Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking. I would guess that till the mid 1960s, when whaling was alive and kicking in these areas, these birds must have been massacred for food - penguins were fair game for sailors and whalers, especially as their meat has a very high content of Vitamin C - remember I posted a photograph of an abandoned whaling boat there! Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: > http://www.nathansmusings.eu/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information