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A black-browed albatross on Steeple Jason, Falklands feeds a chick that’s a week or two old. Mating pairs return to the same nest year after year and tend to a single egg.

PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL NICKLEN

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Black-browed albatrosses and Southern rockhopper penguins, Steeple Jason, Falkland Islands (a composite of about 80 photos) photographed by Stephen Wilkes for National Geographic March 2018

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natgeo Photography by @stephenwilkes. Steeple Jason is a magical place and is home to 70% of the worlds population of Black-browed Albatross. This video of a fledgling Black-browed Albatross, covered with soft grey down feathers is a preview of my upcoming series from an assignment on Bird Migration that will be published in National Geographic in January and exhibited at the National Geographic Museum in Washington DC in February. Please stay tuned to see more from this amazing adventure. 

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No more than a week old, gentoo penguin chicks nestle against a parent on Steeple Jason, Falklands. Gentoos typically lay two eggs. They stay year-round in colonies linked to the sea by pathways that experience rush hours in the morning when they head out and in the evening when they return.

PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL NICKLEN

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BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSSES AND SOUTHERN ROCKHOPPER PENGUINS Steeple Jason, Falkland Islands Albatrosses roost by the sea, sharing the grassy incline with penguins. While these albatrosses sit on their nests, warming and protecting their chicks, their partners soar above the ocean, swooping down to catch prey. The birds winter on the Patagonian Shelf and in estuaries in Argentina, and return to the same colony.

COURTESY OF THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY

PHOTOGRAPH BY STEPHEN WILKES