Pingviinit, Etelämanner - Penguins, Antarctica 2010 - 2013

[Annie]

Hey sis, our new costumes are soon ready!

[Millan]

[Maggiebaerchen]

Yes sis, and during this time we a going to KARNEVAL IN RIO

[Millan]

Surely, we are coing all!

[Millan]

So touching

[Annie]

Rio trip!

[Maggiebaerchen]

The penguins are gone. The breeding season is over. I hope that they are coming back in october 2011. It was great to have an inspect in their life. I will miss them in the next month.

[Millan]

I´m here still...


Wait...


I´m not ready yet...

[Annie]

Yep, still a wee bit ...

[Annie]

...for what it's worth, we thank Martin Grund warmely for providing Penguin Camera!




Warm thanks Maggiebaerchen for bringing the penguins to us!

[Millan]

OHO-O...Now...


Like Annie I thank and wish all the best pingulife!!

[Maggiebaerchen]

Thank you Annie



...and thanks to MARTIN GRUND

[Molly]

Thank You All
What do you think about this
The nesting season seems to be over and that`s the good news

[Millan]

Do not know...maby the wather is to chilly

[Annie]

I also do not know. Do somebody?



... quite many there... are they maybe this year's adult chicks?

There at home page is an interesting graphic representation of penguins in the presence of a camera in three different time of day. Also in March the penguins have been there.
Sitemap -> Spezialzeiten -> Koloniedynamik.

[Molly]

I don`t know the reason for that. The weather has changed radically. The penguins seems to be all right, though.
As far as the eyes can see

[Millan]

Here are thye still...why?

[Annie]

Something what i found about a renewal of the plumage, moulting:

Chicks
Before they can leave the nest, they have to moult to their juvenile plumage. Afterwards they are ready to go, and they will not return to the colony until they are ready to breed. (2-5 years, depending of the species) http://www.pinguins.info/Engels/Kuikens_eng.html

The mesoptile plumage has similar markings to the adult plumage, except that the dark areas are a browny grey rather than black, and there is no white head patch. http://www.penguins.cl/gentoo-penguins.htm

As soon as the chicks have their juvenile plumage, they can leave the nest. Now starts one of the most dangerous periods in the life of a penguin. They have to learn how to catch their own food and at the same time avoid predators.
http://www.pinguins.info/Engels/Ruien_eng.html

Adults
Adult penguins (except the galapagos penguins) moult after the breeding period. Before that moulting they go to sea and stuff a lot of food, and than return ashore. During the moulting period (about three weeks), their feathers aren't waterproof so they would freeze and drown. http://www.pinguins.info/Engels/Ruien_eng.html

After completion of the breeding season, adults spend time at sea building up body fat reserves prior to undergoing their annual moult. The moult takes around 2 to 3 weeks, and during this time birds spend considerable amounts of time tending to their plumage. Gentoo penguins do not allopreen. http://www.penguins.cl/gentoo-penguins.htm


Please correct me if all does not apply to gentoo-penguins.

[Millan]

Thank you, Annie, that must be the reason. They do not seem to be unhappy at all, poor little things

[Millan]