This is a Magellanic penguin — more commonly known as a jackass penguin by the locals in the Falkland Islands. Not because it’s an idiotic bird, but because it brays like a donkey at dawn and dusk. This guy here was doing his best jackass impersonation just after the sun had set at Volunteer Point in East Falkland. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 340mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/320th of a second
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This is a Magellanic penguin — more commonly known as a jackass penguin by the locals in the Falkland Islands. Not because it’s an idiotic bird, but because it brays like a donkey at dawn and dusk. This guy here was doing his best jackass impersonation just after the sun had set at Volunteer Point in East Falkland.
oh what a name for such alovely bird, do you think we should re name him or her.
We can try Michael, but the people of the Falklands are pretty adamant that this guy shall be called the jackass.
Wish there was a recording to go along with this. That little guy is really belting it out!
Hopes arise and wings extend —- Flight could be a skill I know —- If braying made it so .
Ancestral yearnings speak to me —- Of flow of air upon the wing —- How different life could be .
Haha. This guy’s the coolest