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SeaWorld Orlando’s Antarctica Welcomes First Penguin Chick

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On November 30, SeaWorld Orlando welcomed the first chick to hatch at Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, the all-new attraction featuring a colony of more than 250 penguins from four species – king, Adelie, gentoo and rockhopper. Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin transports guests into the icy world of the penguin like never before.

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Around the World For Penguins: A Penguin Fan’s Book Review

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Penguins here! <pause> There are few bird names that will elicit great big smiles and Penguin is one of them. I’ve been fortunate to see two Penguin species in the wild (African and Galapagos) and have dreamed of seeing more–maybe even all! <pause> Do I have your attention now?

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

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Mark]: This luscious book, Penguins: The Ultimate Guide , by De Roy, Jones, and Cornthwaite, is the second edition of a book first published in 2015. Fifty pages have been updated with new text or photos, but what Donna said, in her review of the first edition , is still apt: the photographs are “amongst the most stunning I’ve ever seen.”

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Birding the “Utterly Peaceful Moorland” – Sumapaz NP Colombia

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Aleksandar started birdwatching when he was 10, after a face-to-face encounter with an Erect-crested penguin. One reason that I can think of for subjecting myself to such a torturous experience is if I am going birdwatching. What’s more, they host quite a number of endemics, both animal and plant. Oh yeah, I almost forgot.

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The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

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The Ross Sea is the most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean, teeming with large predatory fish, whales, seals, penguins and other animals that form the last intact marine ecosystem on Earth. And I need you to vote for me and send me to Antarctica, so I could write wildlife blogs on Adélie Penguins and Leopard Seals.

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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

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Apparently, species like Sand Martins and Emperor Penguins develop distinct parent-child vocalizations. Research experiments are described without citing the names of the researchers themselves or any other background information. How do they know?

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Where to See Kiwi (and other birds) During the Rugby World Cup

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This is a good place to see the endangered and beautiful Yellowhead and the endemic Yellow-eyed Penguin. Along with the Northern Royal Albatrosses the peninsula also has a good population of Yellow-eyed Penguin, and you don’t have to get on a boat to see either! Yellow-eyed Penguin at Otago Peninsula.