Macquarie Island View
Macquarie Island
(Australia)
Location:
54° 36' south, 158° 54' east
  Macquarie Island (Australia)
 
 
Birds
The island is home to a colony of over 200,000 pairs of King Penguins and an estimated 3,000,000 Royal Penguins. In addition, there are Rockhopper and Gentoo Penguins and many species of albatross including Wandering, Black-Browed, Grey-Headed and Light-Mantled Sooty Albatross.
A colony of King Penguins
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A colony of King Penguins
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King Penguins on pillow lava
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King Penguins at water’s edge
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King Penguins at Sandy Bay
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A pair of King Penguins
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King Penguins with chicks
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King Penguin chick
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King Penguins swimming
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King Penguin
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A colony of Royal Penguins
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A Royal Penguin
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A pair of Royal Penguins
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A Gentoo Penguin family
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Brown (Sub-Antarctic) Skua
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Brown (Sub-Antarctic) Skuas
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A Macquarie Island Shag
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Expedition Nov. 24 – 29, 2005
Text and Layout by Peter S. Goltra and Gail W. Goltra
with Identification and Consultation by
Peter Harrison, Geoff Renner and Geoff Walls.
Photographs by Peter Goltra and Jean Halford
Bird Calls Courtesy of Les McPherson
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