Seabirds on Rocky Coasts

Photos of diverse seabird colonies, including penguins and albatrosses, nesting on rocky shores, reflecting their social behaviors in natural habitats.

Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris, with blue-eyed shags in breeding colony on Saunders Island, Falkland Islands
Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris, with blue-eyed shags in breeding colony on Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

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Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris, with blue-eyed shags in breeding colony on Saunders Island, Falkland Islands
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Common Murre (Uria aalge) colony, Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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Jackass Penguin, (Spheniscus demersus), Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa, colony on rock
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Sheep in a colony of Rockhopper Penguins Falkland Islands
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gentoo penguin pygoscelis papua papus jumping off rock falkland islands
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Crowds of Guillemots (Uria aalge), on Staple Island, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland, northeast England, United Kingdom, Europe
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Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) Pebble Island, off north coast of West Falkland. Falkland Islands. They return in early October to breed after their winter pelagic wandering.
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Penguin Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus in Patagonia Copyright: xZoonar.com/GalynaxAndrushkox 6974612
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Great Britain, England, Northumberland, Farne Islands, Common Murres, Uria aalge
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California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
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FALKLAND ISLS.,NEW ISLAND, CANYON, ROCKHOPPER PENGUINS RETURNING FROM FEEDING
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Spotted Shags (Phalacrocorax punctatus) on a rocky outcrop in New Zealand
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Common guillemot (Uria aalge) nesting on Bear Island (Bjornoya) in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe
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Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) flying over colony, Helgoland, Germany
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Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) colony, South Georgia Island
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Cape Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) at Cape Cross Seal Colony on the Skeleton Coast in Namibia, Africa.
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ICELAND, HEIMAEY, ATLANTIC PUFFINS
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Brnnich''s Guillemots, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway.
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Common Murres ( Guillemots) (Uria aalge), Cape Achen, Chukotka, Russia, Eurasia
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macaroni penguin eudyptes chrysolophus rookery. cooper bay, south georgia.
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Typical mixed colony of rockhopper penguin and imperial shag. South America, Falkland Islands, Bleaker Island.
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Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) on Half Moon Island, Bransfield Strait, Antarctica
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Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) with Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis). The Johnny Rooks eat the krill from the penguin guano, West Falkland, Falkland Islands.
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Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) plunging into the water from rocky shoreline to go to feed at sea at Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula
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Atlantic Puffins, Fratercula arctica, the main attraction on Eastern Egg Rock Island, Maine.
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View of a Black-browed albatross colony with birds incubating on their nest on Sounders Island, an island on the west coast of the Falkland Islands.
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Guillemot breeding colony, Uria aalge, Isle of May, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
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Ecuador, Galapagos. Espanoloa (aka Hood), Punta Suarez. Marine Iguana (WILD: Amblyrhynchus cristatus venustissimus, endemic subspecies) & Blue-footed boobies.
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Puffin (Fratercula arctica) on a cliff above the sea, Skoruvikurbjarg bird cliff, Langanes Peninsula, Norourland eystra, Iceland, Europe
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puffins fractercula arctica adults resting on a cliff ledge hermaness, unst, shetland isles.
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black-browed albatross diomedea melanophris huge colony steeple jason, falkland islands
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Kittiwake - flock collecting nesting material (Larus tridactyla). Fowlsheugh RSPB Reserve, Grampian, UK.
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Sanderling (Calidris alba) group in flight, Audierne Bay Brittany, France
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Seabirds on the rockface in the Ballestas island, natural park. Peru
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Cormorant vigua (Nannopterum brasilianum), adults on the Pacific coast, Tongoy, Coquimbo Region, Chile
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Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) breeding colony at Petermann Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
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Northern GANNET - breeding colony  (Morus bassanus). Bass Rock, Scotland, UK. formerly: Sula bassana, Pelecanus bassanus.
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Europe, Norway, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Group of little auk on rock
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Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche impavida) adults and chick at bull rock, North Cape Colony, only breeding area, estimated at 26,000 pairs, Campbell Island, New Zealand
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Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) in Patagonia
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Falkland Islands; West Point Island. Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) incubating egg in a clifftop colony shared with rockhopper penguins.
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Adult Seagull with chicks at a gull rookery, Shoup Bay State Marine Park, Prince William Sound, Southcentral Alaska
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Pracheidente Prachterente
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Little Auk (Alle alle) three adults, summer plumage, standing on rocks at breeding colony in coastal habitat, Spitzbergen, Svalbard
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Common guillemots Uria Aalge nesting on sides of cliffs in Anglesey Wales
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Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi), at new haul out on Las Animas Island, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America
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A flock of Surfbirds Aphriza virgata take off from the Gravina Rocks in Port Gravina, Prince William Sound, Southcentral Alaska, during their annual s...
