Rockhopper Penguin chick
West Point Island, Falkland Islands – January 15, 2006
— Ralph Paonessa
Canon EOS-1D Mark II * EF500mm f/4L IS USM * ISO 200 * 1/500 sec @ f/5
This Rockhopper Penguin chick, in a nesting mixed colony with Black-browed Albatross, may be imitating his airborne neightbors.
Once it sheds his downy feathers, these wings will serve as flippers to fly beneath ocean waters.
Photo ID: 20060115-2913