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Snares crested penguins are endemic to the tiny Snares island group, 200 kilometres south of mainland New Zealand. Like all penguins, their lives are determined by the rhythms of a breeding cycle—laying eggs from late September and working ceaselessly to raise their chicks to fledging around four months later. The adults then go to sea for a couple of months to fatten up before returning to land to moult their feathers. Armed with fresh plumage, they spend the winter migrating thousands of kilometres in search of prey.
Read the feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/life-on-the-edge/
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 143 January-February 2017.
Photograph Richard Robinson © 2016.
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LIFE ON THE EDGE
Snares crested penguins are endemic to the tiny Snares island group, 200 kilometres south of mainland New Zealand. Like all penguins, their lives are determined by the rhythms of a breeding cycle—laying eggs from late September and working ceaselessly to raise their chicks to fledging around four months later. The adults then go to sea for a couple of months to fatten up before returning to land to moult their feathers. Armed with fresh plumage, they spend the winter migrating thousands of kilometres in search of prey.<br /> Read the feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/life-on-the-edge/<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 143 January-February 2017.<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson © 2016.