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Subject: [Leica] Half Moon Island
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:04:27 +0100
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Just lovely. I guess the birds are not afraid of humans because humans have 
not harmed them?

Cheers,
Nathan

On 23 Feb 2014, at 15:08, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:

> Half Moon Island is a small rocky outcrop in Moon Bay, in the shadow
> of Livingston Island in the South Shetlands. It is an important
> breeding area for South Polar Skua, Kelp Gull, Petrels and above all,
> Chinstrap Penguins. This is the one penguin species where no
> imagination is required on why they are so named - one look at them,
> and all is clear! (-:
> 
> A panorama of part of the area:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/antarcticpanos_001/Antarctica_20140117_4982.jpg.html
> 
> There is a large Chinstrap Penguin rookery around:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5040.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5062.jpg.html
> 
> The Chinstraps come very close - they did not seem disturbed by the
> humans presence one bit:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5116.jpg.html
> 
> They use, like all penguins do, well defined pathways to the open sea
> and back to the rookery. You can make out if the penguins are going or
> coming based on whether they are dirty with penguin poo, or spotlessly
> clean. Positioning oneself on the bends in the path gives the best
> photographic opportunity without disturbing their movement:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5156.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5203.jpg.html
> 
> 
> One penguin, however, decided to hop down a slope full of rocks as a
> short cut, and finally reached its objective:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5210.jpg.html
> 
> An abandoned whaling boat is also there on the south side of the island:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5245.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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