Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Amazing indeed. I love the penguin and seal close-ups. > > And: "King Penguins have one of the >> >> most complicated breeding cycles amongst birds - it takes around 14 >> months, so at any time of the year, breeding goes on" > > In other words, just like humans ;-) > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 2, 2014, at 3:51 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> South Georgia is one of the most amazing places I have ever visited >> for sheer profusion of wildlife - the only comparable place I can >> think of is the Serengeti ecosystem. Our first landing was on >> Salisbury Plain, unfortunately on a dreary, foggy day - one can only >> imagine how wonderful this place must be in sunlight! During the 5 >> minutes of sunshine we had the entire day, I got this from my balcony >> on the ship: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/antarcticpanos_001/Antarctica_20140111_2409.jpg.html >> >> When you get on shore, you see this - this is around 75% of the colony: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/antarcticpanos_001/Salisbury-Plain-Pano.jpg.html >> >> There are an estimated 100,000 breeding pairs of King Penguins in this >> colony. Of course, with so much life around, you get various behaviour >> - the difficulty is always in isolating it in the din and stench of >> the milling hordes! You have exultant ones, announcing their presence >> in no uncertain terms: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140111_2458.jpg.html >> >> Pairs going about late season romance - King Penguins have one of the >> most complicated breeding cycles amongst birds - it takes around 14 >> months, so at any time of the year, breeding goes on - it is not >> restricted to any particular season: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140111_2834.jpg.html >> >> There are moulting birds everywhere. King Penguins moult at once - >> they lose and grow all their feathers at the same time, so cannot go >> into water or feed for the six weeks it takes: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140111_2451.jpg.html >> >> There are fledglings at every stage of the process: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140111_2709.jpg.html >> >> You have moulting Elephant Seals peeking with their limpid eyes from >> clumps of Tussock Grass: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140111_2920.jpg.html >> >> Fur Seal bulls, on the beach, guard their harems with a wary eye: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140111_2442.jpg.html >> >> Other Fur Seal youngsters sharpen up their skills with mock fights: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140111_2786.jpg.html >> >> Finally, there are those who need to disconnect once in a while: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140111_2526.jpg.html >> >> Please see LARGE >> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information