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Friday, September 15, 2017

THE EVER ADORABLE PENGUINS MARCH IN ANTARCTICA - Great photos by Ira Meyer

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California-based penguin photographer Ira Meyer reveals his favourite photos of the bird he's been documenting for more than a decade around Antarctica and the South Georgia region.  

Over the years he has snapped a number of different species including Macaronis and Chinstraps.  He says that a penguin's behaviour changes each season but they always guarantee to be entertaining.
Often he spots the black and white birds playing amongst themselves and getting in a flap (above, Gentoo chicks call out for attention on Petermann Island in the Antarctic)
Gentoo chicks are always hungry.

Meyer managed to photograph the Royal penguin, a species which can be found on the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island and adjacent islands. The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the royal penguin as near-threatened
So adorable.  But the International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the royal penguin as near-threatened

See more photos of super cute penguins


The intrepid cameraman said that there are so many incredible sights he's witnessed on his voyages to the Great White, from wild seas and avalanches to sublime sunsets and moonrises (above, an Adelie on the ice in Antarctica)
Adelie penguin, Antarctica


Meyer says this image is his favourite shot of penguins. From left to right, a Chinstrap, Adelie and Gentoo
Meyer says this image is his favourite shot of penguins. From left to right, a Chinstrap, Adelie and Gentoo  A Chinstrap penguin coming from the sea to feed its chick during a snow shower on Half Moon Island
 A Chinstrap penguin coming from the sea to feed its chick during a snow shower on Half Moon Island
Two Gentoo penguins gaze lovingly at each other on a sheet of ice at Wilhelmina Bay
Two Gentoo penguins gaze lovingly at each other on a sheet of ice at Wilhelmina Bay

He says that the birds' behaviour changes each season, with breeding and birthing impacting how they act. Meyer's stunning photos show an array of penguins in various stages of their life (above, Gentoo penguins seen on Carcass Island, in the northwest of the Falklands archipelago)
Gentoo penguins. Time to party at the Falklands.
 
 
Waddling along with their wings stretched open and their eyes shining bright, the sight of a penguin is sure to prompt a smile (above, hundreds of King penguins crowds the shores of St Andrews Bay in South Georgia)
Talk about crowded. But couples and their babies always find each other.  King Penguins, South Georgia

California-based Ira Meyer has been photographing penguins around Antarctica and the South Georgia region for more than 25 years and he says that he never tires of documenting the characterful critters (above, Adelie penguins charge along on Brown Bluff in Antarctica)
Adelie penguins



Over the years he has snapped a number of different species including Macaronis - which have a distinctive tuft of yellow hair on their heads - and chinstraps (seen above) - which have a visible black line under their beaks, as if they're wearing hats
Macaronis have a distinctive tuft of yellow hair on their heads - and chinstraps (seen above) - which have a visible black line under their beaks, as if they're wearing hats
Meyer told MailOnline Travel that it's almost impossible to select a favourite species as they're just 'all so endearing' (above, Magellanic penguins seen pattering along on the Falkland Islands)
Magellanic penguins on the Falklands.

Asked what time of year is best for photographing penguins, Meyer says it depends on what you want to see (above, a King penguin chick looks out to the distance on the shores of South Georgia)
King penguin chick

 

Asked how he would sum up penguins, Meyer said: 'Penguins aren't the smartest birds. But they're rugged little creatures; perfectly adapted to the harshest environment on Earth. They're also endlessly entertaining' (above, two Emperor penguins spotted on an ice sheet in east Antarctica) 
Two emperor penguins, east Antarctica


Meyer is set to exhibit his photography in California next spring. Along with penguins, his other muses include whales, icebergs, seals and birds (above, Gentoo penguins weave through the ice off Danco Island in Antarctica)
Gentoo penguins, Antarctica


Along with Antarctica and South Georgia, the native New Yorker has spent seasons towards the other end of the pole, in the Arctic, snapping images and passing on his knowledge to passengers on board expedition ships (above, a Gentoo penguin seen at Damoy Point in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica)
Gentoo penguin, Antarctica


Adelie penguins on fast ice at Lallemond Fjord on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula

Like an optical illusion - Adelie penguins on fast ice at Lallemond Fjord on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula
Source
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-4887532/Antarctic-photographer-reveals-favourite-penguin-shots.html




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