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Brunnich's guillemots, Uria lomvia, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Arctic
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Cape Fur Seals, Arctocephalus pusillus, Shark Alley, Geyser Rock, Dyer Island, Gansbaai, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa
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Brunnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) group on ice floe, Svalbard, Norway
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Adelie Penguin, (Pygoscelis adeliae), Antarctica, Devil Island, adult couple in colony at nest
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Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) in Patagonia
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Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) colony. South America, Falkland Islands, Sea Lion Island
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Greater Crested Tern, Thalasseus bergii, Walker Bay Nature Reserve, Gansbaai, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa
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Rockhopper penguins incubating in Falkland Islands
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Penguins on an island on the Beagle Channel, Ushuaia, Argentina, Patagonia, South America
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Seagulls perched on rock, Kenora, Ontario, Canada
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N.A., USA, Alaska, St. Paul Island. Black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla)
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European shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) in breeding plumage, perched on rock, with Common guillemot (Uria aalge) flock in flight in background, Hornoya Island, Finnmark, Norway. March.
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Thin-billed Murre nest on cliffs (Uria aalge) Coats Island Canada
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Subjects: Birds; Marine birds; Wildlife refuges; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Aleutians; Digital.  . 1998 - 2011.
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Common guillemot (Uria aalge) sitting on a rock face, Schleswig-Holstein, Helgoland Island, wildlife, Germany, Europe
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Norway. Svalbard. Spitsbergen. Alkefjellet. Cliffside colony of common guillemots (Uria aalge).
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Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) colony near Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche impavida) nesting area, North Cape, Campbell Island, sub-Antarctica New Zealand
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Black-legged Kittiwake  colony in rocks. Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway.     Date:
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Gentoo penguin colony in Antarctic Peninsula, Barrientos Island, late summer
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Pied Avocet colony (Recurvirostra avosetta). France.
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Razorbill (Alca torda) breeding along cliff face, Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom
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Macaroni penguins jump into water from rocks in Hercules Bay on South Georgia Island
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Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica), Noss Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
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Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus nesting colony on Mandarte Island near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Magpie Magpie bird in the wild in South Australia Copyright: xZoonar.com/TimxHesterxPhotographyx 4287511
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Norway, Honningsvag, North Cape, Gjesvaer. Stappen Island Nature Preserve (aka Gjesvaerstappan), protected bird & nature habitat. Nesting Northern gannets.
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Jackass Penguin,(Spheniscus demersus),Betty's Bay,South Africa,Africa,group of adults walking on beach
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Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) adult, standing on clifftop overlooking coastal habitat, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, august
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Northern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes moseleyi) covered in spilled oil from the wreck of the MS Oliva, Nightingale island, Tristan da Cunha Group, South Atlantic Ocean
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Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Sumburgh Head Nature Reserve, The Mainland Orkney, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
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Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) Punta Cevallos, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Portrait of a Snares penguin (Eudyptes robustus) in kelp (Durvillaeae antarctica) on the Snares Islands.
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Brunnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) group on Bering Sea cliff edge, breeding season, St Paul Island, Pribilof, Alaska
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Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) troop on coastal rocks, Yakushima Island, Japan
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Guadalupe fur seals Arctocephalus townsendi, at new haul out on Las Animas Island, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America Copyright: MichaelxNolan 1112-8767
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View of the Cormorant colony on Marta Island (near Magdalena Island) in the Strait of Magellan near Punta Arenas in southern Chile.
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Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), subspecies Southern Rockhopper (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome). South America, Falkland Islands, Saunders Island, January
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King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding colony on the coast, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia
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Pelican colony on the rock at Parakas national reserve, Peru, South America
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Gentoo penguins in Antarctica. Wild nature
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Falkland Islands, West Falkland, Saunders Island. Juvenile Black-browed albatross (wild: Thalassarche melanophris), in cliffside nesting habitat.
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Seabirds on the rockface in the Ballestas island, natural park. Peru
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Gentoo penguins walking. Antarctica. South Pole
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BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS diomedea melanophris, COLONY NESTING ON ROCKS, DRAKE PASSAGE, ANTARCTICA
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Falkland Islands, Carcass Island. Magellanic oystercatchers and striated caracara birds.
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Observation Jackass Penguins Boulders Beach South Africa
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Planar colony of brunnich&#39, s guillemots and common guillemots on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, Barents sea
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Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) group at coastal breeding colony, Skomer Island National Nature Reserve, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
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Jackass Penguin, African Penguin, (Spheniscus demersus), colony on shore, Boulders Beach, Simonstown, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa
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Steller's Eider - tightly packed winter flock (Polysticta stelleri). Varanger Fjord, Norway.
