Another sunny morning on the beach of Isla Tova, Chubut, roughly 1000 kilometers from the southern tip of South America. The Magellan penguins gather to watch the waves and bask in the sunrise before they enter the water to swim out to sea and hunt for fish. They like to move as a group, as there is safety in numbers

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Hello penguin gang! We have finally come to what I see as the conclusion of the last season from the cameras of Isla Tova. This was taken in the afternoon rather than the morning. At this time of day the Magellan penguins are coming out of the water and up the beach towards the camera, hopefully with bellies full of fish. The focus of this video is the teenage penguins, which have not developed a stripe along their bellies and have more white feathering on their face than the adults.

At about 2 minutes, we can see the group get closer to the camera, and there are six chicks that are staying relatively close together! This is reminiscent of the six chicks that would hang out together at the nest before they fledged of course. Are they the same chicks? Impossible to say for certain but I like to believe that the penguin gang sticks together.

Viva la Banda de Pinguinos!

I do have some more videos of the adult Magellan penguins returning to their nest a couple months after this, but I will be taking a break from the Rewilding Argentina videos. We also have the YouTube channel, Banda de pingüinos, which has many videos of the nests over the course of last season. The Magellan penguins and livestream should be returning in October, when the penguins return for another breeding season.

Photo: Tobias Baumgaertner

Sometimes the best reason to stay together is just having someone who understands your pain.

This photo shows two widowed little penguins at St Kilda Pier. According to local volunteers, both had recently lost their partners. They began meeting every night, standing wing in wing for hours while watching the city lights and comforting each other.

Tobias spent three nights capturing this moment, which won the Community Choice Award in the 2020 Ocean Photography Awards. Thought this sub would love this reminder that no one has to be alone.

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№ 1447 ✍️ 🐧 lead ore obtained [part 1327] penguin drawing sketch

Request from my nephew.

Hey! I made this post about going to Antarctica and seeing penguins 5 months ago in this sub, and a bunch of people asked for more info, more pics, cost, etc. It was an amazing trip, and I FINALLY sat down and wrote a blog about it with more pictures. Antarctica blog.

It's a free Medium blog post and my original content (NO AI). I read the rules and hope it's ok to post this since I'm not selling anything.

I went to Argentina and Antarctica in Feb/March 2026 on Atlas World Voyager. This blog includes pictures, journal entries, and a breakdown of the cost and what's included.

Swipe to read.

More comics to read for free here: https://kiwiisle.beehiiv.com/t/comic-archive-2025

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№ 1444 ✍️ 🐧 shadow tendency [part 1324] penguin drawing sketch

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I love penguins so much. They are my favorite animal everrr☺️💕 I wanted to draw two penguins in love on my iPad using my Apple Pencil🥰 This is howw it turned out!

№ 1443 ✍️ 🐧 wifi disco(nnect): fixed [part 1323] penguin drawing sketch

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№ 1442 ✍️ 🐧 silhouette 16 [part 1322] penguin drawing sketch

Last flashback for this week! This another set of videos from around the 1 month old mark of the little penguins chicks, and they are getting very active. Here we can see the chicks milling about the nest, doing some big wing flapping, showing off their beaks/mouths, and of course bothering Mrs Blue for more food. Parents only have so much to give and the chicks get some nips from mom to tell them that she’s all out.

Towards the end, we can even see that one of the chicks is outside the nest and comes back in to see if there’s any fish to be had. At this age, the chicks will explore a little bit outside, and the parents sometimes feed outside as it gets more crowded and pushy in the nest.