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  • Gentoo penguins marching back to their colony.
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  • Gentoo penguins are distinguished by their orange-red bill and a white stripe across the top of their heads as if they are wearing headphones.  They are the third largest penguin species.  Only the Emperor and King penguins are bigger.  Photo DSC_2144
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  • I have found Gentoo penguins to be the most enjoyable to watch swim.  They are the fastest swimmers of all the penguin species, and they seem to be the most acrobatic.  Photo DSC_5067
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  • Penguins walking in a group are called a waddle.  Here is a waddle of Gentoo penguins crossing a shallow pond.  Photo DSC_2167
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  • This penguin is waiting for a surge of water to enter the ocean.  Notice the long tail feathers.  Gentoos have the longest tail feathers of all the penguin species.  Photo DSC_5087
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  • Gentoo penguins typically produce two eggs and often successfully raise two chicks.  Here a parent is inspecting the eggs.  Photo DSC_4066
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  • These three Gentoos have just left the surf and are walking up to the beach.  The penguin in the background is about to land.  Photo DSC_5082
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  • This group of Gentoo penguins are emerging from the tussock grass on Sea Lion Island, one of the Falkland Islands.  They are coming from their nesting grounds, a colony, that is located a few hundred yards from the shoreline.  Photo DSC_3522
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  • Often the most efficient way to get onto the kelp bed is to jump out of the water.  Here is a Gentoo in midair on its way to a kelp landing.  Photo DSC_5191
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  • A Gentoo meeting.  Photo DSC_5980
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  • Penguin squabbles are noisy and often turn into a physical altercation.  Photo DSC_5967
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  • A body surfing penguin coming to shore.  They look as if they enjoy playing in the surf.  Photo DSC_5100
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  • Sometimes the Gentoos come out of the water and sit on a floating kelp bed.  The kelp is moved by the waves.  Sometimes the waves wash over the kelp and the penguins.  There is considerable commotion among the penguins during these times.  Photo DSC_5124
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  • Gentoos are the fastest swimmers of the penguins.  They can reach speeds of 22 mph which enables them to jump out of the water.  When they jump like this, it is called porpoising.  Photo DSC_6103
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  • The penguins seem unphased by the waves washing over the kelp and the penguins.  Photo DSC_5206
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  • Here three Gentoos are arriving on shore simultaneously.  Two more individuals can be seen in the wave in the background.  Photo DSC_5081
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  • These two Gentoos are coming in from a swim.  The way they hold their wings out makes me smile.  It is as if they are announcing their arrival.  Photo DSC_5080
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  • The penguins seem to enjoy the chaos.  Photo DSC_5141
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  • Who says penguins can’t fly?  Photo DSC_6389
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  • Penguins don’t have teeth. They have backward-facing fleshy spines that line the inside of their mouths instead.  The spines help them guide their food down their throats.  DSC_4059
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  • When coming to shore, they often jump out of the deeper water and land on their feet in the shallows.  Photo DSC_6111
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  • They are at it again.  Photo DSC_5974
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  • A brief quiet moment before another noisy altercation.  Photo DSC_5969
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  • When a big swell comes in, it mixes things up.  Can you see the tail feathers sticking up out of the water?  Photo DSC_5203
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  • Picking up speed.  Photo DSC_6119
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  • The incoming wave has the potential to mix things up.  Photo DSC_5140
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  • I could see black streaks in the water, and then they would burst into the air.  I was lucky to catch some of them in “flight.”  Photo DSC_6107
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  • Can you feel the force?  Photo DSC_5204
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  • More body surfing.  Why swim if you can let the waves do the work for you?  Photo DSC_5112
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  • In a hurry to get to dry land.  Photo DSC_6152
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  • Three is a crowd.  Photo DSC_5954
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  • A Gentoo parent with three chicks.  It is very unusual for Gentoo penguins to have three chicks.
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