin

The photographs below were taken in early January of the 2007/08 breeding season.The chicks still have their full first coat.

Image: Magellanic Penguin with chicks

Image: Magellanic Penguin with chicks

Image: Magellanic Penguin with chicks

Image: Magellanic Penguin with chicks

Image: Magellanic Penguin with chicks


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