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Falkland Penguins

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Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) at the entrance to its nest burrow, Pebble Island, West Falkland

Three Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua papua) on Green Rincon Beach, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua papua) on Green Rincon Beach, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus), Pebble Island, Falkland

Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua papua) about to enter the sea, Pebble Island

Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) colony, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Creche of young Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome), Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) colony, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Argumentative Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome), Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome), Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) feeding its chick, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Adult Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) with chick, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Adult Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) with a chick, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Two Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) chicks, still down-covered, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Adult Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) asleep standing up, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) colony with creche of down-clad chicks, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) chick with a problem; it seems to have lost its down but not replaced it with feathers. It was cold and shivering and looked doomed. Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Clean Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) hopping up the penguin highway from the sea, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Dirty Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) heading down the penguin highway from the colony to the sea, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Clean Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) fresh from the sea passing dirty ones leaving the colony, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) on the penguin highway from the colony to the sea, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) jumping, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome), Cape Coventry, Pebble Island: crop of previous image

Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome), Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Dead Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) chick, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) on the penguin highway from the colony to the sea, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Airborne Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) heading for the sea, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Soiled Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) heading from the colony towards the sea, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Clean Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) heading back to the colony from the sea, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) fast asleep standing up at the edge of the colony, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) chicks resting in the colony, Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome), Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) being seen off by a Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome), Cape Coventry, Pebble Island

Southern Rockhopper Penguin-watching, Pebble Island style

Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua papua) colony, Bernie's Beach, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua papua) chicks, Bernie's Beach colony, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua papua) colony beneath Middle Peak, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua papua) guarding its late-hatched chick on the nest, colony beneath Middle Peak, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) from behind, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) from in front, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Two Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) displaying, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands