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| My first look at a Chinstrap penguin. |
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| He or she was excited to see me too! |
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| We boated to Torgersen Island to service the penguin cam we set up a few weeks ago. The penguins at that time were pairing off. Now they are nesting on eggs. On the left side, you can see an egg. |
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| They build nests with small rocks. |
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| This Adelie penguin walked right up to us as he must have been curious about what we were doing. |
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| The surge was too large to anchor so the marine tech stayed in the boat. |
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| The Skua birds to the left, scavengers of the Southern Ocean, were trying to get the eggs. |
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| The penguins were very defensive. |
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| There were several nesting areas. sometimes one of the penguins would try and steal a prized pebble from the neighboring nest. This was usually met with two angry penguins. |
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| Two very large seals. |
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| This Gentoo penguin seemed very tame. |
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| He then stood and stretched. |
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