penguins nest (IMAGE)

The University of Hong Kong

penguins nest

Caption

A rookery of Southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) nest between a rocky slope and a tussac grassland and bring in nutrients from the ocean directly to the grasses at the Kidney Island National Nature Reserve, Falkland Islands.

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Dulcinea GROFF

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