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  1. Bornean Black Magpie, Borneo

    Bornean Black Magpie, Borneo

    Enjoy the clip and its unique calls. The Bornean Black Magpie (Platysmurus aterrimus), aka Black Crested Magpie 黑冠喜鵲. It was previously thought to be a subspecies of the Black Magpie, but recent revisions determined that it is the full species Platysmurus aterrimus. It is endemic to Borneo. It...
  2. Adelie Penguin Portrait, Pygoscelis adeliae

    Adelie Penguin Portrait, Pygoscelis adeliae

    Portrait of an Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, on the fast ice at Cape Adare, Ross Sea, Antarctica. This little penguin is on its way from the rookery across 2-3 kilometres of fast ice to get to the sea so it can bring back food for its chicks. The colony at Cape Adare is one of the biggest...
  3. Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor, Taking off

    Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor, Taking off

    Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor. Some of the population of 2 to 3 million flamingos which feed in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, East Africa. The smudge of pink on the horizon are many more flamingos on the opposite shore of the lake. Lake Nakuru lies in the Great Rift Valley.
  4. Penguin Highway, Adelie Penguins, pygoscelis adeliae

    Penguin Highway, Adelie Penguins, pygoscelis adeliae

    Adelie Penguins, pygoscelis adeliae, on the main Penguin Highway at Cape Adare, Ross Sea, Antarctica. These little guys go 2-3 kilometres to go fishing so they can feed their chicks. They have this long walk to get to the edge of the fast ice. Across the bay are multiple galciers slowly grinding...
  5. Emperor Penguin Going Fishing Sequence, Aptenodytes forsteri

    Emperor Penguin Going Fishing Sequence, Aptenodytes forsteri

    Emperor Penguins, Aptenodytes forsteri, leaving home on the fast ice at about 1am to go fishing, Cape Roget, Ross Sea, Antarctica. The penguins make their way to the edge of the ice from the rookery. They seem to stand in groups of about 20, peacefully waiting for those groups in front to leave...
  6. Juvenile Adelie Penguins Having an Argument, Pygoscelis adeliae

    Juvenile Adelie Penguins Having an Argument, Pygoscelis adeliae

    Non-breeding juvenile Adelie Penguins practice building nests with the beach pebbles, then have arguments as they try to steal each other's pebbles. Notice that they have their crests up - a sure sign that they are agro!!! The adults around about take no notice of the teenagers exploratory...
  7. Emperor Penguins Going Fishing, Aptenodytes forsteri

    Emperor Penguins Going Fishing, Aptenodytes forsteri

    Emperor Penguins, Aptenodytes forsteri, leaving home on the fast ice at about 1am to go fishing, Cape Roget, Ross Sea, Antarctica. The penguins make their way to the edge of the ice from the rookery. They seem to stand in groups of about 20, peacefully waiting for those groups in front to leave...
  8. Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, Walking

    Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, Walking

    Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, walking on the fast ice at Cape Adare, Ross Sea, Antarctica. This little penguin is on its way from the rookery across 2-3 kilometres of fast ice to get to the sea so it can bring back food for its chicks. The colony at Cape Adare is one of the biggest Adelie...
  9. Adelie Penguin Rookery, Pygoscelis adeliae

    Adelie Penguin Rookery, Pygoscelis adeliae

    Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, on the pebb le beach at Cape Adare, Ross Sea, Antarctica. The colony at Cape Adare is one of the biggest Adelie colonies in the Antarctica.
  10. Adelie Penguin Portrait, Pygoscelis adeliae

    Adelie Penguin Portrait, Pygoscelis adeliae

    Portrait of an Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, on the fast ice at Cape Adare, Ross Sea, Antarctica. This little penguin is on its way from the rookery across 2-3 kilometres of fast ice to get to the sea so it can bring back food for its chicks. The colony at Cape Adare is one of the biggest...
  11. Adelie Penguin Colony, Pygoscelis adeliae

    Adelie Penguin Colony, Pygoscelis adeliae

    Carsten Borchgrevinks (1898 1900) hut at Cape Adare surrounded by the largest Adelie Penguin, pygoscelis adeliae, rookery in Antarctica, The Trans Antarctic Mountains and the Ross Sea. Carsten Borchgrevink (1898 1900) returned to Antarctica in the "Southern Cross" and he and seven others were...
  12. Lone Flyer, Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor.

