King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

South Georgia Island

    I once said that if I had one week left to live I would want to spend it on the island of South Georgia, one of the most spectacular corners of the planet.  (Now that  I have grandchildren, however, I may have to re-think this a bit)  Still, it remains one of my favorite places on Earth - a staggering combination of wildlife and wild landscapes like nowhere else. 

On this recent trip I stumbled onto this adult penguin apparently getting nostalgic for his youth -- and hanging out with a gang of penguin chicks, known as "oakum boys," all with nothing much to do.