Saturday, April 2, 2016

King Penguins: Falklands' Royalty

We've now seen 4 different kinds of penguins, and we love them all.  Shelly and Elena each have all their finger- and toenails painted with penguins.  Last year in the Galapagos, we saw Galapagos penguins, and then this week we saw tens of thousands of Magellanic penguins in the Argentine national park called Punto Tombo.  A day later in the Falkland Islands we were treated  to close-up visits with Magellanic, Gentoo, and King penguins. For more information on the various kinds of penguins in the world, check out THIS LINK.   Here are some photos of the King penguins in the Falkland Islands.  What a royal treat!




Penguin fingernails!

Las cuñadas observing a royal procession

Los hermanos pinguinos


Happy Shelly


Baby King

Baby Kings protected by the adults

Elena Feliz!

Portrait of the King


Shelly and royal friends

Chillin'

They have the right of way!


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