Subject: APZ0004qt5

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• by Motherjoanne

  Quite the menagerie here. Can't tell what birds are floating in the water , but they are not acting like penguins - I marked as other.

  Posted April 29, 2015 2:39 AM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  Another view spotted by @ jo0oley. http://talk.penguinwatch.org/#/subjects/APZ0004qsx

  Posted April 29, 2015 2:47 AM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  I'm hoping it's Chinstrap penguins coming with fish for the hungry chicks. Sometimes they "porpoise" in- other times they swim like that.

  Posted April 29, 2015 2:49 AM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  Marking them as "Other" is fine, for it will alert the scientists to have a close look.

  Posted April 29, 2015 2:50 AM

• by Motherjoanne

  Thanks!

  Posted April 29, 2015 2:56 AM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  Yes, they could be. Have you noticed the #seals? 😃

  Posted April 29, 2015 4:26 AM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  Yes- so many #seals! This is one of several from this site with many "Others"!

  Posted April 29, 2015 1:58 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  Are they penguins in the water - can't see any white bits and I thought that their flotillas were a bit tighter in

  Posted April 29, 2015 5:53 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  formation. And they look to be bigger than the pengs on the shore stood up. Shame they are sooooooo far away 😃

  Posted April 29, 2015 5:53 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  Don't forget there is a reflection of their bodies on the surface which makes them see bigger.. I really can't tell what they are.

  Posted April 29, 2015 6:37 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  We've just been given a clarification for penguins in the water- "Please don't mark them" . I understand the FAQs will be edited to account for this

  Posted May 5, 2015 7:19 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  Also this location is, " Saunders in the South Sandwich Islands...roughly 1/2 million penguins in this colony, so there are always a lot coming and going..." http://talk.penguinwatch.org/#/boards/BPZ0000002/discussions/DPZ0000b0h

  Posted May 5, 2015 7:19 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  I'm now thinking the large birds in the water (we still don't mark them!) are more likely Southern giant petrels.

  Posted December 28, 2016 12:43 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  I think I agree @gardenmaeve - they are fairly large. Another oldish photo 😄

  Posted December 28, 2016 2:41 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  Yes, dredged up while looking for something else!

  Posted December 28, 2016 2:45 PM