Watching penguin chicks chase after an adult is too much fun.
I captured this comical chase at Shingle Cove, on Coronation Island in the South Orkneys, Antarctica.
Adelie Penguin
Pygoscelis adeliae
Penola Straight, near Vernadsky Research Station,
Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
9 February 2005
Adelie Penguin
Pygoscelis adeliae
on nest with small chicks
Peterman Island, Antarctica
25 December 2003
Adelie Penguin
Pygoscelis adeliae
Peterman Island, Antarctica
30 January 2003
Adelie Penguin
on nest with egg
Cape Hallett,
Ross Sea,
Antarctica
8 Dec 2001
Adelie Penguin
feeding chick
Devil Island,
Antarctica
29 Jan 2000
Adelie Penguin
Peterman Island,
Antarctica
27 Jan 2000
Adelie Penguins
Coronation Island,
South Orkneys,
Antarctica
24 Jan 1996
Adelie Penguins
Brown's Bluff,
Antarctica
22 Jan 1999
Adelie Penguin
feeding chick
Paulet Island,
Antarctica
22 Jan 1996
Adelie Penguin
Torgersen Island,
Antarctica
19 Jan 1996
The Adélie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, is a species of penguin common along the entire Antarctic coast and its nearby islands. They are amon