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Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) nesting, Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic
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Seagull nests with chicks, Shoup Bay State Marine Park, Prince William Sound, Southcentral Alaska
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Northern Fulmar, also called Arctic Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Scotland, Shetland Islands
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Chen canagica.  Subjects: Birds; Emperor Goose; Waterfowl; Alaska.  . 1998 - 2011.
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African penguins (Spheniscus demersus), colony on the beach, on land, Boulders Beach, Simon's Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa
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View of penguins huddle on rocky slopes, a stark contrast to the icy waters below, wildlife thrives in the harsh landscape, Antarctica, Antarctica.
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Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) group with chicks walking up tundra slope, Wrangel Island, Russia
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Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) at the penguin sanctuary on Magdalena Island in the Strait of Magellan near Punta Arenas in southern Chile.
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Flock of Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) on the coast, Lake of The Woods, Ontario, Canada
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Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) on nest, Keppel Island, Falkland Islands
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Laughing gull with Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in back C.H. National Seashore, NC, North Carolina
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shag phalacrocorax aristotelis saltee islands, county wexford
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Harlequin duck mating pair
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Great auk (Pinguinus impennis), bronze sculpture, memorial against the extinction of many bird species, artist Todd McGrain, view of the sea, rock needles, Valahnukur cliff, Reykjanes peninsula, Iceland, Europe
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fratercula arctica, Atlantic puffin
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Colony Harbor Seals California USA
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Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) endemic to New Zealand's southern islands, pair courting on storm-lashed western cliffs looking toward south promonitory, Snares Islands, New Zealand
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Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) adults, flock roosting and preening at colony in snow, Hornoi island, Norway, March
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Harbor Seals Acadia NP, Maine
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Falklands Steamerduck (Tachyeres brachypterus) mother with ducklings, Carcass Island, Falkland Islands
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Falkland Islands. Rockhopper penguins make their way over the rugged rocks.
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Hunting lodge and appellants Baie de Somme Picardie
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Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) group on rocky shore, North Pacific
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California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) resting on the rocks of the Los Islotes Islands in the Sea of Cortez of Baja California Mexico. This is the most southern breeding colony of California sea lions.
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Birds on the cliffs of Alkefjellet, Svalbard
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Colony of Magellanic Penguin near an abandonned lighthouse
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Dolphin gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii) nesting colony, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, South America
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Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) largest flying bird, group soaring on thermal updraft over 3,400 meters deep, Colca Canyon, Peru
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Pigeon on Battlement Castle of medieval Trujillo town Trujillo, Spain - June 4, 2017: Pigeon on Battlement Castle of medieval Trujillo town, Spain. Extremadura Copyright: xZoonar.com/JuanxAunionx 11316033
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Cat Ba Langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus poliocephalus) females, Ha Long Bay, Cat Ba Island, Vietnam
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Red and Black-legged Kittiwakes, Bering Sea, St. George I., Pribilofs, AK
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Jackass Penguins (Spheniscus demersus), Boulders Beach, Simon's Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa
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Gannets, Morus bassanus, guillemots, Uria aalge, rocks, sit, Heligoland
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gentoo penguin pygoscelis papus papua surfing in towards landing beach falkland islands
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Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) male in front of a waterfall, Iceland
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Adult macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) plunging into the sea leaving their breeding colony at Elsehul on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
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People photographing penguin and brown skua on Prion Island coast, Antarctica
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Razorbill (Alca torda) perched on a cliff, England
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A photographer is photographing Rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) on Sounders Island, an island on the west coast of the Falkland Islands.
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Flock of Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) nesting on cliffs, St Abb's Head, Berwickshire, Scotland
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European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) adult, breeding plumage, sitting at rough nest made of twigs on clifftop habitat, Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, May
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Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) adult, hauled out on seaweed covered rocks, Staple Island, Outer Farnes, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, July
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South America, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands. Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)
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Common guillemot (Uria aalge) sitting on a rock face, Schleswig-Holstein, Helgoland Island, wildlife, Germany, Europe
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Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) group scavenging on Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) carcass, Wrangel Island, Russia
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Birds on rocky cliffs overlooking the deep blue sea, gannet on a rock in the North Sea in summer, Morus bassanus, Heligoland, Germany, Europe
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Geese by the water in Ireland
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Panoramic picture with 2 puffin (Fratercula arctica) in front, flowers, birds on the water in the back, coast, Hornoeya, Varanger, Northern Norway, Norway, Europe
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Common Raven (Corvus corax) adult, standing on chalk cliff overlooking ferry port, Dover, Kent, England, may
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