Macquarie Island, Australian Subantarctic Islands

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  • Royal Penguins
    Royal Penguins
    Eudyptes schlegeli - a pair.
    Sandy Bay, Macquerie Island, Australian Subantarctic Islands, December 3, 2011
    2011-12-03#8880
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Royal Penguins
    Royal Penguins
    Eudyptes schlegeli - adult and a chick.
    Sandy Bay, Macquerie Island, Australian Subantarctic Islands, December 3, 2011
    2011-12-03#8887
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Silver-leaf Daisies
    Silver-leaf Daisies
    Pleurophyllum hookeri
    Sandy Bay, Macquerie Island, Australian Subantarctic Islands, December 3, 2011
    2011-12-03#8901
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Royal Penguin
    Royal Penguin
    Eudyptes schlegeli - coming back from feeding.
    Sandy Bay, Macquerie Island, Australian Subantarctic Islands, December 3, 2011
    2011-12-03#8919
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Southern Elephant Seals
    Southern Elephant Seals
    Mirounga leonina - juveniles
    Sandy Bay, Macquerie Island, Australian Subantarctic Islands, December 3, 2011
    2011-12-03#8922
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguins
    King Penguins
    Aptenodytes patagonicus - adults and fuzzy, large juveniles.
    Sandy Bay, Macquerie Island, Australian Subantarctic Islands, December 3, 2011
    2011-12-03#8930
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brown Skuas
    Brown Skuas
    Stercorarius lonnbergi
    Sandy Bay, Macquerie Island, Australian Subantarctic Islands, December 3, 2011
    2011-12-03#8938
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Southern Elephant Seals
    Southern Elephant Seals
    Mirounga leonina - adult females.
    Sandy Bay, Macquerie Island, Australian Subantarctic Islands, December 3, 2011
    2011-12-03#8940
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Southern Elephant Seal
    Southern Elephant Seal
    Mirounga leonina - a mature bull averages about 6,000 lbs.
    Sandy Bay, Macquerie Island, Australian Subantarctic Islands, December 3, 2011
    2011-12-03#8948
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    After spending the night in the shelter of the island, we cruised the length of the island before heading to Tasmania.
    Macquerie Island, Australian Subantarctic Islands, December 4, 2011
    2011-12-04#8667
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguins
    King Penguins
    Aptenodytes patagonicus - nearly wiped off the island when killed for their oil, the population has recovered.
    Lusitania Bay, Macquarie Island, Australian Subantarctic Islands, December 4, 2011
    2011-12-04#8672
    Larry L. Jackson
  • King Penguins
    King Penguins
    Aptenodytes patagonicus - all the light colored area at the shore is King Penguins and a few Southern Elephant Seals.
    Lusitania Bay, Macquarie Island, Australian Subantarctic Islands, December 4, 2011
    2011-12-04#8674
    Larry L. Jackson