On my recent trip to Chile, I spent half a day at a breeding site for Magellanic penguins. There are 60,000 pairs on Magdalena Island in the Magellan Strait. Here are just a few of them...


Magellanic Penguins by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr


Magellanic Penguin by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr


Magellanic Penguins by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr


Magellanic Penguins by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr


Magellanic Penguins by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr


Magellanic Penguin and Chick by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr

One of the chicks left its burrow before it was big enough and promptly became dinner for one of the scavenging kelp gulls, or possibly the skua - I didn't see how this chase ended.

Brown Skua Chasing a Kelp Gull by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr