Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 10:40 PM, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > > On Feb 1, 2014, at 8:51 PM, 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 > > wonder full > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information