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Auster Rookery is an Emperor penguin rookery on sea-ice, sheltered by grounded icebergs, 5 kilometres (2.7 nmi) east of the Auster Islands, and about 51 kilometres (28 nmi) ENE of Mawson Station in Antarctica.
Taylor Rookery is an emperor penguin breeding colony in Antarctica. It is the larger of the two known entirely land-based colonies of the species, most of which are situated on sea ice . [ 1 ] It is important because it is probably the largest colony of the species to occur on land and has been regularly monitored.
A rookery is a colony breeding rooks, and more broadly a colony of several types of breeding animals, generally gregarious [1] birds. [ 2 ] Coming from the nesting habits of rooks, the term is used for corvids and the breeding grounds [ 3 ] of colony-forming seabirds , marine mammals ( true seals or sea lions ), and even some turtles .
Also defined: seabird colony; breeding colony; communal roost; heronries; rookery. A large congregation of individuals of one or more species of bird that nest or roost in proximity at a particular location. Many kinds of birds are known to congregate in groups of varying size; a congregation of nesting birds is called a breeding colony.
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The penguins chose the prettiest pebble to "gift" to their mate. The zoo followed several penguins after they picked out their pebble and walked them back to their mates. They even swam with the ...
In 1994, a penguin from Auster rookery reached a depth of 564 m (1,850 ft); the entire dive took him 21.8 min. [61] Both male and female emperor penguins forage for food up to 500 km (310 mi) from colonies while collecting food to feed chicks, covering 82–1,454 km (51–903 mi) per individual per trip.
A royal penguin rookery on Macquarie Island. The flora has taxonomic affinities with other subantarctic islands, especially those south of New Zealand. Plants rarely grow over 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in height, though the tussock-forming grass Poa foliosa can grow up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall in sheltered areas.