[Leica] South Georgia

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Nathan
Thanks for looking.

It is estimated that the best beachmasters father 500-600 kids in their
lifetime, so I presume  the energy sapping run around is worth it!

Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 3:28 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> My favourite is the tired beachmaster—truly wiped out as you describe.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> > On 23 Dec 2019, at 06:03, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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> > The last of my South Georgia critter photographs, tying up the loose
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> > and including some odds and ends. I have inserted them subject wise, so
> > please follow the links to see them all.
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> > Elephant Seals are everywhere on the beaches early in the season, with
> > beach masters settled, and the single males forever trying to sneak up
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> > impregnate a female on the outer fringes of the harem. It is tiring work
> > for the beach master, and it shows in their demeanor and quite a few look
> > hassled and tired out - after all, they do not eat a morsel for the
> > breeding period! The females look altogether more relaxed, though.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3771.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-4473.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-4491.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-4095.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-4386.jpg.html
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> > A trio of King Penguin photographs:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-1961.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191024-9944.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191024-10158.jpg.html
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> > Next, we come to the King Penguin's greatest predator, the reptilian
> > looking Leopard Seal which patrols the shoreline while concealing itself
> in
> > the Kelp forests:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191018-2624.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191023-9642.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191023-9583.jpg.html
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> > Some other mammals and birds.
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> > Fur Seal:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-2007.jpg.html
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> > Gentoo Penguins in the Tussock Grass at Prion Island, lurking, yodeling
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> > mating (a precarious, balancing affair). Prion Island is a major nesting
> > site for the Wandering Albatross, so tourist access is limited to one
> > demarcated pathway. Luckily this Gentoo Colony was next to the pathway,
> > but, unfortunately no Wandering Albatross nest was anywhere near:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3629.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3489.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3610.jpg.html
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> > Antarctic Tern:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191019-3138.jpg.html
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> > A Snowy Sheathbill hovering so close above my head that I could not fit
> the
> > whole bird into the frame:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191023-6754.jpg.html
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> > Finally, a couple of studies of one of the two endemic species in South
> > Georgia, the South Georgia Pintail, also taken on Prion Island. I could
> > not, unfortunately, get good shots of the other one, the South Georgia
> > Pippit:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3514.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3520.jpg.html
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> > Please see LARGE
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> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
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> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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