St Andrews Bay

Fortunate to do two zodiac landings on the beach. The first just before sunrise at 4am and the second at 8am. King Penguins are the main event.

1 Assembling In The Plaza for our sunrise zodiac landing.	2 Arrived on the beach.	3 Pre-sunrise.	4 King Penguin.	5 Dawn's early light.	6 Three Kings.
7	8	9 Molting chick.	10 Sunrise at 4:10am.	11	12
13 The gathering.	14 The early sunlight shows the King Penguins in all their glory.	15 King Penguins chicks and one molting adolescent.	16 King Penguin signature colors.	17 Kings and chicks as far as the eye can see.	18 Beach party.
19 Come along then ol' chap, this way!	20 Solitaire King.	21 Alison and Stephen.	22 Fur seal pup.	23 Teenage fur seal.	24 Three Kings and Caroline.
25	26	27 Ain't I just the cutest fur seal pup ever?	28 Three Kings and The World.	29 Beautiful early sunlight on the mountains.	30 I'm pretty! I'm pretty! Well.. almost.
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37 Beachmaster. The fur seals train to later protect their spot on the beach.	38 Very soon I'll be beautiful too!	39 This King Penguin colony boasts 200,000 pairs and their chicks.	40