    Lone Flyer, Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor.

    Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor. Some of the population of 2 to 3 million flamingos which feed in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, East Africa. Lake Nakuru lies in the Great Rift Valley.
  13. Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor

    Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor

    Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor. Some of the population of 2 to 3 million flamingos which feed in Lake Nakuru National Park. Kenya, East Africa. Lake Nakuru lies in the Great Rift Valley.
  14. Take Off! Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor

    Take Off! Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor

    Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor. Some of the population of 2 to 3 million flamingos which feed in Lake Nakuru National Park. Kenya, East Africa. Lake Nakuru lies in the Great Rift Valley.
  15. Flypast: Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor

    Flypast: Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor

    Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor. Some of the population of 2 to 3 million flamingos which feed in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, East Africa. Lake Nakuru lies in the Great Rift Valley.
  16. Egyptian Geese Family, Alopochen aegyptiacus

    Egyptian Geese Family, Alopochen aegyptiacus

    Egyptian Geese, Alopochen aegyptiacus, on the swampy shore of Lake Naivasha, Kenya, East Africa. The lake has a surface area of 139 km, and is surrounded by a swamp the home of many bird species.
  17. Yellow-billed Stork Feeding, Mycteria ibis

    Yellow-billed Stork Feeding, Mycteria ibis

    Yellow-billed Stork, Mycteria ibis, on the swampy shore of Lake Naivasha Nature Reserve, Kenya, East Africa. The lake has a surface area of 139 km, and is surrounded by a swamp the home of many bird species.
  18. Adelie Procession Sequence, Image 4

    Adelie Procession Sequence, Image 4

    Adelie Procession Sequence showing a group of Adelie Penguins, pygoscelis adeliae, gathering together to cross a frozen pool in the pressure ridges in the sea ice at Cape Hallett, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Because this frozen pool was different from the regular environment they were very diffident...
  19. Adelie Procession Sequence, Image 3

    Adelie Procession Sequence, Image 3

    Adelie Procession Sequence showing a group of Adelie Penguins, pygoscelis adeliae, gathering together to cross a frozen pool in the pressure ridges in the sea ice at Cape Hallett, Ross Sea , Antarctica. Because this frozen pool was different from the regular environment they were very diffident...
  20. Adelie Procession Sequence, Image 2

    Adelie Procession Sequence, Image 2

    Adelie Procession Sequence showing a group of Adelie Penguins, pygoscelis adeliae, gathering together to cross a frozen pool in the pressure ridges in the sea ice at Cape Hallett, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Because this frozen pool was different from the regular environment they were very diffident...
  21. Adelie Procession Sequence, Image 1

    Adelie Procession Sequence, Image 1

    Adelie Procession Sequence showing a group of Adelie Penguins, pygoscelis adeliae, gathering together to cross a frozen pool in the pressure ridges in the sea ice at Cape Hallett, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Because this frozen pool was different from the regular environment they were very diffident...
  22. African Fish Eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer

    African Fish Eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer

    African Fish Eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer, at Lake Naivasha, Kenya, East Africa. The lake has a surface area of 139 km, and is surrounded by a swamp the home of many bird species. The fish eagles hunt by swooping over the lake and taking fish after keeping watch from a nearby tree.
  23. Lone Flypast: Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor

    Lone Flypast: Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor

    Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor. Some of the population of 2 to 3 million flamingos which feed in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, East Africa. Lake Nakuru lies in the Great Rift Valley.
  24. Wading, Dancing & Flying Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor

    Wading, Dancing & Flying Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor

    Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor. Some of the population of 2 to 3 million flamingos which feed in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, East Africa. Lake Nakuru lies in the Great Rift Valley.
  25. In Flight: White-backed Vulture, Gyps africanus

    In Flight: White-backed Vulture, Gyps africanus

    Juvenile White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) Maasai, Masai, Mara National Park, Kenya, East Africa.
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