tiabunna's photos with the keyword: Royal

Macquarie Island 1968: An odd couple

16 Feb 2013 4 6 651
From an old slide taken with a Minolta SR1 and 55/1.4 lens. For several years, an Erect-crested penguin (on the right) had been nesting on the island with a slightly-related Royal penguin (their eggs were sterile). But unlike the Royal, the Erect-crested penguin is not a native of Macquarie Island: they come from the islands to the south of New Zealand, something like 1000 km distant.

Macquarie Island 1968: Royal Penguins

16 Feb 2013 2 348
From an old slide. Royals are the most common penguins on the island, forming very large colonies. Did you notice the ring-in in this shot?