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The Sunday Challenge (TSC)- Eggs:

Skuas love penguin eggs and steal them wherever they can (see inset photo).

From the archives- vignette and slight zoom effect added in Picasa.

Berny, Heide, Annemarie, and 26 other people have particularly liked this photo

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H C

Beautiful capture.

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to H C

Many thanks, Harriet!

8 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

Tragic, but great shots =)

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

Thanks a lot, Sami! Penguins are part of the food chain that's why they always lay two eggs...

8 years ago.

I Holzi

Ich finde, das sollte in die Vogelgruppe, Gudrun...!

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to I Holzi

Herzlichen Dank, Iris, ist drin:-)

8 years ago.

Clickity Click

Oh that's sad ... but part of the way nature works ... great shot for the challenge though Gudrun. :)

8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Clickity Click

Thank you so much, Chris! Yes, part of nature-if the egg survives the chicks are in danger of being eaten as well...

8 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club

Really? Well, you've certainly made the most of of it. This is beautiful.

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Karen's Place ^club

Thanks a lot, Karen!

8 years ago.

Jan

Oh how sad! Great capture though

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Jan

Thanks, Jan! The skuas behave like a fox in the chicken run....;-)

8 years ago.

Shuttering Yukon

fabulous shot with the snow but sad ending for a penguin egg

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Shuttering Yukon

Thank you, Wendi:-) Well, skuas also have to eat;)

8 years ago.

Valfal

A beautiful composition of these broken egg shells, Gudrun. As Karen said, you've made the most of the situation :-))

Have a Happy Easter, and welcome to TSC!!

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Valfal

Thanks very much, Valerie! I nearly trod into the shells then rather took a photo;-)

8 years ago.

Helena Ferreira

Great composition!

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Helena Ferreira

Many thanks, Helena!

8 years ago.

Gillian Everett ^club

Gosh, penguin eggs, interesting texture.

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Gillian Everett ^club

Thanks, Gillian! I didn't want to have a closer look at the texture, I suspect there's some guano involved;-)

8 years ago.

©UdoSm ^club

Also hast Du praktisch Nesträuber bzw. Eierdiebe erwischt... geklaut wird wohl überall...
LG Udo

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to ©UdoSm ^club

Schönen Dank, Udo! Naja, die Bilder sind an 2 verschiedenen Orten aufgenommen, das erste ist ein alter Tatort und das zweite war in flagrante delicto:-)))

8 years ago.

elvigiadelosamanecer… ^club

Hermosa imagen

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to elvigiadelosamanecer… ^club

Gracias, Juan Luis!

8 years ago.

Ko Hummel ^club

so geht es in der Natur, frohe Ostern

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Ko Hummel ^club

Danke, Ko! Ja, that's life!

8 years ago.

Dida From Augsburg ^club

Der Kreislauf des Lebens - klasse Aufnahmen, beide!

Ach - und gestern hab ich das irgendwie "verpennt" - schön, dass du jetzt auch bei TSC bist! ;-D

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Dida From Augsburg ^club

Danke, Dida! Genau, Raubmöwen müssen auch fressen....
Ich habe jeden Sonntag eure tollen Ideen gesehen, da wollte ich mich auch mal dran versuchen- hab gleich mit Disqualifizierung angefangen;-)

8 years ago.

Chrissy ^club

sehr cool, dass Du ein Pinguin-Ei fotografieren konntest. Schade allerdings, dass es vorher geräubert wurde ... Willkommen hier :-)

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Chrissy ^club

Danke, Chrissy! Wir haben damals sogar noch "ungeräuberte" Eier mit Pinguin draufsitzend gesehen- die hatte ich auf die Schnelle nicht gefunden;-)

8 years ago.

Amazingstoker

lovely image, I went out looking for fallen shells, but it's a bit early in the season here

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Amazingstoker

Thank you! It's early in the season here too- it's a very ooold photo;-)

8 years ago.

autofantasia ^club

Sad, but beautifully captured and presented ... hope you had a nice Easter! :)

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to autofantasia ^club

Thanks, Paul! Sad, but a fact of life- think of all the birds' nests being destroyed by our cute liitle cats;-)

8 years ago.

oHo

so soll es sein, das ein Gleichgewicht bestehen bleibt ... sehr schön - auch in der Bearbeitung!

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to oHo

Besten Dank, Töm! Die Skuas sind bei den Pingus schon eingeplant, sonst würden sie nicht 2 Eier legen- überleben tut in 90% eh nur das kräftigere Küken, das auch bevorzugt gefüttert wird.

8 years ago.

tiabunna ^club

Well taken and very true.

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to tiabunna ^club

Thanks you so much, George! And it's not the end- if they survive the skuas there are still the leopard seals...

8 years ago.

volker_hmbg ^club

Hier erübrigt sich die Frage: "Was war zuerst da, Der Vogel oder das Ei?"

Hir warens die Möven!

Mal ein anderes Motiv zu Ostern.

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to volker_hmbg ^club

Danke, Volker! Ja, diese Raubmöwen sind fast so groß wie die erwachsenen Pinguine!

8 years ago.

Ulrich John ^club

Tolle Aufnahme mit einer schönen Bearbeitung !

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Ulrich John ^club

Herzlichen Dank, Ulrich! Die weiße Vignette bot sich bei dem Schnee an;-)

8 years ago.

cammino ^club

Great!!

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to cammino ^club

Schönen Dank, cammino!

8 years ago.

Wierd Folkersma ^club

malerisch, great

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Wierd Folkersma ^club

Thanks very much, Wierd!

8 years ago.

Lian

A sad story :-(

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Lian

Many thanks, Lian! It's the way of nature- penguins are not top of the food chain....

8 years ago.

LotharW ^club

Es war ein Ma(h)l...

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to LotharW ^club

Danke vielmals, Lothar! Haha, ein leckeres Mahl;-) Man sieht, wo der Skuaschnabel gehackt hat...

8 years ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Wonderful soft tones.

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Thank you, Jaap! It was amazing though how "dirty" the snow looked;-) All the guano makes the algae grow...

8 years ago.

Heide ^club

Die Nesträuber mal wieder- so ist Natur auch.

8 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Heide ^club

Herzlichen Dank, Heide! Das gehört eben dazu, wir haben auch andere Vögel gesehen, die sich an einem toten Küken gütlich getan haben....

8 years ago.

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