#macquarie island

[sitting-on-me-bum]

King penguins line the shore at Macquarie Island; Fiordland, New Zealand.

Image credits: Aaron Russ; Steve Bradley

[wachinyeya]

[cannibalguy]

Convict Cannibals: FOR THE TERM OF HIS NATURAL LIFE (Norman Dawn, 1927)

For the Term of His Natural Life is a 1927 Australian film directed, produced and co-written by Norman Dawn. It is based on the 1874 novel by Marcus Clarke, and was the most expensive Australian silent film ever made. It remains one of the most famous Australian films of the silent era. John Laws, in the trailer above, calls it “the grandest of them all, the climax of Australia’s silent cinema.”…

[dougdimmadodo]

Fast Fauna Facts #27 - Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli)

Family: Penguin Family (Spheniscidae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Near Threatened

Named for their striking yellow crests which resemble crowns, Royal Penguins (not to be mistaken for the much larger Emperor Penguin or King Penguin) are found primarily on Macquarie Island (a small, largely rocky island between southern Aotearoa/New Zealand and northern Antarctica,) although they are also occasionally spotted on other neighbouring islands. Like most penguins Royal Penguins typically roost and nest in large, noisy colonies on rocky, well-vegetated beaches and leave the shore periodically to hunt for small fish, crustaceans and squids; members of this species rarely travel far from their colony when searching for prey, and as such several neighbouring colonies may coexist with limited competition for resources. Royal Penguins were historically extensively hunted for their blubber which was used to produce oil, but following the banning of penguin hunting on Macquarie in the late 1910's their populations have slowly recovered and are now believed to be stable.

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[drhoz]

#2632- Durvillaea antarctica - New Zealand Bull Kelp

AKA cochayuyo and rimurapa.

A large, robust species of kelp found on the coasts of Chile, southern Aotearoa, and Macquarie Island. Unlike many brown algae, the species lacks air bladders and instead maintain bouyancy with their unique honeycomb structure. They attach to rocky sea bottoms with a holdfast that grips so tightly that quite often the rock will break off before the plant does - this is a significant cause of erosion on some coastlines.

Stems and holdfasts of D. antarctica and D. incurvata are harvested from the coast of Chile and are used salads and stews.

Kelps and other brown algae contain chloroplasts with four cell membranes - this probably indicates they arose as a symbiosis of some ancestral eukaryotic organism and a green or red alga. Brown algae dominate habitats like the Kelp Forests and floating Sargassum beds, and can grow to over 50m in length in some species, and up to 50cm a day.

Timaru, Aotearoa New Zealand

[yeeshastone]

This months subspecies sheet is out! (already? I know!)

This species is known for their amazing cooking skills and golden crown of feathers. Every year a large cooking competition is held on the Schlegeli home island of Macquarie where the most amazing dishes are made. There are prizes for the most tasty dish, but also prize for those that can make a tasty dish with some of the most disgusting tasting ingredients. This is done in the spirit of the Schlegeli legend where their ancestors had to eat the horrible tasting crown of thorns plant to survive.

full subspecies sheet and legend can be found here

the amazing artist for this subspecies legend is

[gameraboy2]

Penguins on the beach and the remains of the wreck of "The Gratitude", Nuggets Beach, Macquarie Island, 1911

[projectourworld]

It would be good to connect with nature, undiscovered, untouched by humans. Lord Howe Island, Australia

‘The fortnightly supply ship, Island Trader, out of Port Macquarie, anchored in the lagoon under Mounts Lidgbird and Bower.’

Photograph: Neil Andrews / Guardian #nature

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Royal penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) walks along the beach. Sandy bay, Macquarie Island, Australian Territory.

Photographer: Doug Gimesy

[ketrinadrawsalot]

The royal penguin's largest breeding colony is on Macquarie Island, between New Zealand and Antarctica. Though the penguin oil industry is long gone, they face new threats in the form of rats, cats, plastic pollution, and competition with commercial fishing.

[afeelgoodblog]

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/23/macquarie-island-marine-park-southern-ocean-australia

Good news!

I love penguings

[valkyries-things]

DR. MARIA KLENOVA // MARINE BIOLOGIST

“She was a Russian/Soviet marine biologist. Klenova was first to fully map the seabed of the Barents Sea. She helped found Russian marine science and was the first woman scientist to do research in Antarctica. She was the first female scientist to go ashore at Macquarie Island (between New Zealand and Antarctica) and helped to create the first Antarctic atlas.”

[tcr55]

I have to be careful with my language or there could be a knock on the door….

On a balmy dawn, through the bushes at Yurong, near Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, I spy a crane at Sydney’s Garden Island Naval Base (I’ve had a run-in previously taking a pic of warships).

[fluffypotatey]

They meet and 3 days later macaque is moving in to ffm

“an island with no humans and only the noise of nature? and monkeys who adore me? yeah sign me up! no, this has nothing to do with Wukong the Monkey King what are you talking about?”

— Six Eared Macquarie to MK the day after moving in

[drhoz]

#2337 - Pseudocyphellaria glabra - Hairless Specklebelly

Originally described as Sticta glabra in 1844. But other synonyms include Sticta delisea, freycinetii and fulvocinerea, Celidium dubium, Delisea pseudosticta, Homostegia dubia, Imbricaria borreri var. coralloidea, Lobaria freycinetii and fulvocinerea, Parmelia borreri var. coralloidea and isabellina, Phanosticta freycinetii, Plectocarpon pseudosticta, Pseudocyphellaria delisea and freycinetii.

Found in SE Australia including Tasmania, New Zealand, Argentina, and Chile, Lord Howe Island, Macquarie Island, and the subantarctic islands of New Zealand.

Sometimes parasitised by Arthonia pseudocyphellariae, a fungus first discovered in New Zealand.

Whakapapa Village, North Island Volcanic Plateau, New Zealand