I now have two sets of photos after this one, but I’m still nervous. If you have good wildlife photos, please sent them in. Thanks!
It’s been a cold week in Chicago (right now it’s 9°F or -13°C), and it’s going to be cold this coming week as well. I hope the turtles at the bottom of Botany Pond are okay. But given the weather it’s appropriate that today we have photographs of Antarctica from reader Paul Turpin. Paul’s captions are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.
My brother Mark recently returned from a cruise to the Antarctic on the Scenic Eclipse. I told him you loved penguins and he gave me permission to send you these photos. I believe these are all gentoo penguins [Pygoscelis papua] except for one which included a chinstrap friend [Pygoscelis antarcticus]. The open water photo is when they were at the Antarctic Circle.
As cold as it’s supposed to get this Fri-Sun, with lows in the -deg F all four days, will Botany Pond freeze solid along with the turtles?
Nice!
The turtles. Red-eared Sliders brumate* (a new word for me). I hope they’re OK.
*https://reptifiles.com/red-eared-slider-care/red-eared-slider-diseases-health/red-eared-slider-brumation/
Always love penguin posts–thanks!
Love the chinstrap hanging out with the gentoos.
Always good to see penguins here! Thank you for sharing.
Penguins, yes!
Great photos. 🐧🐧🐧