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Magellanic penguin parents typically lay two eggs under a bush or in a burrow, taking turns swimming out to sea to catch food for their chicks.
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Magellanic Penguin Parent and Chick

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A green iridescent hummingbird
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Mangrove Hummingbird

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A Hawaiian petrel in flight
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Hawaiian Petrel

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Midway Atoll, where these photos were taken, is more than 2,000 miles from the nearest land.These photos portray baby albatrosses, which are fed the plastic by their parents. A chick can have an ounce of plastic in its belly and remain healthy; the dead ch
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 2

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After leaving Australia, Dampier and his men reached the western coast of New Guinea on New Year’s Day 1700. There Dampier observed birds that he had never seen before, like the “stately land-fowl” shown here.
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New Guinea Birds

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Red Phalaropes have specialized in feeding in open water by spinning rapidly on the surface to create a small whirlpool, which draws plankton to the surface to eat.
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Red Pharalopes

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Two Adélie penguins on Paulet Island, Antarctica
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Adélie Penguins, Paulet Island, Antarctica

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With their brown and yellow markings, seaside sparrows (Ammodramus maritimus) blend in well with marshgrass.
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Beyond the Sea: How Oil Spills in the Ocean Affect Birds On Land

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A group of swimming gentoo penguins.
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Swimming Gentoo Penguins

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Artist Chris Jordan, who took these photos, is making a documentary about Laysan albatrosses on Midway Atoll and their plastic problem. Watch the trailer.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 10

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Three juvenile Adélie penguins
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Juvenile Adélie Penguins

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A small Adélie penguin hops on a piece of ice.
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Adélie Penguin Jumping Out of the Water

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