Subject: APZ0008ka2
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gardenmaeve
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Rather a lovely optical illusion in the bottom right corner: The markings on the head of the lowest penguin combine with ...
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gardenmaeve
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the shoulder of the poo-striped penguin to create the appearance of a third penguin head. 😃
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AvastMH
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oh - I can't see it - sob 😢 I'll pop back and try it again later 😃
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gardenmaeve
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@AvastMH- the illusion bird's (black) beak is parallel and diagonally slightly below #2's beak. pointing the same direction.
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gardenmaeve
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The illusion beak is actually penguin #1's black forehead, and the base of the illusion beak is #1's orange beak tip. 😉
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Zilli
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puh, you got problems! 😉 I use to look at the date every time a pic pops up. So I know, whether there can be chicks or not. Also, I've
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Zilli
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seen so many pics from The Rock that I know, for most nests, where they are and how many chicks they have. Soon I'll mark them blind 😉
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yshish
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Don't go by the date only. We are interested in chicks/eggs out of season too! 😉 They are rarely seen but we have found some already.
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AvastMH
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oh - GOT IT!!!! it was so good I couldn't see it - silly me! 😄
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gardenmaeve
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😄
One of the things I watch for- haven't found any yet- is indications a Gentoo pair has tried a late nesting after a failed early nest.Posted
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gardenmaeve
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My reading indicates most of those second try nests fail. There isn't enough remaining time in the season for chicks to develop, eat well, and moult before winter hits hard.
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AvastMH
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That's interesting gardenmaeve. The few bits of literature I've found about this mentioned Northern Gentoos (I guess the Falklands area) :-\
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