Subject: APZ0005z3k

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• by bienle123

  15 penguins and an innocent looking sheathbill...

  Posted September 1, 2015 9:03 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  The #sheathbill IS innocent... and hungry as a result. 😄

  Posted September 1, 2015 10:13 PM

• by bienle123

  Thats what they always say! 😄

  Posted September 2, 2015 9:57 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  What's that dark thing in the water just above that top right plate of sea ice? One object (to the right) is a rock showing in this picture

  Posted September 2, 2015 11:56 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  about 40 minutes later: http://talk.penguinwatch.org/#/subjects/APZ0005z3b , but what's the article to the left?

  Posted September 2, 2015 11:56 AM

• by bienle123

  See? thats what I mean!! Looking like the harmless little birdie and then, in an unattended moment: One penguin less!!!

  Posted September 2, 2015 5:05 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  Lawyers for the Defense would like to present the following:
  From http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/factsheet/22693556

  Posted September 2, 2015 5:17 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  "Ecology: "The species is typically found in seabird colonies, especially those of penguins, "

  Posted September 2, 2015 5:18 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  "but occasionally those of cormorants and albatrosses, and also at seal rookeries and haul-outs."

  Posted September 2, 2015 5:18 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  "In the Falklands it occurs near human settlements. It is omnivorous, and notably feeds on marine prey stolen from penguins" (del Hoyo et al. 1996).

  Posted September 2, 2015 5:19 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  😄

  Posted September 2, 2015 5:20 PM

• by bienle123

  Ok, sheathbill and now what happened to the disappeared penguin? Didint want to share its prey, hm?

  Posted September 2, 2015 7:34 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  Penguins go swimming and hunting. Sheathbill is a scavenger and will clean up penguin food bits and eat eggs.

  Posted September 2, 2015 8:36 PM

• by bienle123

  😄 😄 😄

  Posted September 2, 2015 10:16 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  Have a good night, @bienle123. 😄 😄 😄

  Posted September 2, 2015 10:24 PM